On the 119.7'falme. 525 muchmore will henow ? andfecondly,all the gifts of God thall be perfealy finifhed.And here is a difference betweene faithand an,accufingconlcience:the acculing confcieneeis afraid to askemore, becaufe it hath abufed theformermercies : but faith, alluringvs that alibis benefits are tokens of his fauour, bellowed on vsaccording to his word, is bold to aske more, accufing our fillies ofour vnworthines, and labouringto come out ofour Genes. When he asked according toGods word,he madetheword a rule ofhis prayer, which aflüred him that his prayer fhould beheard. Wc muftnot then abufeGods mercies,leaft they accule vs: butifweaccule ourfelues,thelet vs fee ifthey hauebeengiuen according toGods word,and thenmay weaske new. Verf.66. Teach megood iudgeme.nt and knowledge :for I heat beleeued thy commaunde= meats. Emaketh this prayerofc,but wedoe not fo ; and therefore thevanitieofour prayers is rebuked, which fo often aske other things, and fo feldome aske this. Bewas the manof God,regenerate,thereforehemaketh this fpirituall requeft ; which though carnal! men milhke, beanie they cannot conceiue of theword, yetit is a liigneof faith. Hema. kctls this prayerthoughhebeleeued; becaufehis knowledge was ingenerRlr,but hispraEfrfs ,. in particulars:therefore ifGod in the particulars didnot dcred him,he shouldfatfe in do-. ing. Hereof commeth it that the-learnedelt men are deceiued in particulars, becaufethey rat in their generaliknowledge.Example ofadmonition : wehaue generali rulesto teach vs toadmonifh ; but when weecometo prahifein particulars,then mutt wee eitherhaue the newgraceofGod,or elfe we (hall fadeiathepradtifc. If this manthat belecued prayed thus ; how much more ought they that beleeue not? And they that beleeuegenerally,muff confelfc"their blindnes inparticulars: andthere- fore they fhould pray for it Although ignorancebelielped,yetit is not altogethercured,therefore liane weneed to pray. Secondly, becaufe our knowledge is ingenerals, but pradtife isin parciculars,and therein midi wehue' anee afftftahce: Therefore whenwe hauenor goodfuccclleinour bufines,wee mutt not,as men arewont, lay thefault on thtisasybutwee mutt lirdi cautè inourfelues,wlio,aithoughwe hauethe generalI rule of durdoings -, yet failein the particular pratifc thereof. The Heconk (itch that allwifedomewas in Godsword: and this althoughwe con- 'vet inprat}ife weeoften thinke that (brae wifedome ofmen mull beadded thereto. But be confellth thatall wifedome is inthe word, and that it isIulhcient to make awn perfedt. Verf6y. Before Iwas afflitfed,Iwentaflrey: butnow Il eepe thyword. THis isanother. reafonwhich mooed him to pray, that hee might nocbeasaboric al- waies beaten ; but reach thethat I maypreventtheir beatings. If Ibetaught ofthee,! tnitlenot; if I benot, I eere. In profperitieIcould not feeke to be taught, but al$idboa drawme thereto, fo that nowIdefier to betaught of thee. :Ifprofperitiemade this man norte, teeingwee are in profperitie let vs be iealousofour lelues, andnow lecke for that, whichGodwill bringvs to by alidtion, andwhich will bring afflidtionvpon vs. Ifher willheare whenwehumblyerte in a$lifion; howmuch moreifwemake ourhumble lute in ourprofperitie? AfHidtions come becaufe we will not iudge our fettles ; then it is a bid: ling tohaue the word to iudge vs,and the preacher to rebuke vs, that ourwanton lulls may becorredted. Then wee are fond ifwee will be escarieof theword, or ofdaily admo- nition.. . If thewordhelpe inafili&ion,howmuchmore in profperitie if we tend thereto.? whom Godloueth,he correð : andwe shall knowthat God loueth vs whenwee are corredfed,if wee bemadebetter by it: for init t-elfeat as a punifhmentof fine; but when inthe death
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