necíouz Jaítb> the, acceptance of thy Graces, and thou {halt fup with him at a Banquet of Love : Thou mayfi experimentally fay, That the Gofpel is come to thee in power, and in the holy Ghoft, and in much 4ffurance,as the Apoftle fpeaks,i Theft: j. 5. In Power in the firs work of Conver. {ion ; in the holy Ghoft, in the gracious in- dwelling of it after Faith ; and .in much Afru- rance, in the Sealings of Truth and Love upon the heart. Next to that of the Word, I re- commend Prayer to thee ; This is an excellent Ordinance, it wreftles with God, and like a Prince prevails with him; It unlocks the Trea- fury of Grace, and fetches down all Bleffings ; it bath a kind of Omnipotency in it ; and, if with 'reverence I may fo allude As God brought forth all things by the breath of his mouth, fo the Believer produces all Bleffings by the breath of Prayer. Apolloniuo (as So- zomen relates) never asked any thing of God but he obtained it. And of Luther it was faid, Ifie vir potuit apud Deum quod voluit ; This man could do what he would with God. Ask, and thou /halt have : Ask the foaling Spirit, and thou fhalt have it ; ask in the Name ofle- fus Chrifí ; His Merits ire as pure Incenfe a- ble to perfume thy Prayers ; and as a power- ful Orator to perfwade the Comforter to come down to thee : Ask in the holy Spirit, in the Grace and fweet Gales of it, That the Spirit may be an anfwer to it felt; the Spirit as Pealing Gods Love an anfwer to it fell as in- fpiring thy Prayers : Ask in Faith ; Hath not God 445
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