11);ecíouo gait!). 373 Roman Army,and a fcattering Tempef{ againft their Enemies ; and were therefore called,Le- gio fulmiìt ztrix, The thundring Legion. Prayer hath a kind of Omnipotence in it, and can do every thing. Sometimes the Prayer, is retur- ned in Specie, in the very thing defired, as Hannah's was in a Son ; whom therefore fhe called Samuel ; that is, Asked of God. In this cafe the Believer hath a double Bleiling in one ; over and above the common Provi- dence he hath a pregnant proof of his Prayer in it. A Blefling, which is a meer Provi- dence, comes up,' as the Corn cloth; with the husk or chaff of one vanity or other, as a lté- mento of that blaft which Sin brought upon the World : But that, which is a Fruit of Prayer, is as Manna from Heaven, pure and unmixt; a Bleflìng and no forrow added to it,as being the Birth of the Promife andCove nant.TheBleflìngs of the former fort are gather red up by Men as Acorns are by Swine with- out looking úp to that Grace, .which as a Tree of Life bears all the good Fruit : But the lat- ter raifes up the Heart in the admirations and high - praifes of the great Donor, as we fee in Hannah, who returned back her Son,- affoon as received, unto God in Praife and Dedica- cation. Criticks have obferved an elegant Paranomafta in thofe words run 4j LY1; therefore I have lent him to the Lord,'Sam.i.28. Samuel was firft Shaiil meel, Askked of God; and then Shaiil leel, lent or returned to God. Thofe Bleflings, which are drawn clown by C c 3 Prayer,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=