Chap.7. 46cordlng to S=M A T T.H & Yt!. eth at Baal: or that he wanteth ears, asthe Image of7upiterdid at Greer. CZeftionlefle he that bi:ís us ask, meaneth to give : as when we bid cur children fy. I. prayyou father give rì efi.ch a th;ng : We doe it not bttt =e hert wemean to give :ir_them. If ho deferre help, let it humble us, as it did David, Pfal, a2, /03. its the day time, but thanhogs-ego not;&c. Bur thou arthog; .&c. Others have praied and fped, Ourfathers trufed in thee, thy -cried unto t kee andsnore delivered: But 1an: a woryne andno man, yet will T call upon him (not oncly in my finking, but) from the bottom of the deeps. Let it alfo quicken us to f.irther fervency, as it did S. Paul, and the Church, fa1.80.3,7,I9 never giving over the fuit (with the importunate widdow,) till we have obtained it, He that prayeth, rt:ovcth God, not as anO:atour mnveth hear- ers, but as a childe, his father. The end cf oratory," is to fpcak perfwafiveiy, not al vaies to perfwade : but the endof prayer is to prevail, and fpeed ; Ye which are Gods remembrancers, give h m noroil, till ye have what ye beg. Ask, fell, knock: cafe an unwearied importunity. flip not any opportunity, pray without ceafing, pray continually: f t afide all for prayer, wait upon ir;. (as the-word iigniíieth) Co/.4.a. with AO. o.7. But muïwe never leave praying ? (may forme, fay) till we have our requefl: granted ? there are other things tobe done ? True : and you' mint' giveover the words ofprayer for a fralon, but never the fait of praier.A begger(for example)comes to a rich mans gate,and cries foran alms, but none there anfwers hirn. He being a poor man, bath fotnething elfe to doe, then tobeg : and ther.fère he fits him down, and knits or knocks, or patcneth, &mac, and betwixt whiles, bcggs and works, works and begas. So fhould we, followour nccèffarybniìncfl:, and yet continue our fuit for grace. And the rather, becauf beggers holdout to ask, where yer,they have no promife it thall be given them : nay when '(many times) they are frowned upon, threatned, punifhed for begging. And whereas beggars corne no neerer houf,then the porch sir entry; and fo know not whether the mailer of the hoof be providing for therm en alms or a cudgel!. All Gods prtitioners, that call up- on him in truth, are admitted into the parlour, as I may fo fay, intoGods fpeciall orcfence. An hypocrite "has not come before hirh, J ob 13,16. Rut the upright (ball dwell in his pretence, Pfal, 1 40.13 Fie hided.: not hieface from fuck, 681. mho: they cry, hehear-. eth,Pfal.a2,24.. Arid 2 7 Crete 7ovil td imago, auribus wrens. Plut. Pfal.sz,3 3,4, S, 6, Cor. sa, Lut;.: S.r r. ïfa. 6a, 7. Ie rbews in- fiantOmani neceffltaterri. Aug . 7i1 ,lSeO?Ux11 Greoox;u f I EeEsTs. c: oloL 4.:. t?.oR1.12,rL.. Ob. Sol. \
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