372 nectouo thy face from me ? But a little after we have him in the joy and triumph of Faith ; I have ,trufted in thy mercy, my heart fhall rejoice in thy falvation, faith he, ver. 5. The door of Mercy, which for a little time was (hut up, foon o- pened again, and gave him a free accefs unto God. Thirdly, He experiments it in the returns of Prayer ; the Promifes, by which God binds his own bowels above, are let down here be- low in the Gofpel. And as the Believer takes hold of them by Prayer, fo God is touched with a companionate feeling thereof. Whilf Ephraim was bemoaning himfelf in his Suppli- cation, Gods bowels are troubled and fall a- found ing at it, Jer. 3 1. i S, 2 0. Coelum tundimus & mifericordiam extorquemus, faith Tertullian; We knock;; at Heaven and fetch down mercy from God. Prayer bath done Wonders in the world.At AbrabamsPrayer God hoops to fuch low terms, that he would have Paved Sodom for ten righteous pert ns : 7acob by Prayer wrefiles, and becomes a Prince with God; which is more than to have all the Monarchies of the world. Mofes by it binds as it were the Almigh- ty, and will not let him alone to confume Ifrael: jofhua ftopt the Chariot of the Sun,and fo made a long day for the improvement of his Vietory: Elias locked up Heaven, and till he turned the Key of Prayer the contrary way there was no rain up6n the Earth. In the time of Marcus Antoninus the Philofopher, the Chriftian Le- gion by their Prayers, procured Water for the Roman
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