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Whether by prayer we alw ayes obtein our de fire. 27 Thing. Of all which we are hereafter to (peak more fully. For firft, if the party be an impenitent finer, the I. God Ilear- Lord hath not promifed to heare fuch , John 9. 3 3, eth not the Examine therefore thy felf whether thou doll lie nners, in any finne unrepented of for that doth make a fe- paration between God and thee, Ifa. 59.2. and that being repented of,God will heare thee, Ifa. r, 15, 18. The fecond limitation in regard of prayer is,That Z That we rtau pra it be according to Gods will, !John 5. I4. in regard according to of the manner or the end. For the manner.: In ;e- Gods will, nerall it is required that it be ¿ pye'%S n, Jam. 5. 16, that is , efficax, effeuall. To 6e effet/uall and to avail is all one: and fo we object?.. ?hall make S. James fay, that prayer which availeth doth avail. There is duplex aölus, 7sAxEi , or cu4. ieu the firft An f,,_ inward, as being the form or nature of a thing : the fecond outward, as the motion or effeL. And as in refpeft of the latter, the word ',vsn»,,v3ijo is of an alive fignification, as Ga1.5.6. Ephef. 3.2o. Col. I. 29. fo in regard of the former it is pafläve, as 2. Cor. 1.6. In which fenfe they are Paid to be ¿SnA( o: who are ailed by a fpirit either good or bad : So prayer is 4s.n/K& S n when it hath the inward -ipye1 it being aLîed and effeauated by the Spirit of God, who helpeth our infirmities, and teacheth us to. pray 2C0,7 Oa6v Rom. 8. ingenerating this inward efficacie in our prayers which we in our felves are not able to give them. So that the orati- on of an oratour is e fficax in refpe& of the inward efficacie, when therein is performed what art requi- reth