98 · 7heTrialaua $ERM.Ii: when we are not heard or a~fwered of God. I pray . for a temporal Favour ; V H~1ory to God's People in this Battle, they lofe the Day: Yet I am heard and anfwered, be.:aufe I prayed for that ViEl:ory, not under the Notiot?- of Victory, but as linked ·with Mercv to the Church, 'and the Honour·of Chrift: So the formal Object of my' Prayers was a :fpiritual Mercy to the Church, and the Honour of J efus Chrift Now the Lord by the Lois of the Day, hath J11ewn Mercy to his People in humbling them, and glorifieth his Son, in pteferving a fallen People: So he heareth that which is fpiritual in my Prayers; he is uot to hear the Errors of them. Chrift putteth not Drofs in his Cenfer of Gold. 5· We are heard whenever we ask in Faith; but let Faith reach no further than God's Will : When we make God's Will a Rule, he will do his own Will; ifhe do nnt my Will, 'tis tb be noted, That the Creatures Will, divided from God's Will, in Things not neceffary for Salvation, and God's Glory, is no Part of God's Will, and no asking of Faith. Therefore, Faith frequently in the Pfalms, prayerh, and anfwereth) Pfat. 6. Ver. 4, compared with Ver. 9· Pfot. 55· 2. Attend unto me, and hear me. Ver. I 9· God jhall hear anrl affiill them. Pial. 57. r. :Be merr:ijut unto me, 0 God, &c. V er. 3· He jhall find from Heaven, and fave me from the Reproach of him that <UJoutrJ fwallow me up. Pial. 59· I. :JJetiver me from ·mine Enemies, 0 mty God. V. 2. 2Jetiver me from the J!Vorkers of Iniquity. V. 10. CJ"'te God of .~l1crcy jbatt prevent me, God Jhall let mefee my :D~fire upon mine E'n.emies. Pfal. 6o. J_. , 0 God, thou haft cafl; us off, thou haft fcatterecl us, &c. But.in the End, V. 12. Through Go4 w_e jbatt do valiantly. The Prophecying of Fa1th 1s not
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