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o2
Conrolations
far
filch
as ballade
their
wants in
`Prayer.
ferue
filch
fruiter
of
loue
in finfull
man,
and (ball wee
doubt
offinding
idle
in the
Lord,
who
is.
infinite in Ioue, mercie
and
goodnefhe
?farre bee
it
from
vs.
Nay let
vs
afhure
our
felues,
that though(our
foules
being
ficke
in
finne,
and
ex
ceedingly
dulled and
beaten
downe with
fome
grieuous ten
-
tation)wee cannot vtter
any
thing but
vnperfeóó
fpeeches,
yea,
though
we
are
through
the
grieuoufneife
of
our
af(iiti-
on
and
greatneflíe
of
our
corruption
firucken dumbe
and
can
vtter nothing
but
grones
and
fighes,
yet
if
wee
delire
to
be freed
out
ofthis
wretched
cafe,and
to
haue the
comfort_
ofGods
fpirit, the
Lord,who
fearcheth
the
heart
and vnder-
flandeth our
fecret
thoughts,will
hearken vnto vs,and grant
the
defires
of
our
heart,
at
leaf+
fo
farre
forth
as
it
will gaud
with
his
awne glorie
and our euerlafiing
good.
§.gee
Thirdly,whereas others complains
that
their hearts
are
fo
con(Mlatrons
hard,
and
their
fpirits
fo
dull,
that
they cannot vtter
vnto
for
fuch
as
God
a
prayer
with
any
earneflneffe
or
feruencie
ofipirit,
but
bcroailerhir,
exceeding
coldhe and
very weakelie,
and therefore
they
e
nreffe
and
feare
that
God
will neuer heare them;
they
are
to
remember,-.
dtrbteeiri
prayer.
that
the Lord heareth
vs
not,
nor granteth
our
recuefls
for
the
worthineffe and
excellencie
of
our prayers,
but
for
his
forme
Iefus
Chrifts fake,who
is
our
Mediator
and
Intercef-
four,in
whofe name we
call
vpon
God
and therfore
though
our
prayers
bee
full
of
infirmities and
vttered with much
.
weaknef
e,
yet calling vpon the
Lord
in
our Sauiours
name,
Ioh,a6.s.
bee
will
furelie
heare vs,
as
our Sauiour
bath
promifed,
Ioh._
T
6.23.
Ver:lte,vertly
I
fay unto
yost,wh2t foeuer
yeefhall
as
&e
the
father
in
my
name,he
trill
tie
it you.Mo =eoucr,we are
to
know,
that
we
do
not
offer vp
our
prayers
immediatelie
vnto
God
the father,
but
by the mediation
of
lefus
Chrifl,who
putting
our
prayers
into the golden
vials
which
are full
of
the
pre
-
cious odors
ofhis
merits, thereby perfumeth them and
ma-
keth
them
an
offering
offweete imelling
fauour
vnto
God
Y
and
by
wafhing
them
in
his
own moil
precious
blood
he
pur-
geth
them
from
all
their
corruptions,and
perfe
ð
all
their
wants
and
imperfecaionsfo
as
now
though
not
in
themfelues
yet
in
him
they
will bee acceptable
veto God,and
bee wills
mercifully
grant
our
petitions,
Fourthly.