·.·g <IClJ~itltau ~ttt-r., not fee it, but I know it; the,e he. is in a corner,figh. ing and feeking tne ; Go Anania~,enquir.e for him,he is nowone of you, a real convert, fpr, Beholdheprayeth : . A. Sotd praying in fecret is worthy oQferv~ti6n?there's an Ecce put upon it, Beho~d~e pray~~h! Anp why fho~ld ·v;e that pretend to be Samts be unltfke our,brethren? 3. Are you not ber.tein p~)1ke your fel ves in former · times? WhenGoddid at firft workupon your hearts, did younot then run to God in a ~orner? Did yott nqt_ fet your felv~s int.entl y to the duty of~ecret Pray~r ? How o!t~~ dtd G?d find you. by your i~lves, _lighmg.; forrowtng; weepmg,- bleedtng, ~reathmg after .God, pou~ing out your hearts like water ~e~o.re rhe face of , the Lord ?and your heavenlyFather ptned you.,fpoke very kindly ·to you, wiped -Q"ff your tear~,cheared your hearts, heard your prayers, and made thoie dayes of grief., tim~~ of love. Oh, thefweet embraces that then wereberwtxt yourfoulsa\1d G/od ?Haveyou forgotten fuch a Chamber ? Such a Clofet, fiich a Barn, Juch ·a Wo·ott ? Where youfom~\titnes walkt ~nd meditated, fometimes feU proftrate an~ wept before the Lord,tiU : you had no more P?wer to ~ep ? ,Ifyou have forgot .. t~n thofe bl~ffed dayes,your ' God hath not: f-Ie remem– bers thee, t1e . kindnefs ofthyyouth, the lo<We t}j thine efpoufals, whfn thou wenteft after~im in a folitary I-Vil- · d~rne(s. ·7er. 2 . 2 ~ Canft nor' thou remember the ywhen'thou wouldft rather have been \Viththy God ma private Room, than upon a Princes Throne? Yea, thou~htefl: thou waft to do.nothing elfe but cry · apd pr~y tn fecret .: thou \vaft at tt ev~ryday, yea many , mes .tna day : Howcomes it to pafs that there's itidi ~hange? that thou doft fo rarely go to vifit thy old · d in a Corner?. Is he changed ? Is he not fo good ~ind, as he was wont to be ?H,afl: thou (ound 'an_y ult tn God? Or art ·not thou blame-worthy? Whafs me of thyancientfpiricofP.rayer? Why doft_thou E 3 for...
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