Downame - BV209_D69_G6_1640_v1

That God alone is to be called upon. 5 i So that in fpirituall things the wicked are not heard, but the godly. In temporali when he feem- eth to denie the requeft of the godly, he heareth them in fpeciall mercie, though not advoluntatem, yet adutilitatem , not to their will but profit : and when he feemeth to grant the prayer of the wicked, he heareth them in judgement ad voluntatem 1lugult ad though not ad utilitatem , pro- fit; their will not their pisï. I Z I. impiis concedens iratus qua piis negat propitius, granting in his wrath that to the wicked which in his mercy he denieth to the godly. CHAP. XI. That God alone is to be called upon. Aving fpoken of the perfon which doth invo- cate, we are now to intreat of the party who is called upon, that is, God. Where we are to fhew two things : r. That God alone is religioufly to be called upon; z. That in our prayers we are fo to conceive of God as he hath revealed himfelf in his word. Both which points are of great moment: for if we do religioufly invocate any betides the true God, we commit facrilegious idolatry ; or if we (hall conceive of Go'd, either in refpeá of his nature or of the perfons, otherwife then he hath re- vealed, we (hall in Bead of the true God worfhip an idole of our own brain. That God is to be called upon I have already {hewed, and it needeth no further proof. Call upon me, faith the Lord, Pfal.So. i 5. When yepray,ray,ou"r FAther, Luke t 1.2. The true roor Z f hall "worf h