, 1CJ~iitau ~utr: . 'Ji V?~Y. S,ut ~ fhall .Pafs by the reft,and.fix only upon ·one' Scttptute·tnftance, and the rather becau[e 1t was·a fe– ctet orfolirary prayer(ofwhich we are now fpe~king:) and ~aere · are notable Pleas therein, which may poffi: . bly fuit our condition ; therefore Ifhall briefly touch the parts of ~t, a~d recommentl it to ourimitation: ·It is that of good JiSZctJb.(who was trained up in this holy Art ofwre£Hing \Vith God) in Gen. 32. 9' I o, I I, l2· His pleas ~there may be reduced to thefe ten Heads. · - t • . He makes ufe of fuitable Tides of God,he calls himLordorJehovah;whic~denotesGods felf-exiffence, ·and giving Beingor exifl:ence to the ptomifes, in firff making them, and~h~n making them good .:__ Thus~td6 you ; Sirs, l raife in your hearts fuirable apprehenfions ofGod, ahd let yohr expreffions be anfwerable; tell God, he is an·infinite., omnifcient,omniporent Majefty, able to do beyondwha·r yon ca'n as~ Pr think, and that. youneither need nor defire any m:Ore than what his al.; mighty power can effect : tell him~ if All-fufficiency cannot fupply you, you are CQntent to go· unfped ;· but youqueftion neither his hand nor hea~r; you are fure h'ebothcanandwill help his Children in theirneed; he will make good with his handwhathehathfpoken wick his m'outh, for he is 'Jehovah. ' . . 2. He pleads CoveAant.relation to God. 0 Godof my Father Ab.raham, and God of my Father !Jalllc,and fo my Goid! this is an admirable plea, if God own a foul in a Covenant·relacio~,he w.ill certainly do it good; though\his :grace be free~ yet when God hath chofen a foul to be his, heh'ath (as it were) ingaged l)imfelf to ow~it; now he bath laid his ~ruth to pledge. Thus then a foul1nay plead, Lord .thou haft ,been ·my Fa– ther'~ God, an'd wilt thou ·not be my God ? And wilt thou bemv God,and with-holdfuch a mercy fromme~, My Ancefiors found grace ·in thy fight, and obrained thofevery good things I am craving; and am'l_lot ltihder ·
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