' 266 , The Trial and , SER~ ~ 1 Chrift in the final and confummate llluftration of free Grace, and Mercy in the compleat Redemptio~ of all the Prifoners of. l-Iope, only for the ·DecJaratwn of the, ~upreme Judges Glory, w~o 1ha11 then do Executton on Satan, his Angels, An6chrift, and all Slaves of Hell ; fo that though Prayer made not the -World, yet it may unmake it, al)d fet up a new Heaven and a new Earth. 6. Prayer is a binding. of God, that he cannot depart, and Jayeth Chains on his Hands, and buildeth a Wall or an Hedge of Thorns in ~is \Vay, that he cannot deftroy his People, !fa. lxtv. 7· And there is none that calleth upon thy Name, that Jlirreth up himfdf to fake hold of thee. [Lehachazek bach] There 1s none to .lay Hands on thee, Ezek. xxii. 30. And I fought for a .L11ah amongft them that jboutd make· up the Hedge, andjland in the Gap (or in the Rupture made by War) before me for t/,e Land, that I jhoutd not dejlroy it, but I found none. If a 11-fofes or a Samuel lhould intercecd by Prayer, th(\t the Lord would ipare the Land, his ~rayer .fhould be an Hedge or a Wa 11 to fiand m the Way of jufiice, to hinder the Lord to deftroy his People. 7· Prayer is a · heavenly Violence to God, expreffed in divers powerful Expreifions ; as, I. Jja. lxii. 6, 7· The faithf~l \Vatchmen pray & : cry to God fo hard, that tfJey give the Lord 1iO Refi, no Silence, white he eftablijh Jeru{atnn, &c. 2. Praying is a Sort of flriving \yith :he Lord, Rom. xv. ;o. 1 befeech you,-----flrt'ue U'tth me, in Prayers to God for me. 3· .7acob by praxer wrefrled with the urd; and the Lord, as tf , he
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