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Of
`Prayer.
when
fhe
was
nothereby
difcouraged, nor her faith
extiii.;-
guifhed, but rather
of
a
íparke
increafed
to
a
great
flame,
at
the
la
a
fhe
doth
not
onely receiue
what
fhe defired,
but
alto
was lent away
with great commendation.But
wherefore
did
not
our.Sauiour
graunt her petition at
the fira hearing
?Sure
-
1y
not that
he
grudged
her
her fuite,or
was
loth
to entertaine
it
but
to the end
that
he
might
make her more
earneflyitn.
plore
his
helpe, and
manifef to
all
the world her
fingular
faith
;
and
lafly,
that
fhe
might
be
an example
to
vs
for
our.
imitation, both
to encourage
vs
in
asking
ofGod
the
fupply
ofour
wants, and
alto
to
perfeuere in prayer,
though
at
the
fire
God
feemcth
not
to
regard
vs, yea
though
wee receiue
divers
repulfes
and
many
difcouragements
:
which
ifwe
per-
forme wee fhall
haue
a
notable teflimonie
of
a
true
faith,
when
as
we
can
patiently
abide the Lords
leifure,though he
Bfa.
:29.
t6..
doe
deferre his helpe,for
he
that
beleetteth, lbillnot make
hale;
as
it
isEfa..28.i6.
and in the end wee
fhall
be
fure
to obtaine
our godly and honea.defires,ifnot
as
we
would,yet
as
it
Thal
be moll for
our
good,and withall
eternall.bleffednes. For the
Bfa,
3
o. i
$;
Lord
is
the
God
o
f
iudgement; and
blef
ed
are
all
they
that
ivaite
for
him, as
it
is
Efa.3 o.
i
8..
When
therefore
we
are
aflaulted by our
friir-itual
enemies,
and
readie to faint-in
the combat
oftempta
:ions,
let
vs
call
vpon the
Lord for
his
aflìfance,
that
wee
may be
freed
from
danger
and delivered from
them;
and
.if
the Lord do
feeme
to
deferre his helpe,
and
fuffer
vs
fill
to beare the
brunt
of
the battaile,
after wee haue many times implored
his
aflî
fiance,
yet
let
vs
not
be
difcouraged,but.confantly
perfeuere
in
prayer,affuring our
felues
that
the Lord
will
either
free vs
from the
temptation, or
elfe
giue
vs
ílrength to
endure
and
.
ouercome
it
:
forhe
hath promised
that
he
will
not
fuffer vs
to
be
tempted aboue
our
power,but that
he will giue
a
good
iffue
to
the
temptation
that
wee may be able
to
beare
it,
and
a,Cor.MM.x
3.
he
is
faithful' and
true
of
his
word
:
as
it
is
a.Cor.
i
a.
i
3.
It
may be
that
the Lord
will
not
quite
free
vs
from the
skirmifh
oftemptation,though
we haue
often
defired
it ofhim,either
hecaufe he
would further trie
our
Chrifian
valour,and
cxe
--
cife
ourfaith,
or
ref
{raine vs
from
fume, efpecially
fpiriruall
pride,..