ache deceit forte( e of mans heart. 275 " delire of pleafing men that they cloiely creep not in upon him,and caufehim to difpl.'afe Gód, &c.The like deceit are we fubjc &t unto in prayer alto : Wit- tic ire Ionahs example,ofwhom it is faíd,that he t hen loam 4.1, prayed, when indeed he did nothing but quarrel] with God;Read the words of that his prayer, and ye fh ll finde nothing prayer -like in them : They feeme rather to be a brawle, than a prayer. HOW Shen is he laid to pray? No doubt feeling his weak- peffe in giving place to anger, he thought to ftrive againft it, and in this good minde addreffed him - Celle to prayer : but yet loe the deceitfulnefle of his heart : while by prayer hee thought to have over- come his anger,anger overcame him and his prayer too,turning it into a jangling and wrangling expo ftulation with the Lord. Thus other while men letting themfelves to meditate againft Come finne, in the very a& of meditation have been enfnared herein. For as in (peaking againft fome finnes, ìc fais out that others fometime are taught to pra- ttife them ( which was solons reafon of making no lawes agaiaft the killing of our parents, left by for - bidding it he fhould teach it,) fò alto in thinking a- vainft force finues,our Celves may be caught : And when men in their thoughts have been framing their minder to reconciliation with their adveif- ries, in the remembrance of the injuries received, they have been further incenfed than before. Pe- Lu,, Z2a ter did well to ask the queftion, Ma f!erfhall we draw ehe firord? He d,d not ask this queftion as the Prin- IEr gL. Ic es in Ierenay, whether they fhoiild goe downe into Egypt, being before rerolved to goe downe, what- T 2 foevert
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