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maul

Of

Prayer.

65

ces

;

but

if

wee

lift

vp

our

hearts

in prayer

vnto

God,

our

mindes and

fouies

(hall bee

as

it

were

tranfported

into hea-

uen

which

is

a

tower

of

flrength, into

Nvhich

our fpiritualle-

nemies

cannot arproch. Whenfoeuer

therefore

wee

are

af-

fauitcd

by

Satan,

let

vs

lift

vp

cur

feules

into

heauen

by

eífe&ua

1

prayer, and

fo

we

shall

be

out

ofhis

reach.

Now

that

our prayers may bee

e

feó

uali, there

are

Bitters

ÿ.Seae3.

conditions

and properties required in

them by the

Apoflle

in this

place.

Firít,

that

we pray

continually,which

alto

our

Lukei8.r.

Sauiour Chrifl

enicyneth vs,Luk.i8.i.

And

Pail

alto

i

.Thef.

c.

r

Not that

wee muff

negicól

all

other

exercifes

and doe

T'hr

properrier

5.

7,

a

requi>

ea

cn

nothing

but

pray

;

for there

is a

time to

heare

the

word,to do

grayer.

the works

of

merck

and

ofour

callings; but

his

meaning

is

that

we

be

alwaies readie

to

pray

vpon

all

good

occafions

efpecially

in

the time

of

temptation

this dutie

is

required,

according to

that,Pfal.5o.I

5.And therfore

the

Apoflle faith

Pfal.fo35.

not,

that

}tee muff

pray

ri,

cy'.*,

in euery

particular time

and

feafon,

but

r

.

i

rev

aw:

in

eue: ie fit

time when

iuft

occa-

fion and

opportunitie

is

offered.

Seeing therefore in

the time

oftemptation

we

doe

efpecially

need the Lords

helpe;there-

fore,

that

aboue

all

other

is

the opportune and

conuenient

time

wherein

we

are

to

implore the Lords

aflïltance.Where

by the

way

the (tinted

prayers

of

the

popith rabble, which

they refh

aine

to

fet houres

is

confuted, for the Apoille

wil-

leth

vs

alwaies

to be

in a readines when any

fit

occafion

is

of-

fered.

The

fecond

thing

required,is,

that

wee

pray

with

all

man-

ner

ofprayer and

fupplication. The former

word

here vfed

is

t-x+,

which

fgnifieth the

earnefl defiring

of

any

good

thing

:

the

other

is

d

mss,

which

is

the deprecation

of

fome

euill;

fo

that

whether

wee

want

any

thing that

is

good, or

would be deliuered from

any

thing

which

is

eulli, we mutt

haue

recourfe

veto

God

by prayer,

that

we may

cbtaine the

one

and auoide

the other;

but

moreefoecially when

we fcele

the

want

or

1,veaknes

of

any

part

of

the fpirituall armour,

the

graces

ofGods

Spirit,

wee are

tobegge

them at

Gods hand,

that

fo

wee

may

bee

enabled

to

fiand

in

the

encounter; and

when

wee apprehend the extreame

malice, ioyned

with the

F

great