S I a CHAP. 5. An Expufitian von thefirfi VER, 7 .1 Tim.a,t. To fay in a word ; there are u three forts of Petiti- ons, as Riff/ feemes to diflinguifh diem : there is no pare of mans life, wherein one or all haue not their place. The fir bee calls, Apprcceuioni; prayers for blefIìngs wanting. The fecond,`Deprecations; prayers for remo- uall of euils felt, or feared. Thirdly, Inrerce.ont, prayers that we make in bchalfe of others. There is no day, or houre,or moment of life, that hath not necdf rie vfe of X Iamd.5 force one ofthefe:Wantef? thou wifdome f x Aike it of God, Haft thou wifdome ? Pray God to fantlifie, encreafe, continue it. Art thou filled with good things? yet is there on earth no merum bonum, but hath a mixture of euils to be deprecated. Hach God cleanfed thee from fe- y Pfz1r9r3 cretjnsret ?yet mail} thou deprecate Y prefumpratone. Feeler thou no temptation ? thou haft caufe to feare it,' z hfar.26,41. and to watch and pray, z that thou enter not into ir.Finally, fuppofe thy felfe perfea in all grace, fer farre from fenfe and feare ofeuill How many weaklings are there in the body of Chrift, that need aid of thy intercef ions ? How many elefted,yetvncalled ?How many vnder the Croffe? feeble minded, comfortltffe ? &c. Gods grace bath ho- namp.r6, noured vs fo farre, as to make v,s a Interco or.t for oer Pre - thren;. Compaflion mutt teach vs to vfe that pr.iuiledge for their benefit. y ¡e, The dutie we haue feene : Let vs fee the vfe. Repro - ued here is the general! neglea of Prayer and Invoca- don, thus peremptorily, as we fee, commended to orir continual" and vncellantvfe. The Sinners we may range into their feuerall rank s, according to the lèuerall caufes whereour neeleC of the dutie if ueth. Firft, are they that out ofagodlef;e and prophane difpoftion, neglet this, as all other workes ofReligion ; fuch as Dauid de- b Pfal.t4,4 fcribes unto vs, with the brand of Atheif}s, b They haue not callcdvpon the Lord: fwarmes of fuch Atheifls, euery Congregation isfull of; that haue no other thought of God, or his dreadful( Name, except to blafpheme ir. What
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