SEtt. 2 I . Triumph of Faith~ - ~J.61 he had been firaightned, faith ' Gen. xxxii. [ Shat. /echeni] Send me a•wtty, di(mifs me. And Ja~ob , faid, I wilt not dlfmi(s thee tilt _th~u btefs.. me: Which is wc:ll expounded by Ho{ea, Chap. Xll. 4· Jacob had a princely Power over the Angel, and prevailed, he wept, ' and made Supf lication to him, [ Sharah vajafar et-malach vafuchal] Is a Prince, or as many render it, ReBus fuit cum '.!Jeo, or, :DireBus fuit, vel projperum fucceffunt habuit, which rnay,note either a Princedom in Prayer over God, w hi~h is the. true Reafot;t o~ the Name Jfraet; or a~ others thmk, he ftood r~ght up, and his Prayer did not bow, nor was b~oken, . when a Temptation lay or. him as heavy as a Milil:one, even when the Lordfaid he would de4 part from him,__yet hewevailed under that Weig_hr: So Exod. xxxu. 10• . When Mofos was praymg tor the the People : The Lord ia1d to Mo{es, Let ' me alone that I may de(lroy them. E~. xxxii. 10 The Chaldee tranfiate it, Lea·ve off th_y Pra_ryer befo~ m~. All which tendetl1 to this, Tha.t Prayer is a Prince, and a mighty wreftling prevailing King,. tha~ hath _ftrong Bones, and ftrong Arms to be Vldonous With God. vVe know the · :Parable of the Widow~ Luke xviri. Who by Im- · portunity obtained of the unjuft •J udge, that he fhould_ avenge her ?fhcr Adverfiuy. The Scope of whtch Parable IS, that Pravers without faint· ing, putteth fuch a Labour and a Trouble upon GOd, that he muft hear and anfwer the Defires of his Children: So doth the Lord reiC.mble himfelf to a Mailer of a Family gone to Bed with his Chil.drrn, :vho y~t being wearied by the ~~ocking of hts Netghbonr, , cannot chufe but r1!e in the N~ght, and !end him Bread to Srangers come to h1s Houfe. 8. Some
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