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Con

foiation3

for filch

its

bewail°

their

wants in

Prayer.

499

formed

acceptable

feruice

vino

God.

And it

is

a

worke of,

one

and the

fame

fpirit to make

vs fee

our infirmities

with

hatred

and diílike

of

them,

and

to tnooue

vs

earnelilie to

de-

fire

ofGod

that won-

ay

bee

freed

from

them,

which

earneíl

delire

is

hartie

praier.But`if they further

arme,that

they

are

moil

lure

they

,doe

neuer pray vnto

God;

I

anfWere,that

though

this in

it

felfe

bee

a

moil dangerous

cafes

for

it

is

a

liigneofa worker

ofiniquitie,

not

to

call

vpon

God,

as

the

Ptah-nil}

fpcaketh,

Pfal,

j

3.4.

yet

they

haue no

caufe

to dc-

rfalm

s

314.

fpaire,for the

fame

fpirit

ishich bath

reucaled

vnto them this

their

finne

and

infirmitie,and

"oath

wrought.in

them

a

difike

thereof, will

allo

remooue it,and

fupplie

their'want

in

Gods

good

time,

if

they will

labour

for this

good gift,

and

not

quench the

good motions

ofthe

fpirit,

when od offercth

them voto

them.

Tile

gift

a

But

ifthey

cannot-

denie

-that

fotnetimes

they

haue

had

it

f?

i

the grace giuen

them

of

God

to

call

carneflie

vpon his

o

name;

howfoeuer

in

this prefent time

theyare altogether

thereof; then let them

know

that their

cafe

in

this

refpe&

is

common

withal!

the deare children

of

God;

for hartie prayer

is

not

in

our

owe

power, neither doth

it

attend

vpon

our

ovine

will,

but

it

is

the

gift

of

God,«

hick

at

fontctimes

in

plentiful) meal

he

befloweth

vpon

his

chil-

dren,

and

at

other

times hee

pulleth backe

his liberal! hand;

to

the

end

that

bythe

want thereof,we

may

learne

to

afcribc

the

glorie

and praife

of

our

harty

pia

`ers

veto-

God,

who

worketh

in

vs

the

will

and

the

decd,

and

is

in

truth

the

oriery

true author

ofthem;which

pralle,

otherwife in

pride

of

heart

we would

arrogate

veto

our

felues,

as

being

a

natural] fa-

cultic

and

in

our

owne

power:

and

alfo

to the

end wee

may

more

highly

efieeme

it,.and

with

more

icy

and

diligence

vfe

it

when we

haun it

bellowed

on

vs,

leíl

through

our

n

egli-

gence and !lothfülneífe wee

mooue the Lord

to

take

it

from

vs.

Seeing thetefore this

hearty

calling

vpon

Gods

isa

giftofGod

.and

a

Work

ofhis

holy

fpiritin

vs,which

at

fool-

times heretofore

we

haue difcerned

in

our

felues,

let

vs

not

altogether

be,

difcouraged,

though

at

fomnetimes

we

want

it;

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k

za

for