Chap.6. according to St M A T T H g Vi. 195 as that which comes from the depthof the breft. As the deeper or hcllcwer the bellyof the lute or violi is, the pleatanter is the found :the feeter,the more grating and hatfh in our ears. e/snd try father Whichfee,, *h in ferret ] And heareth too : as he did Mots when he cried to God, but lardnothing ; and Han- nah,when fhe moved her lips, but uttered not her felt in an audible voice : and Nehemiah, when he lift up his heart to God, as he fpake to the King : and as hedoth í}i11 his praying people. His ears Are into their prayers, faith S. Peter, after David : that though their prayersare to weak, they cannot afcend to him, he will de- fcena to them. He hearknedand beard, thofe good fouls in Ma- lachi, chap. 3 i6. as loth to lofe any part of their precious lan- guage. Thus the eyes ofthe Lord areupon the righteous ( when they are prayingefpecially) and his ears are open to their pray- ers. He teeth his Church when fhe is in the clefts of the rocks, when the is gotten into a corner and praying, he looks upon her with fingular delight, andwith fpeciall intimations of his love (as eXhafhuerofh dealt with Effher) and faith unto her, as he, What is thy petition,anditfhall begiven thee ? And oh that every faith- full foul, whiles it is fitting and feafting with God by fecret pray- er, and other holy duties, wouldbethinke it fell what ipeciall boon it huh to beg, what Haman to hang up,what corruption tobe fùb- dued, what grace to beencreafed,&c. How fhould they he gra- tified,and their requeft granted, even to the whole of Gods king- dom ? The truth is, they might have any thing : and that which Zedekiah laid to his Courtiers flatteringly, God performethto his people really, The King is not he that can doe any thingagain.I you. Luther was wont to fay, that prayer was after a fort omni- potent : for whatfeever God can doe,that prayer can doe. Of Lu- ther himfelf, for his wreftlingwithGod and prevailing (as hewas mighty and happy that way)it was Paid, That man can have any thing at Godshands. Will reward you openly] Here in part, hereafter in all perfe- aion. He never Laid to the houle of Ifrael, Seekye me invain. Thispoor man (for inftance) praid, faithDavid, pointing to him- fell, and the Lord heard him, and deliveredhim out of' all his di- lrej s. God is knownby hearing of'prayers, 'cis one of his Ti- t1es,P(d. 65,3. 'tis his praiíe above all Heathen gods) ¡1x.45 t 9. to. By this Manaffs knew him to be God, aChron.3 3. t 5. and all Ijrael, I King.18.37,39. when it came to a matter of corn- 0 z petition: Exa3.14.tf. <fe/es egrt 2-ocú f icntio ut corde eis. rraret Aug, x Sa n.i,tg. MI). 2.4. r t'et.;.s. cis Ato-ir àvnJr. PfaJ. 3;. s 5, Csct.z.1q. Eflh.5.3 Jer.38.5, Iftevirporuit qucd voiuit ? De Lurhere Iufus tonas. Ifa 45.19. Ptai.3g.6,
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