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Prayer.
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pride,to
which
wee
are
too too
fubie&l;as
wee may
fee
in
the
example
of
Paul,
who being
buffeted
by the
meffenger
of
Satan, befought
the
Lord
thrice
that
hee
might
depart from
him:but the Lord anfwered,that
his grace
which
he
beflow-
ed
on
hiin
was
fufficient,andthathis
power
was made
mani-
fefl
in
ÿ
Apóflles iveakrtes,as appeareth
2.Cor.12.8,9. Now
a.Cor.i:o11,9ä
the
caufe
why the Lord would
not altogether
releafe
hitn,
was,that
he
might
be hunibledhereby,the
prickeofthefle
h
letting
out the windé ofvaine glory,which would
haue puf-
fed him
vp
,
by
reafon
of
the multitude
.of
reuelations
which
hee
had receiued.
Let
vs
not
therefore
fend
for the
Lords
aflìflance
(alit
were)by
pofle
;
and
prefcribc the
Lord
a
time
with the
Bethulians,wherein
ifwe
be
not
relieued we
will
faint and cowardlyyeeld for
that
which
the
Prophet
fpeaketh from the
Lord
concerning thevifion,
may fitly
bee
spoken
of
the Lords aide
and helpe;
7-honghit
tarie,tbatch;
for
it'hall
furely
come
and
not
ftay,Habac.2.3.
The
lafl
thing
required
in our.prayers,is,that wee doe
not
f.Sec`$.;6.
onely
pray for
our
felues,
but alfofor
all
the
Saints.
For wee
Prayer
to
be
h
are
fellow members
of
the
fame
bodie,
wee are fellow foul-
te
Saints.
diers which fight vnder the
fame
Captaine
Iefus
Chrifl, and
confequently
their
viáoric
is
our vidlorie, and their
foiles
are our
folks.
As
therefore fouldicrs do
not
only fland
vpon
their
feuerall
guards,but ioyne their
forces
together, where-
by
it
commeth
to
paffe,that
they whobeing
f
attered
might
eafilybee ouercome,
hauing
vnitcd their
forces are vnrefifl-
able;
fo
wee
are
not
onely to
1+and
vpon our owne
defence,
but
to
ioyne
in
prayer
with
the
whole Churchmilitant, and
then
íhal1
not
our fpirituall enemies fland againfl
vs
:
for
if
the
prayer
of
one
righteous
man
auaileth much,
being
fer-
lames
f.
16.
uent
and
effeauall,
of
what
efficacie
and
power
are the
pray-
ers
of
all
the righteous ioyned
together?
And
thus haue
I
defcribed the Chriflian:armour,
which
e-
Na
armour ap-
uery
man
is
to put onbefore
hee
enter
into the combat
with
pointed
far
the
our
fpirituall enemies
:
amongfi
all
which there
is
not
any
back
e.
appointed for the
backe,to
note vnto
vs
that
wee muff
Heuer
retire,but
manfully
Eland
to
it
euen in
the
face
ofour
enenne.
For
if
wee
refit}
Satan,
he will
flee
from
vs,
Iam.47.
Tam.4.7
F
4
.
but