34 Iamcome intomyGarden. So likewife, it !hould ftirre us up to keep our peace with God, that fo we mayalwayes have acceffe unto him, and communion with him. What apirifull cafe is it to lofe other comforts, and therewith alfo to be in fuch a flare, that we 'Tl·eg;reatr(! cannot goe to God with any baldneffe ~It is the lojfe of all. greatefi lo!fe ofall, when we have loft the fpirir of Prayer. For ifwe Iofe other things, we may 1 recover them by Prayer. But when we have loft this boldne1fe to goe to God , and are afraid to looke him in the face (as malefactors the Iudge) , this is awofull efiate. Ca{et wberein fjne-1.& UIZjit to pray. I. Now there arediverfe cafts wherein the Joule is not inaJlate fit for Prayer. As that firfi, P(at.66. 18. If !regardiniquity in my htart, the Lord1'vill not regard ~y Prayer. Ifa man hath a naughty heart, that purpo!eth to live inany finne againll: God, he takes him for an enemy, and therefore will not regard his Prayer. Therefore we mull: comewitha refolute purpofe) to breakeoffall finfull courfes, and to give up our felves to the Aarongmo- . guidance ofGo~sSpirit. And thiswill be a for$ ti'tl~ to [antlifi· cible reafon to move us thertmto,becaufe folong cattBn. 1' . k fi d .f. G d as we IVe many nowne munrepente o , o neither regards us nor our prayers. Whata fear– full efl:ate is this,that when we have fuch need of Godsfavour in all efl:aces; in fickr;effe,the houre of death, and in fpirituall temptation, to be in fuch a condition,as that we dare not go to God1. 1 Though our lives be ~ivill, yedf we have falfe ~~ 1 hearts that feed themfelves with evill im~ginarions, and witha purpofeof finning(though we t . aet j
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