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of the effeacioufnefe of prayer. 23 Lord de profundis , he was reflored fife to land, Jonah 2. As touching men; the efficacie of prayer 3 of men. appeareth in the deliverance not onely of particular ti men, but alto of whole cities and countreys from the fury and force of their enemies were they never fo mightie or fo many. When Peter was by Herod call into prifon, and kept by foure quaternions of fouldiers, lying in the night before he fhould be put to death between two fouldiers bound with two chains, the keepers alfo before the doore keeping the prifon, at the inflant prayer of the Church which effeaually prayed for his deliverance , the Lord fent his angel to fet him at libertie, Aas 12.5. Elias the Prophet being armed with the fpirit of prayer when Ahaziah the king had fent three ca- ptains of fifties one after another to apprehend him, he not onely brought down fire from heaven to de- llroy the two firfl with their fifties, as I faid before, but alfo he brought the third captain upon his knees, humbly intreating him that his own life and the lives of all his companie might be precious in his fight, z.Kings 1. Elifha alfo, upon whom the fpirit of Elias was doubled,when Ben -hadad king of Sy- ria had fent an armie of men with horfes and chari- ots to apprehend him,the armie having by night en- vironed the citie where the Prophet was and befie- ged it, by prayer he had them in his power, firiketh them blind, leadeth them to Samaria , and having z Kings 6. by prayer opened their eyes that they might fee their prefent danger, he viElualleth them, and fend - eth them away as vanquifhed. Now for the defenfe and deliverance of whole C 4 peoples