48 Cltlofet~~~arer~ ,. · ttJ come concerni11g my Sons, and concernin~ the work.. of my hands command ye me~ So fome take it; ye lhall find me as ready to do you fervice, as if ye had ine at command : yet this mufl: be warily received, not ·as though God were forced to any thing againft his will, but when Gods people pray aright in the name of Chrift according to his wilJ, he heareth I Joh. 5· '4· them; and this he attribute~ to Prayer, for the credit of1hat duty and incouragement of praying fouls : Tha,t~s a notable Text to fhew,the rea- , dinefs of God to aniwer Prayer, <Joh. r.6. 2(6, 27.-I fay not unto you, that I will pray the F~ttherforyo~,{or the Father _himfelfloveth you. Chrifl: in this place doth not firriplydeny, that hewill .interc;edefor them but {hews how ready God is of his own 'accord_ to grant theSaints petitions: They £hall not be put to any great trout:ile about it, but thall be quickly difpachc in their errand to ~he ·. Throne of * Exiguu,s g~mittM in auri- Grace: For aY'f Luther fpeaks, btM Dei .fortijfimus e~ claa :Poor groan in the ~ears · of mor,&ztacmlum&terram. G d · · ht ·rc re.plet, ut prteter eum Dezu . 0 ts a mtg Y not e, an nikil audiat, at CDmpefcit doth fo fill Heaven ana ear~h, om11.es omnium aliarum rethat God c~n hear nothtng rum clamores': Luth. totlf. befide.s it, and filenceth all 4• , J other tumults to hearken to-it, I ' . .,. ..... . Ofwhat an eafie quic~accefs My blej[t_d Lord, art thou ; howfuddenly May our requejls thy edr invade! T~ jh_ew that S~ate diflik!s no~ e~finefi : J IfI but lift mtne eyes .mJ [u1t u m111de, l • Thou·canflno more not he~r, than.thou canft dy~ ~ $ee mQre in Herbe~ts P_oemJ; pag. 9.5~ -·
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