I amcomeintomyGarden. 3' 1 ttndthen an,fwers the defl!!S of his holy spit:itin us. SE l1 M. l. 1 A notable place we have for this, Pfol.r.o.I7. Hn'Wtheheart .which thewes howGod firfi prepares the heart upuparedto . to pray,;md then heares.thefe defires of the foule ( pr~er. fiirred upby his owneSpirit,Lord,thots ha.fl heA1'd / the difires oftlJe httmhle ; none are fir to pray bur : the humble, fuch a~ dJfcernetheir owne wants: ~ Thou wilt prepare tbeir hearts) thou wilt malit thine eare to heart.S0Rom.8 .2 6. It is fa id, Liltewifl the Spirt~ aljo helpethouritJjrmities) for, we know not what weJhoutdpray ford! we ought;but the Spirit it (elfemakethirtterceffionfor tH)withgroanings which cannot he uttered.Thus the Spirit not onely fiirres upour heart to pray;but alfo prep~res our hearts umoit.Efpecially,this is necdfaryforus, when ourthovghts are confufed with trouble, griefe, · and P ffivns, nor knowing what to pray. In this cafe the SpirirdietJtes the words ofprayer, or elfi>,_in a confufion oft houghts fums up all ina volie of fighes and unexprdftblegroanes~ Thus ic is tr-ue, that our hearts can neitherbe liftedup to Prayer, nor rig htly prepared for it, in any frame fi '.ting,but by Godsowne SpiriroNothing 1 is accepted of God toward heaven & happines, I but that whichis fpirituali; all favingandfancti– fy inggood comes from above. Therefore God muD: prepare the heart, fiirre up holy defires,di-. cta1:eprayer: mufi doe all in all, beingourAlphtt. Rev. r.6. andomega. Now, Godhearts our prayers. Firfl:, 6ecau(e the M aterials ofthefe holy dejirej ttregoodin.themfelves, andfrcm the Perfonftom whence they ~omt,his Belo, ved Why God -~ heares our prayers. ReafotJ.J. · ~ '
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