Su.. t r Triumph ofFaith ~ 6 3 Chrift acknowledgeth here, That lnjia11cy of praying in Faith, wiU overcome Go1, and Satan and all t~e fadd~fl '.1_ emptations that can bejal the Child of God. Hence obferve what AB:s of efficacious Power inftant and earneft Prayer putteth forth upon God, and how the Clay-Creature doth ' work upon, and prevail with the great Potter and Former ofall Things. '1. Prayer is a M~£fenger and a fwift and winged Poft difp~tched up to Court, Pjat. v. 3· '.IJavicl "fent away this Poft early in the Morning, with :Morning Wings : A{.Y Voice jhalt thou hear in the Morning: The Poft is himfelf, for the Word is, [Eghnerach Lecha] I will addrefs my Perfon as in Battle array, .7ob · xxxiii. 5· Set thyfeif in order beforeme, (and) jland up, faith Etihu to Job Or, I will a,dd're!s my Words, Job xx ii. r4. · .Now he bath nc/t dire8ed his words again(t me : The Seventy render it parajlfoemai foi an·d ?Javid fent himfelf to Heaven, not only asa Poft,but (as the Word [At[appeh] foundethJ ]'"t.Villlook up, or,ejpy,as one thatkeepeth vVatch -' ~ and Ward, waiting for an Ani\ver from God, as the \lVord is, Habbak. ii. 1, and Pj xviii. 6. In my di(lrefl I called upon t he Lord, ---- and my cry came before him, ev en u.nto hi s Ears. . 2. Prayer puttetl1 a challenge upon God, f(;r his Covenants fake and his ' Promif~ ; that is, greater Boldnefs than to fpeak to God and wait otl Jfa. lx iii.r8.0ur Adve>jaries have trodden dow~ thy San8uary, v. 1 9· We are thine, thou never barefl rule over them, they 'Lvere 11ot called by thy Name, Lam. ii, 20. Jlehold, 0 Lord, and coH!ider, to w hom thou haft done thiJ·, Ifa. lxiii . 1 i. 0 Lord, why haft thou ma{lr us to · err f rom R 4 . thy
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