300 Lhap4 AComaaentrrrie vpon Againe , :Praia is to be made to God as he bath reuealed him{clfç in the word.; that i.s, to God, who is the father of Chrifl,and in him our father, who alto fends his fpirit into our hearts, cryingA664. It is an heatherifn pra9i{e (which is alfo the praEtife ofmany among vs) to pray to an abfolutc God, that is, toGod out daleFather, Sonne, and holy fpirit. Thirdly , here we fee that true and fpirituall Inuocation of God, is a marke of the ChurchofGott : becaufe it is a fruit of the fpirit of God in them that are the children of God. And by this thepeopleofGod arenoted.Ael.9.14,I,Cor.r.2.and on thecontrarie,it is the marke ofan Athcìll not to pray.Pfal:. 14 4.. The fall point is, themanner of dircfting ourcries toGod. Firft ofall , they arc to be dtreftcd to him with reuerencc, as beefing prefent with vs: for to crie 9b&a, is not to fpeake words into the aire, but to direét our hearts to one that is pre- lent withvs inall dutifull and childlike manner. Thus did Da- uid,Pfal. t 19.58.2nd Paul,Eph.3. t q,. Secondly , our cries arc tobe diretted to God with fubiethon to his will. Read the ex- ampleofChrift, Mark. z .. 36. and of Dauid, 2. Sam. r 5.26. This condemnes the praEttfeofmany men. Balaam defired to die thedeathof the righteous, but without fubiettion to God: [for he-would notliue -thelife of the righteous. And many a. wrong vs haue often good motions and delires in their minds, but there is no foundries in them : becaufe they are not ioyned with a change and conuerlion ofheart and life. Thirdly , our delires are to bedirected vnto God with importunitie and in- (bode. For thefpirit makesvs crie 6..464Father: that is, My father, and thy father. God requires this importunitie of vs. Luk.t 8.r. It is praclifed by Dauid, Pfal. 69.4. by the woman of Canaan,Matih. 35. We muff doe as Iacob d;d,wrafilcwith God,and giue him no reft till he fulfil the delires ofourhearts, andgiue vs the ble (Hng. And our confiant delires and groanes to heaucnfor mercie, (hall neuer be in vainc. For ifwe askea- ny thing according to his will,,,he hcareth vs indeede. 1. lob. 14. Irerfe 7. Thefe words, are the conclufion ofthe former doctrineof Paul. The timeofyour libertie is come, in that your libcrticis procured and purchafedby Chrifl, and ye haue recciucd the) fpirit` I0 35 20 15 30 33
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