-- I am com& intomyGarden. But fomtimes hedethnot ttn/wer ourrequ~{fs. It is true he doth not, but the peaceDfGodwhich pajfeth all under}landingguards our hearts &minds -in the k»owledge andlove ofGod. So though he an– (wers not our prayers in particular;yet he vouch. fafes inward peace unto us,a!furing us thatit !hall gowell with us,though .not in that particular we · beg. And thus in not hearing their prayers, yet they have their hearts defire, whenGodswill is made knowne. Is not this fufficzient fora Chrifl:i– an, eirher to have the rhing, or to have inwa~d peace,with affurance that it iliall goe better With them,then ifthey had it~ with a fpirit enlarged to pray, till they have the thing prayed for -: If any of thefe be,God refpet'ts our prayers. Again,in that Chrifi is thus readytocomeun– to his Gt~rden upon th~ cht~rcbu Invitation, we mav further obferve,That, (hri.ft vottchfafes hisgraciom Pre(ence to his chil– dren upon their dejire tJjit. Thepoint is deare, from the beginningofthe · world, rlie Church hath had the prefence of ChrHl: alway:For, either he hath been prefent in Sacri.fice~,orin fome otherthingsJignes if his preu l[ence,as in\heBufh, orfome more glorious mani– \fefiation of his prefence, the t.Arke, and in the Cloud,andPi!ldroffire, and after that more glori– oufly in theTemple : he hath ever been prefent with his Church in fome. figne or evidence of his prefence, he delighted to be with the d.1il- ( 37 SBRM. I. .f2!!!Jt. Anfw. 0/Jflrv. Erod.~. 2.• Exod. 2.) . a . Exod.13 .z I. dren ofmen. Sometimes beforethar,fometimes ) he affumed abody, ~md afterward laid it do'wne l· D • I , 3 agame ' --------- ---·-- -----
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