Heywood - Houston-Packer Collection BV4510.A2 H49 1667

,. rl . I · .Ekf"'t~Treafure~ · . Priefi ever lives tomake ioterceffion for us~ prayer was made morning and evening , Rom.i,.h. ahd we mufi be confl:ant ~nd infiant ·in 7a 1r~o- prayer: as the hunting Dogthat wi1 not ceafe o-wx.'ii following the game, ril he nave got it; fo ?reos~oce- mull w~ pudue the Lord, andperfevere with 7teiSV·Te.S" firength, til WC haVe obtainedwhat WC Want : tn or~titme there is akinde of omnipotencie in prayer, as ~~~:~:~:it was faid of LNther, he,could.do withGod, tinrte -with (!Yen what hewould : At prefent 1woul·qad– fjrm.gth: a vife alt Chrifiians to keep up a con!l:aut fct KcxeT~ef.w time of prayer: what it thou gettd{ li£t1e · ;.e.fa.~t1ter thereby t Jet wait on,God fUL· Trade[ ..men, tot:rare !_ wil go ro Markets and Fairs, and fet open ~:~h.cnt. thei~ Shop·doors,and Windows,thougl:there be httle to be done or gotten ma:1y ttmes : fo let the Chrifiian keep tl1is market of holie duties, and go upon the Exchange to (pie what good bargaim he can trieet with for his_ foul; learn tomaintain cotnmerce with hea- "Ycn fii\, left youlofe your cu!l:ome: keep ,a... nonical hours, (as ic were) of pra:yer, thougft your .hearts_. be oft~n ·out qf fran1e~ ve~ture ' \tpOn duty, and trtc what the·Lord wtl do with you: 'tis cbe foliyof our trifling fpirics ' to put off duty, when our hear~ are Adt in. tune, with e;petlation that they:wil be io a. • I bettet frame another time; but do we think ' fl" • \ r ' ' . that one tinwil excufe another 1 or that we • , :' . fual be bettet.fitted·by a prefent neglect ? no ... . · · certainly ·we .. ought to fiir \l.P ohr felves to · - ~ake hGlld on Gad; for why fhould Satan~ be · gratified by a · total forbearance ? wil not · di{ufemake us. loather·togo ~oGpd another ' ·"" · · ... sime r

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