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6E
OfPr+yer.
.
!Maim
6.6,
prayer;
when
as
with
Dauid
wve
water our
couch
with
teares,
Pfalm.88.
i. P(á1.6.6,
and
call
vpon
God
notonely
in the day,
but
in the
P141
19.62.
night
alfo,as
it
is
Pfa1.88.I.And whé
as
euen at
midnight
we
rcuze
vp
our
felues
to giue thankes vnto
God
for hismercie
and
benefits,as
iris
P1a1.I19.62.The
v:
atchfulnes
ofi:he
foule
.
is
when
as
wee
doe
not
fleepe in
our
firmes,
being
rocked
iii
the
cradle
ofcarnali
fecuritie,
but
(hake
offour
drowfines
by
vnfained
repentance,rifing
vp
to
newnes
oflife. And
to this.
Ephef
%.14.
watchfulneffe the Apoflle
exhorteth
vs,Eph.5.14
Awake
thou
that
fleepefí,
acrd
(land vp
from:
the
dead,
and
(hri
f
f
all
glue
thee
1,
ht
,rrc.
for we
are
dead
in
our
firmes,
till
Chriff
by
his
Ephef,
2,t.
fpirit
mortifie
them and
reurue
vs,
railing
vs
vp
to
newnes
of
life,as
it
is
Ephe12.1. Though
therefore
we
take our
refl
and
z.TheLf.6.
fleepe
in
that
meafure
which
nature
requireth,
yet
let
vs
not
fleepe
as
doe
other,
(to wit,
in carnali
fecuritie) but
let
vs
hatch
and
be
fober,
as
it
is
I.Thef.5.6.
becaufe in
this
refpedt
it
is
time
that
we
fhould
arife
from fleepe, for
the
darke
night
of
ignorance
is
paff;and
the
bright
fur-
-thine
day
ofthe
Gofpel
Rom.
z
3.I
2..
is
come, let vs
therefore call
6m
ay
the
rxorkes
o
fdarknes,and let
&e
vs put
on
the
armour
of
light
:
So
that
ze
rral
&e
honetly as
in
the
day
:
not in
gluttony
and drunkennes,
neither
in
chambering
and
Illantonneffe
,norin
/1rife
and
enuying:but
putting
on
the
Lord
le-
fts
Chri;
/,
tang
no
thought
for
the
fleAtofulfilthe
lu.+`lsthere-
of
as
it
is
Rom.I
3
.I
"2.I
3.14.
And
this
is
the Chriflian watch which
we are
to icyne
with
prayer
:
but
as
I
would
not
haue
vs
put our whole
confidence
in the
fpirituall
armour,
fo
much
leffe
in our
ow'ne care
and
.
watchfulnes;
for
wee
mut}
relie our
felues vpon
God
onelie,
defiring him to watch ouer
vs
while
we
fleepe
:
but
yet
with
the
Lords
affiflance
wee mull ioyne our
endeuour,
and
not
tiro
wfilie
and fleepelyreceiue
his aide
:
and
as
the
godly
huf
bandman
expe&}eth
the truites
ofthe
earth from
the
blel1
ng
ofGod,
and yet
notwithf}anding
vfeth
all
paires,
care and
diligence
in
piowing,fowiilg
and
harrowing
his
ground;
fo
we
are to feeke deliuerance from
the
force
and
malice
of
our
fpirituall enemies
ofGod
alone,
but
yet wee are
to
icyne
our
good
endeuour
carefully
and
diligentlie,
vfing
all
the
good
mzleanes
which
are.
ordaiaed
of
for this purpofe.
The