Chap.t5. know howand why theypart with it. Lord, helpnse] Few words, but very forcible. When thou Pc.icCg.a comeft before God, let thy Words be fix, faith Solomon. This St Peter calls to be ( her in prayer, i Pet.4 7. without trifling, o °arson "Hie or vain babling, which the wife man calls the ¡scrifive offiats, aaii ,s TheBaalites prayer was not more tedious,then Eli3r's íhrt, and t7.,ta; Actaus yet more pithy then short : charging God with the care ofhis it""' ., covenant, truth, glory, &mac. It was Eliah that praid loud and long, though in few words, yet very of eetaall. Fratres,E yp- tiaci brevilfimis & rapt'am jaculatis orationibttis uti voluerunt (faith iluvuftine) ne per 'norms eanefceret & habetaretur in- rentio. Thofe ancient Chriitians of Egypt were very brief in their prayers. Helpme] TheWord properly fignifieth to runat onescry that B W10 q ttr calls for help; as the tender mother doch to her hungry child, when ßo;)17 9rí"v he letsuphis note, and cries luaily. a-t clatnorem u, Verse z6. e4ndtotuftitrodogs] To whelps, faithSc.Marh, lituittaccurree So he calls her, Bitch, her daughter, whelp. This might have eatny cau;atj' t3 rr.' is damped and difcouraged her. But the was that well refolved care!- Chri ftian, whofepart Luther faith it is to believe things invi[ible, [rte r.,spre to hope fox, things deferred, and to love God when he thews him- Contearpru io felfmolt angry with him, and aloft oppofice to him. Our Savi- vilemrur. our was no bower gon from this Canaanitefle but he heals the deaf and dumb man (though far weaker in faith then her) at firft crcacr irav f ,word, ea/fark.?=33 and verf.3o of this chapter the Galileans tare, t ararc no foonerlaid their rick and lame friends at his feet, but he cured »mn /e often. them without any more ado. He is a Gad of judgement, and dettem cones. knowes how and when to deal forthhis favours. He laies heavi- rrxt r.ch. eft burdens on the 1tron eft backs, and pr®portions our l,Eti- ons to our abilities, holding us off for deliverance, till be finds us fit for it: and giving us hearts co wait, and want_it till his time iscome. Verfe27. Truth Lord] Nu K'ro. This is particula affenti- entis & ohfecrantis. Howstrangely Both God enableand enlarge his weak people many times in prayer.? they are carried beyond. chemfelves in a wonderfull manner, and though otherwife rude in fpeech"and unlettered, yet then they have words at will,far above naturali apprehenfion, and fuck as they arenot able co re- peat again : being for the time, loft in the endlefle maze offoiti- tuall ravifhments, and afeending, with the Church,in thomeprl- F f hers According to S tM A r T H E vv.
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