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did by.a revelation: from 
p_—_ e Prophet 
of old, as 11S and 
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ous not that fuch-pre- 
cions breath- as thar'of. 
prayer is, ſhould beewith- | 
But its full and' direct ſac- 
fle,or bein vaine: there- 
ore when he'meanes not 
ro. heare, he layesthe key 
prayer outof the way, 
O b defirons' 1s hee to give 
nſwers to: every prayer. 
c th out in thiscafſe of 
for another, aF1n ky 
Yroving another; Qae | -- 
whom 'God::intends'nor | 
wood unto, God will lock 
IP a "mans : heart. towards 
och; ==: that hee ſhall 
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in when' towards. ano- 
er 'God doth inlarge ic 
as much, where: hee:i in. 
ends good, thus ies 
omerimes] in praying for 
_another, 


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we prayed 
[not for. 


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The retarne of Prayers. 


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pray for,as hot toreprove' 
ſuch a man, though his 
heart was t@ doe both: : 
bat it fareth- with him: az 
Got threatneth concere-| 
ing E£xetic! towards that 
people; that he makes his 
fongee rheave 10 theres 

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prayers for; and anfwet! 
them m ſome others, 10 


| whom wee Thalt have a1 


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wet prayed far: and (Ot 
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perſon and' the | 
prayer, Yea,” | 
3. That revealing of | 
himſelfe is oftentimes all | 
the anſwer he'inrendedro|/ 
ſuch a prayer, andtiri5an-|! 
Fs ſwer 


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1ap-:5« ſwerenoug t00,t0 enjoy 
inghe ſtea ofa particular 
{me rcy/ the. affurance;, of 
Gods. lave.; As ſuppoſe 

thou . did(t pray. agelaſt 
- | fomeevill comming upon 
his Church, which he yet 
| intends to briog; which 
| hee did. ſer, thy. heart: a 
 worke to pray. againſt, 
thereby to manifeſt-the 
fincericy therof; and then 
hee ſecing chee, thus ſin. 
 ceredrawes.nighto thee, 
and tells thee, however, 
it ſhall go-well withthee, 
and, that thou art greatly 
beloved. of Him: Thou 
art ſometime to take this 
[for all the anſwer hee 
| meapes to give. Andthis 
hee doth ſometimes. alſo 
to content the heare, and; 
Prepare! 


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F. The Feturok Frajes | 107 
prepare Icfors deniall in Chap. 5. 
| he thing wieteas, other- | | 
wiſe,the deniall of what a 
Chriftani harh been 'ear- 
| reſt 17 ,might occaſion (45 
in many it doth) a queſti- 
oning and doabting © of 


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F the heart a particular times ſtirs 


faith*1 m 2 baſtneſle-: * AS | up*a partie / 
ſometimes He doth, and cular fauch 
aphblds the heart ro wait | 2 5 | 
for it, maugre all diſcou- | buſineſſes. 
ragements.- 'So hee did in 
David, Pſat.27,3. David 
was then in great hazards 
'by reaſon of Saul or 6- 
ſalon," and thoſe ſach and 
fo ofreh, as that ro ſenſe: 
and- oneward” probabili- 
ties heewks like never to 
| live quietly againe at 7er»- 
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| ' haply fo his Minj 
the like, therefore faxes! 
David, worſe 4. F, wa 
, thing have 1.deſhqga) 
cordingy GE 
a iſpeciall 
hing above all gre | 
- cauſe it; was: his greetres| 
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' gaine and; againe incour Chap. 4 
 paſſeme\faies he; yet 112 thus | 
| 1 wif be conficent, \that'T | 

| ſhall i eſcape; andſee | 
 lennſulens og zine, and en4 | 

jo the, Ordinances rand | 
| live-in peace: and though | 
| his faith failed him often 
 fas:1n tlie: perfection of 
{ SzyFirdid):for he:faid he 


bind of Seal yeratother | 
times: his fair was mars | 
| velloof]y vpbejd;;and hed 
| ras confident in this;rHee | 
| aſed norco be ſoginotber 

| requeſts'-chus 2 
particularly! andrdiftings: 
ly;anditherefort&he fapes, | 
| [#'this; &r0: "fs" there is a 
| wienefſe;ob the Ho{y Ghoſt 
MMmednace to. the hearr, | 


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156 ; Thekwurneof Prayers, 


|rofay, To have a thing 
| when my heart 1s itaken| 


| thon- wike reliſh his love 


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| ee lheth 
fiereſt ſeaſon. _ 
'  Butyon will beeready 


off from ir,and evencon- 
tented not to have it, 
| makes ir to be as no mer- 
Cy :'for where there is no 
defire, there 1s no rejoy- 
cing. | | 
If thy deſire-bee taken; 
off the thing, then thou 


wile zejoyce the morein} 
 GovD now; andthough| 
the thing of. itſelf ſhould 
| now give-thee lefſe fatis-| 
 faQtion, ' yer God bythe 
' thing wiligive thee:more, 


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and he will make itup;for 
and fweetnefle in it now, 
which is better 1hen lifes; 
and therefore much: bet- 


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cer than that thing enjoy- | 
ed ; and indeed the vio- 
lence of the defire before, 
would have made ir lefle 
| ſweer, for the thing alone 
would not have filled and 
contented that defire, | 
' when it was an inordinate 
laſt, and ſo thon wonldft 
have beene vexed with it, |. 
| rather'than 'ſarisfied, and 
 founda greater vanity in 
1t:but now when it is be- 
come a ſubordinate” de- 
| fire unto'God, © that the 
deſire is downe, andthe 
heart *quieted and con- 
rented? with God in- the 
po : the heart ſaves as 
the ſaid,thaveenongh.So 2. | 
likewiſe thong: maiſt have 
an - affliction thou pray-. 
eaſt longagainſttakenoff 

then, |. 


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; Ih I 58 1 The retarne of Prayers. | 


| Chap. 7 7+ | then, when thy heart was 
| molt willing to igccept 1hy 
| Lev.z8.q1 | puniſhment (as - Moſes's 
phraſe is.) and to ſubmic 
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for what 
. | was agreed to bee given 
| him when je | bee} 
|  petformed. -And thirdly, 
| |inthatalfobedothaccepr 
| | rhepaymencoftheſethy | 
| ' yows of thee, be acknow. 


_ that thoſe vowes 
prayers were heard: 
for as M4xeah faid in ano- 


| Tudg.rz.2; | DET caſe, 1f hee meantto 
| have deſtrayed us hee wonld 
| net have accepted & facri- 
b fice:\oin this caſe it may | 
| | be aid, if God had not 
'-| ” _| heard thy prayers, hee 
""Þ [ would not have echo! 
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anely as it was to be his 


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thy vowes after thy pray- | Chap. 8, 


ing. Thus Davie, Pſal.66, 


13, 14. 7 will pay thee my | 


owes which my lips have- 
uttered, and my month bath 
{poktn, when 1 was in my 
rrouble;thereaſon follows, 
v:17,19.becanſe that Feri- | 
ty God hath heard me, when 


1 eryed to bim : and ſo Bli-| 


phaz in Tob doth connet 
and hang theſe ewo c 
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uber prayer to him,and 


vowes : This 
T2 tows of pay*+: 
tg his vowes, was not- 


duty, bur alfo as #conſe-| 


quent that would follow | 
he other, that when his! 


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raene 'to God, ſhewing 
whatbenefitwauld accrne 


others this : The hearing 
his prayers, ard perfor- 


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bled by faith.co fee Cleer- 
lyGods hand ſhewed forth 


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of trouble, and I will de 
liver thee , «1d thou ſhalt 
glorify mee}, Therefore 
when the hearc hachpray- 


ance belies” the 
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is; enabled to exale God | Chap'8..| | 
|  whenir.is obtained, It hve I 
ligne, that God did irin 
mere ro _- Prayers, 
OF EREIC Is COnDex1? 
on made berweene thele, 
as between the cauſe and 
| = wry vine _ thee, 
 Davia,when be was deli» | 
 vered our of all higgrows- | 
bles, (as whenhee made | 
| thar18:2/4/, he was, as ap- | 
peares.by the nifle-of it) { 
| then a; 6,verſe, he gg+ 
lates haw he had prayed; 
and bow hee wes heard, | 
and {ee thereupon how | 
| his heart was enlarged40 | 


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| avs ver.” When wee ſee 
| Angels" from God, be. 
yond- the 'power of fe- 
cond- cauſes deſcending, 
irts-a figne; tharprayers, 
as Anpels;firſt: aſcended, 
and obtained thar mercy. | 
| Thos alſo the-'Church | 
| Eſay 2:6: having. obtain- 
| ed-thoſe deliveratices by 
|prayef,;ver:1 5; (for which 
{there ſhe-makes thar ſong | 
{by way of thankfalrieſſe) 
ſhe aſctibes all unito God, 
ver: 12. T how haſt wrought 
Ph «ll our workes for ws, and 
9:6: | ver. 18, Yerily we have ne 
mercy, | wrought any deliverance in 
aw theearth. | 
21mg þ '"6- When wichthen mer- 
{comes in, | Cy there commeth-che al- | 
(= * | forance of Gods love, and| 
y prayer. j| an TNns of his fayour, | 
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when G o'D !ſendsnora

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and 


abundantly comforts: the 
| heart. Thus /ſaac: 


and 4 


er having long perfu+ 
fed it, and the thing be 


deferred makes the. btart 


heates that ſicknelſe, and 


forpd 
Rebekkah a.great blethng , 
bore wile t@ 
him, Gen, 2 ; lt, Such a 
comfort alſo was ſage tx 
Abraham, -Gen. 17.18, 19. 
A ſonne indeed, a fonne of 
laughter, as his name frg- 
nifies : and ſuch was S«- 


muiel to Hannah, ſhee had 


lt. At. et 


\but a good ſon, a blefſed 


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ringthe blefling,bat with | 
out:-prayer, how imbiteer- 
ed'was it to him, (thoogh | 
a bleſſing to himin the e- 
[venr) by twenty yeeres 
 baniſhment from his mo-/ 
thers houſe > When/1ſrae! 
| chemſelves ſer upa' King, 
but not 6y we,as God faies, 
what -a puniſhment was 
|herothem?givenin wrath, 
qnd taken' away in anger : 


| Hoſſ12.11. | 
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granted,how ſhall we then 
diſcerne” ati know, that 
| God doth notwithſtand- 

ing heare the prayer ? © | 
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| very thing it felfe defi- 
red is not granted;' whett | 


-"'cerme an anſwer to; and\ 


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muſt premiſe this; thar it | 
1s trne, that alwayes the | 


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micht paſſe. from him , 
which though ſome in- 


rexpret..the word puſlivg; 
Rn ſhart Wart: ee 9 


Ck he. brunt, .and..thar 
efore in thas.r ar agel 
hee was heard direct Jy in 
| what he asked: petit ſo, 
why was that clauſe if it be 
pleaded ha argues 
[his petition was for 
tall removall.,. yee with 
will 5 
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ſhore remoxalliof ic : nay, 
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ayes hee,ver.23; athew 
was angry with mee, and 
- world not heare me. ver.26. | | : 
| Likewiſe ere Icometore- | 
ſolve the caſe, an objecti- 
| on 1s alſo

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is a great mercy;and 


[ing by the Jofle of that 
| one thing hee learns how 


obraige a hundred better 


\ The returne of Prayers, 


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queſt layes a foundation, 
and is a reſervation of 
him to a worfe Judge. 
ment : So, the deniall of a 
Godly mans prayer 18 for 
his greater good, and 1; 
| laid as a foundation of a 
greater mercy : * anda. 
| gaine, oftentimes the ve. 
ry deniall breaks a mans 
heart,and brings him nea- 
rer to God, purs him upon! 
ſearching into bis wayes, 


Co ro ſee what ſhould 
amifſe therein, which a+ 


better then the thing, ſee- 


to prey better, and ſoo 


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The retune of Prayets. | 197 | 
7 RE 
defired the Cup might p4 
e did not; per thar was: 
he fonndarion of onr fal- | 
ation, & the way to His 
lory : Hee being to paſſe 
hrough that ſuffering in- 
o His glory: The woman 
at had the bloody iſlae, | 
| 


hongh ſhee nſed\ many 
eanes, and haply prayers ) 
mong the reſt, and all in 
aine, yet none tooke ef« 
oh thar in the end ſhee | 

"1 come to Chr:ift.and 4A, 
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3 Obſerve'if there be | of the. | 
OT A tranſmetation and a wg mag 
anſl 61015 or etrning of "Yor atk 

e thing deſired” inito | bleding 
dme other greater bleſ. | tharis ber- 
ter of the | 


g of the famekind : for | cue kind, | 


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The returne of Prayers, | 


l | { God( af whoſe AYES Are | 
|eercy 4nd truth to His pee: 


ple ) doth improve, huſ. 
band, and lay ont the pre. 
cious ſtocks of their pray. 
ers,to the beſt advantage, 
in things, "whereby the 
greateft returns and gains 
may accrue: as old /acoþ: 


' [id not his Hand of bleſ- 


ſing as Joſeph would have] 
gnided chem, but laid che 
right band upon the yon- 
ger Sonne,” whom 7oſez 
did fer at. his left : So of. 
cen doth God take off hi 
hand of blefling from the 
ching we prayed for, and 
laies & diſcovers 1t 10 an- 
other more for our good: 
and as God giving, ſas 


[the power and priviledg 


[to bleſſe a ſonne, thoug| 


Jfas 


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The returne of Prayers. | 195 | 
Iſaac hee; intended} ir; for 
Eſau,yetGod unbeknown: 
ro him tranſmicred ir to| 
[acob, yer ſo, as the bleſ-/ 

pg was not loſt : Thus 
isir- in oar prayers for ble: | 
ings bothupon our ſelves | 
and others. There is of- | 
en a trenſmntation, ne- | 
er a fruſtration of them : | 

phich may as truely and. 
liretly bee called an an- 
wer to the prayer; Agifa | 
ator beyond Sea, when. 
he owner ſends fer. ſuch 
nd ſuch commodities, 
ppolingthem more yen- | 
tble and  advantagions, 
ut the Factor | know- 
ig the ſtate of rhings, 

d the prices, ſends him 

er in ſtead of them, | 
ich as ſhall. ſell better, 
KY andt 


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[and bring in morePprofir, 
may be faid to anſwer his 
|lerrers, and that berter, 
then if hee had-ſent thoſe 
vety commoditieshe writ 
* [forz Thos Abrabumr ipray- 
[ers for 1ſhmael were tur- 
{ned for 1ſa«c: Davids for 
[the Childe to Solomon. | 
Q.1. 4 'Obferve if in the 
God an- | end God doth-notanſiyer 
cron | (hee [till according to the 
of our ground of thy Prayer: 
| prayers. | chat is, ſee if thatholy end 
incencion, and affefion, 
which cthon hadſt in pray 


ir, be not inthe

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the hinge which 
the prayer tarnes wn 
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The return of Prayers. 
As when 4 General is ſent | 
out with- an Army , by 2 
King or a State, who give 
him many particular di- 
regions ,, how to order 

nd diſpoſe, and manage 

he war, although 1n ma- 
hy particulars that fall 
Put, wherein they conld| 
zot foreſee togive lo pun. 
tuall and particular dire» 
tons, he (werve from the 
lireQions, yet jf he keeps 
2:the intent of their | 

Commiſion, and doth | 
what is moſt adyantagi- 
pus for their ends, he may 
<e ſaid to keepe to his 
Zommiſiton, For as they 
ay of the Law, Mens legs 
| lex, the mind of the Law 

&'the Law',' nor the bare| 
ord91tis printed in ; fol 

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(the 3 eaning of the: Spiri 
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preſſe thoſe our. defires: J 
and till che meaning, the 
intent, the ground of our 
prayers ſhall be anſwered, 
To open this, the - maine; 
ends, and meanings" 
our hearts' inour requeſt; 


are Gods glory,theChur. 
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of his, ſome other way, 
nd his comfort made up, | 
hich is the common de- 
ire of all mankinde : and 
thou canſt have but com- 
ort, let the thing bee} 
hat -it will that con- 
eighs it to thee; and God | 
il rake order thar that 
omfort thy ſoule deſired, 
hou ſhalt have come in 
Dne way or other, which 
zhen ir-doth, thon canſt 
ot. but ſay thy prayers. 
re heard. For as God ful: | 
ls his promiſes, ſo hee | 
eares prayers, there 'is 
he ſame reaſon of both: 


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now God bath promiſed, 
Hee that leawes Farber and 
Mother, ſhall bave a» hay. 
dread fold + not in ſpecie, as 
we lay, 1» kinde, this can- 
[Not alwayes bee fulfilled, 
for an hundred- Fathers 
he cannot have. God ful. 
fills. it nor therefore ab 
wayes in the ſame kinde, 
|[burin ſome other things, 
which ſhal! be more then 
hundred Fathers would: 
bee. 

Moſes hee prayes hee 
might goe into Canaan, 
God anfwers the ground 
of his proyer, though not 
[in the matter 1n/it expref- 
ſed and deſired, and that 
both for Moſes 'his com 
fort and hisowne glory; 
od hee takes him up to 
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heaven, the true Canaan, 
whereof that Canaan: was 
but a. type , and-hee' ap- 
points: /o/bas a fteſhanda 
young man, 'commingon 
in the world, and one 
whom'Aoſes himſelfe had 
eatored and /brought-up, 
and was his pupill, fer- | 
yantand attendant, Num. 
5, 11,23, and this was 
nore for Gods glory, for 
oſbus was therein to bee| 
he type of Chriſt lead- 
ng ns: ta heaven, which'| 
eLaw (of which Moſes | 
rasthe type): could not;| 
ring us unto by. ze4ſen of 
ve weakneſſe of it; and he | 
deing yong did it berrer 2: 
nd it was not fo muchal- L/ 1 
0 for Gods: glory, that | 
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the Temple andan houſe 


draw the patzerne; as allo 


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and whereas Moſes defired 
to have the honour of it, 


tended him, and had been 
brought ap: by him,” and 
had all from him;that hee! 
was the man fhonld doe 
it, was:well-nigh- as'great 


hee had beene the leader 
himſelfe. And ſo David 
when heedefiredto build 


ro God, 'for the tike rea» 
ſons God denied it, but 
yer honoured himtopre- 
pare the materialls,and ro 


inthathts Son did it, who 


rype of -Chriſt, being 2 
Pxrence of Peace; ÞurD avid. 
a man of blood and-war, 


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and likewiſe God accep- 
ced this of David; as if he 
had built it, and will re. 
compence him as much. | | 
5. Obſerve, if in the | g 6 
thing which thou haſt | Godwhen 
prayed much: - about, | aero 
hough ir be denyed thee, rlnies 
yer if God doth noren- | yeelds far - 
deavour to give thee (asT | 72. | 
nay ſo ſpeake) all ſatisfa-:| fatien to | 
tion chat may bezeven as | his chulde. | 
t hee were tender of de-| 
dying thee, and therefore 
zoth much 1n ic for thy 
Yrayers ſake, though the 
oncluſion: proves other- | 
viſe, as being againſt 
Dme other purpoſe: of | 
1s, for ſome ather ends: 
s when hee-denied Mo-. 
s to goe into the Land; 
f Canaan, hee did it with| 
much | 


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| him leade them, till hee 
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is ſome 
| | great reaſon why hee de- 


| nies thee, and a great re- 


< pect hadtothy prayers,in 


' thatheis pleaſed rodiſco- 


ver ſo extraordinary a 
providence abour ir. 
. Laſtly, Jooke into the 


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Grit, if a 

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the effes. F 
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Tareent | 12: If thy hearc be inlar- 


eff<& of that deniall gpon 
thine owne heart; as, 


ped toacknowledge God, 


| robe holy and ty. "Bats 


In his dealings wich thee, 
' and thine own unworthi- 
 nefle the cauſe of his de- 
'nying thee. Thus we of- 
ren find che Saints exprel- 
ting themſelves in their 
prayers : that Pſaf, 22. 


| though typically made of 


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'ned by "David, ahd as it | Chap. 9. 
may concerne his perſon, 
it: may ſerve' for an'n- 
ſtanice for this,” 119 inthe 
day time_>, but thou heareſ 
not: this might have made 
him jealous of God; but | 
fjes he, T how art boly VAT 
and dealeſt now'wirh me 
in ani holy manner, and | 
aft juſt in 1t: Others have 
alled on thee, and have | 
been heard though 1 now 
for'my unworthineſſe am 
denied: Bat Pam aworme. 
[Ic might have pat aman 
df, wherthe ſhould chink; | 
Drhers are heard; bnerior 
;baric/puts nor him off, | Secor | ,, | 
t hambles him, 7 am « if God 

orme, oe. Ad The art | witha holy 
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and art 
not diſcouraged,thy pray- 
ers are heard, Pſal. 80. 4- 
Though God ſeemed an- 
ory wich their prazers, yet 
they pray, and expoſtu- 
late with him, and giye 
ot over; for they made 
that 'Pſalme as a Prayer, 
Ard how long wilt thou be 
ngry- 4gvinſt the prayer of 
Fby people ? So Pſal 44-17. | +. + 
T Hough wee att) ref amang | = 
Dragons, yee wie havens 
peene falſe in thy Covenant; 
So ſay thou, I will pray 
Ill, though F-never have 
anſwer inf this life;” Tt 
moves ingenuous natures 
o-ſee mentake repulſes 
nd denialls-well, which 
proud 


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if ehey had not-prayed: 
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prayer ; for as faith is | 
m_u ya Tg grace, 
O prayer a Degging grace. 
And Pl og ee 2 
think thy prayers axeac-| 
| cepredar all,notwithſtan- 
| ding their weaknefle 2: if 
L 4 that | 


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o | that they are. accepted, 

then they muſt be accep-! 

red as prayers,now if they: 
be accepted as prayers, 

| chen as eftecuall motives 
ro prevaile with God to 
grant the rhing you aſke ; 
| for if hee ſhould not ac- 
\ceptthem to that end,for 
| which they were ordai- 
 ned,itis as1f hee accepted 
them nor art all. As there- 
fore when he approves of 
any mans fairch as true and 
fincere, hee approves and 
accepts of it ro that pur. 
poſe, for which it was or- 
 dained, which is to ſave 
and juſtifie, and to this 
| end doth as fully accept 
| the weakeſt att of faich, 
as the ſtrongeſt $ ſo isir: 


withtheir prayers, j which 
| being 


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being ordained as a means | Chap. 1o 
[ro obraine mercies from 

| him, if hee accepts them 
at all, it is with relation 

tro the accompliſhment 

of them, which 1s their 

| end. L190 

| 4. Men are miſtaken 

in judging of the weak- 
| nes of their prayers, they 
judge of the weakneſſe of 
their prayers by their ex- 
preſſions, and gifts 1n per-. 
forming them, or by the 
ſtirring and overflow of 
aftections, whereas: the 
| ftrengrh 8& yigorof pray- 
| er” ſhon'd' be eſtimated: 
from the faith; the ſince- | 
|riry, the obedience, rhe 
| defires expreſtinir. Asit 
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weight and holinefle of 
the matter, and-ſpirit of 
the Preacher, that moves 
a wiſe, andan incelligent 
hearer : ſo not gifrs, but 


| graces in prayers are they 
that move the Lord: The! 


ſtrengrh ofpray er lies not 
im words, tut mn that it is 
| fitted ro prevaile with | 
God; oneprayer is not 
more {trong\ then ano- 
ther, further then it is ſo 
{framed as it hath power 
with God more or lefle;as 
of 7acob 10 13 — [x 
wer10ith God Heſ.12.Now 
prayers move God, not 35 
an' Oratonr moves 4n