------- 298 Chap.4. .4Commentarie vpon Bares of God. Pfal. 10. 17. Cori heareth the defre ofthePoore. Pfal.35.9. Allmy defres arebefore thee. Pfa1. i 45,19. Hefulfil. Ieth the defre of them thatfeare ofhim. Ifa. 64.24. Before they crie Iwill anfwer : that is,fo Toone as a delireofmy helpe is con - ceiued, and before itbevttercd,I will anfwer. That the dcfres ofour hearts are cries,it isbymeanes ofthc 5 intcrceffìon of. ChrifL This Intcrceffìon is not a vocal, but a vertuall praicr,in that the SonneofGodprefents his manhood and his merits before the father in heauen, willing as God, and defiring as man,that the father !Gould accept the Paid merits for I to vs, Now this will and dcGreof the Sonne,is ofgreat forcewith the father. It is a Crie in which the father is well pleated : and by it thedefresofour hearts are Cries in theearesofGod. Ofthere delires there be two (ped ali examples in the fcrip. tures. The firf} is , when we are touched in our hearts for our i g finnes, to flue to the throneofgrace, and to delire reconciliati- on with God in Chria. When Dauid did but dcGre the par- don of his Gnnes, and therefore purpofed in hisheart tohum- ble himfclfe,he receiuedpardon. Pfal. 3 2.5. Ifaid Iwillconfeffe my wickednes againftt my felfe vitto the Lord, and thouforgo:ell i 20 thepuni,?i*ent ofmyfrane. When the prodigal! fonne conceiued a delire to be reconciled tohis father , with apurpofe to con- fellè his offence, before he had vttered his deure,he is receiued tomercie.Luk.t 5.2 r. The fecond example is a delire of Gods pretence and pro- 25 teOtion in common Judgements. When Mofes fIoode at the redde fea,in great danger,hauing the fea before him, and Pha- raohs charriots behind hini;no doubt he liftedvp his heart vn. toGod, but we reed not of any thingthat he faid, and yet the Lord faithYPhy erie/I thou tome ? Exod. 14. i 5. When lehofa- 30 phat was in great diflrefTe, byreafon of the armie oftheAm- monites,confounded in hintfelfe, he faith, OLord, ire know not what to doe, but our eyes are towards thee. 2. Chron.2o. t 2. and hereupon he obtained deliuerance. The vie. By this we learne to lay afide formall praying and 3; lippe labour, and to learne to lift vp our hearts toGod in Ilea. uenly fighs and delires: for that is indeedc to pray.It is the ve- ry firfi thing, that the childofGm! cloth, inwardly to figh and delire reconciliation with God in Chrift : and he which can- not doe this, is not as yet borne ofG,cìd. A a ine, _
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