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           The
           Right
           use
           of
           that
           ARGUMENT
           IN
           PRAYER
           FROM
           
             The
             Name
             of
             GOD
          
           ;
           On
           behalf
           of
           a
           People
           that
           profess
           it
           .
        
         
           By
           
             John
             HOWE
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Pidgeons
          
           ,
           over
           against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           1682.
           
        
         
      
       
         
         
           The
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           NO
           sort
           of
           men
           have
           ever
           pretended
           to
           Religion
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           allowed
           unto
           Prayer
           a
           very
           eminent
           place
           in
           it
           .
           And
           so
           much
           a
           deeper
           ,
           and
           more
           Potent
           Principle
           is
           Religion
           ,
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           Man
           than
           Reason
           ,
           (
           though
           both
           are
           miserably
           perverted
           ,
           and
           infeebled
           )
           that
           the
           former
           doth
           secretly
           prompt
           men
           (
           especially
           in
           great
           distresses
           )
           to
           Pray
           ,
           and
           expect
           relief
           by
           Prayer
           ,
           when
           the
           way
           wherein
           it
           is
           efficacious
           ,
           cannot
           so
           well
           be
           explicated
           ,
           or
           apprehended
           by
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           Prayer
           hath
           ever
           been
           reckon'd
           a
           very
           principal
           part
           of
           Religion
           .
           So
           hath
           
             Intercession
             for
             others
          
           been
           wont
           to
           be
           accounted
           a
           very
           fit
           and
           proper
           part
           of
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           general
           ,
           Prayer
           is
           most
           evidently
           ,
           a
           duty
           of
           
             Natural
             Religion
          
           ,
           a
           Dictate
           of
           Nature
           ,
           which
           every
           man
           's
           own
           mind
           suggests
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           may
           be
           appeal'd
           to
           about
           it
           :
           
           
             (
             should
             not
             a
             people
             seek
             unto
             their
             God
             ?
             )
          
           Whence
           that
           personated
           ,
           eloquent
           Patron
           of
           the
           Christian
           cause
           ,
           urging
           for
           the
           conviction
           of
           his
           Heathen
           Adversary
           ,
           the
           common
           practice
           of
           people
           in
           their
           extremities
           ,
           to
           lift
           up
           (
           even
           untaught
           )
           their
           hands
           and
           eyes
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           fitly
           sayes
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Vulgi
             iste
             naturalis
             est
          
           
           sermo
           ,
           that
           
             they
             do
             herein
          
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           
             but
             speak
             the
             language
             of
             nature
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           hereupon
           ,
           the
           impression
           of
           that
           Primitive
           Law
           of
           Nature
           ,
           (
           not
           quite
           worn
           out
           from
           the
           mind
           of
           man
           ,
           even
           in
           this
           his
           very
           degenerate
           state
           )
           
             to
             love
             our
             neighbours
             as
             our selves
             ,
          
           doth
           as
           a
           natural
           instinct
           ,
           secretly
           prompt
           us
           
             to
             pray
             for
             others
          
           ,
           whom
           we
           cannot
           otherwise
           help
           ,
           (
           especially
           such
           to
           whom
           we
           have
           more
           peculiar
           Obligations
           ,
           who
           are
           in
           a
           more
           especial
           sense
           our
           neighbours
           )
           as
           (
           at
           least
           ,
           in
           our
           last
           
           necessities
           )
           we
           do
           
             for
             our selves
          
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           recourse
           to
           God
           ,
           whether
           for
           our selves
           or
           others
           ,
           we
           are
           led
           by
           a
           sense
           of
           our
           own
           impotency
           ,
           and
           dependent
           state
           ,
           from
           a
           deeply
           inward
           apprebension
           of
           a
           Deity
           ,
           that
           is
           (
           as
           Epicurus
           himself
           seems
           constrain'd
           to
           acknowledge
           concerning
           the
           Idea
           of
           God
           ,
           )
           even
           proleptical
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           prevents
           reason
           .
           So
           that
           we
           do
           not
           ,
           being
           urg'd
           by
           the
           pinching
           necessity
           of
           the
           case
           ,
           stay
           to
           deliberate
           ,
           and
           debate
           the
           matter
           with
           our selves
           ,
           how
           this
           course
           should
           bring
           relief
           ,
           but
           do
           even
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           
             that
             it
             may
          
           ;
           by
           an
           apprehension
           that
           is
           earlier
           in
           us
           ,
           than
           any
           formal
           reasoning
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           being
           Prior
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           also
           not
           supprest
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           prevails
           against
           it
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           in
           reason
           objected
           ,
           which
           we
           cannot
           so
           clearly
           answer
           .
        
         
           Yet
           ,
           when
           we
           do
           bring
           the
           matter
           to
           a
           rational
           
           discussion
           ,
           we
           find
           that
           
             in
             our
             conception
             of
             God
          
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           apprehension
           of
           so
           perfect
           ,
           and
           
             excellent
             a
             nature
          
           ,
           that
           we
           cannot
           suppose
           he
           should
           be
           mov'd
           by
           any
           thing
           Foreign
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           that
           we
           can
           inform
           him
           of
           any
           thing
           he
           knew
           not
           before
           ,
           or
           incline
           him
           to
           any
           thing
           ,
           to
           which
           his
           own
           nature
           inclines
           him
           not
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           wise
           and
           apt
           course
           of
           his
           Government
           over
           intelligent
           creatures
           requires
           that
           they
           should
           be
           apprehensive
           of
           their
           own
           concernments
           ,
           (
           whether
           personal
           or
           that
           belong
           to
           them
           as
           they
           are
           
             in
             communities
             ,
          
           )
           and
           pay
           a
           solemn
           homage
           to
           his
           sovereign
           power
           and
           goodness
           ,
           by
           supplicating
           him
           about
           them
           ,
           yet
           that
           if
           he
           hear
           their
           Prayers
           ,
           it
           must
           not
           be
           for
           
             their
             sakes
          
           ,
           but
           
             his
             own
          
           .
           Therefore
           also
           ,
           it
           cannot
           upon
           strictest
           reasoning
           ,
           but
           seem
           most
           
             dutiful
             to
             him
          
           ,
           and
           
             hopeful
             for
             our selves
          
           ,
           that
           our
           Prayers
           should
           be
           conceiv'd
           after
           such
           a
           tenour
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           most
           agreeable
           unto
           that
           apprehension
           .
        
         
         
           The
           
             Holy
             Scriptures
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Divine
             Spirit
          
           do
           both
           aim
           at
           the
           recovery
           of
           Apostate
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           repairing
           the
           decayes
           of
           his
           degenerate
           nature
           ,
           and
           do
           therefore
           (
           besides
           what
           was
           necessary
           to
           be
           added
           )
           renew
           the
           
             Dictates
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
          
           the
           One
           more
           expresly
           representing
           them
           ,
           the
           other
           impressing
           them
           afresh
           ,
           and
           reimplanting
           them
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           
             that
             are
             born
             of
             God.
          
           Therefore
           that
           External
           Revelation
           of
           the
           mind
           and
           will
           of
           God
           doth
           direct
           ,
           and
           his
           Blessed
           Spirit
           (
           which
           is
           pleased
           to
           be
           in
           all
           his
           Children
           
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Grace
             and
             Supplication
             ,
             )
          
           doth
           inwardly
           prompt
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           pray
           (
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           single
           and
           common
           concernments
           )
           but
           to
           form
           their
           Prayers
           
             after
             this
             Tenour
          
           ;
           Which
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           their
           so
           frequent
           use
           of
           
             this
             Argument
          
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           from
           
             the
             Name
             of
             God.
          
           
        
         
           Whereupon
           ,
           in
           a
           time
           when
           we
           are
           so
           much
           
           concern'd
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           instant
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           not
           only
           each
           of
           us
           for
           himself
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           Body
           of
           a
           People
           ,
           upon
           whom
           that
           
             Holy
             Name
             is
             called
          
           .
           I
           reckon'd
           it
           seasonable
           to
           shew
           briefly
           the
           import
           and
           
             right
             use
          
           of
           this
           Argument
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           purpose
           have
           taken
           for
           the
           ground
           ,
           the
           
             following
             Text
             of
             Scripture
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             JER
             .
             14.
             21.
             
          
           
             Do
             not
             abhorr
             us
             for
             thy
             Names
             sake
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           we
           have
        
         
           
             A
             Petition
             and
             The
             Argument
             enforcing
             it
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           Very
           serious
           Petition
           ,
           or
           a
           Deprecation
           of
           the
           most
           fearful
           evil
           imaginable
           .
           
             Do
             not
             abhor
             us
          
           .
           The
           word
           doth
           not
           meerly
           signifie
           abhorrence
           but
           disdain
           .
           A
           displeasure
           
           prevailing
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           and
           so
           fixed
           ,
           as
           to
           infer
           
             rejection
             ,
             even
             from
             a
             just
             sense
             of
             honour
             .
          
           So
           some
           of
           the
           Versions
           read
           ,
           
             reject
             us
             not
          
           ,
           or
           
             cast
             us
             not
             forth
          
           ,
           as
           we
           would
           do
           what
           (
           or
           whom
           )
           we
           despise
           
           and
           scorn
           to
           own
           ;
           As
           if
           it
           were
           feared
           the
           Holy
           God
           might
           count
           it
           ignominious
           ,
           and
           a
           reproach
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           further
           related
           to
           such
           a
           People
           ,
           and
           might
           even
           
             be
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             God.
          
           (
           And
           consequently
           that
           the
           following
           Argument
           is
           used
           not
           without
           some
           suspence
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           doubt
           lest
           it
           should
           be
           turn'd
           
           against
           them
           ,
           whereof
           more
           hereafter
           .
           )
           Here
           it
           is
           imply'd
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           
             To
             be
             no
             impossible
             thing
             that
             God
             should
             reject
             with
             abhorrence
             a
             people
             once
             his
             own
             ,
          
           or
           that
           have
           been
           in
           peculiar
           ,
           visible
           relation
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Prayer
           is
           conversant
           about
           matters
           of
           
             Divine
             Liberty
             ,
             i.
             e.
          
           that
           are
           not
           known
           to
           us
           to
           be
           already
           determined
           this
           way
           or
           that
           ;
           but
           that
           may
           be
           ,
           or
           may
           not
           be
           ,
           as
           he
           pleases
           ,
           and
           sees
           fit
           ;
           consistently
           with
           the
           settled
           course
           and
           order
           of
           things
           ,
           not
           about
           things
           that
           he
           had
           before
           made
           ordinarily
           necessary
           ,
           nor
           about
           things
           that
           are
           
             simply
             ,
             or
             in
             ordinary
             course
             impossible
             .
          
           In
           the
           former
           case
           Prayer
           would
           be
           needless
           ,
           in
           the
           latter
           ,
           
             to
             no
             purpose
          
           .
           We
           do
           not
           pray
           that
           the
           Sun
           may
           rise
           to
           morrow
           at
           the
           usual
           hour
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           Sea
           may
           ebb
           and
           flow
           ,
           nor
           that
           they
           may
           be
           prevented
           of
           doing
           so
           .
           (
           But
           we
           must
           distinguish
           such
           necessity
           and
           impossibility
           from
           a
           
             meer
             certainty
          
           that
           things
           shall
           either
           be
           ,
           or
           not
           be
           .
           )
        
         
           We
           are
           to
           pray
           in
           the
           present
           case
           ,
           with
           a
           deep
           apprehension
           that
           this
           is
           perfectly
           a
           matter
           of
           liberty
           with
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           he
           took
           such
           a
           people
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           
             of
             meer
             good
             pleasure
          
           ,
           so
           it
           depends
           wholly
           
           upon
           his
           
             meer
             pleasure
          
           ,
           that
           he
           continues
           the
           relation
           ,
           when
           he
           might
           abandon
           and
           cast
           them
           off
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           further
           imply'd
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           
             That
             the
             more
             serious
             and
             apprehensive
             among
             such
             a
             people
             ,
             do
             understand
             it
             (
             at
             sometimes
             more
             especially
             )
             a
             thing
             very
             highly
             deserv'd
             ,
             that
             God
             should
             abhor
             and
             reject
             them
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           deprecation
           is
           a
           tacit
           acknowledgment
           ,
           that
           the
           deprecated
           severity
           was
           reasonably
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           not
           only
           from
           
             Sovereign
             Power
          
           ,
           but
           
             offended
             Justice
          
           .
           This
           is
           indeed
           exprest
           in
           the
           next
           foregoing
           words
           .
           
             We
             acknowledge
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             our
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             the
             iniquity
             of
             our
             Fathers
             :
             for
             we
             have
             sinned
             against
             thee
             ,
             Do
             not
             abhor
             us
             .
          
           &c.
           So
           that
           this
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Supplicants
           in
           the
           present
           case
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           herein
           
             perfectly
             at
             mercy
          
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           be
           heard
           't
           is
           
             undeserv'd
             compassion
          
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           rejected
           't
           is
           from
           
             most
             deserved
          
           displeasure
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           it
           were
           not
           exprest
           ,
           yet
           the
           Supplication
           must
           be
           understood
           to
           imply
           it
           .
           For
           when
           the
           great
           God
           hath
           vouchsafed
           to
           limit
           his
           Sovereign
           power
           ,
           and
           antecedent
           liberty
           by
           his
           Promise
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           such
           a
           Prayer
           were
           it self
           reflecting
           ,
           and
           an
           affront
           ,
           if
           it
           should
           proceed
           upon
           a
           supposition
           ,
           or
           but
           intimate
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           ever
           be
           inclin'd
           to
           do
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           without
           an
           excepted
           cause
           .
           Such
           as
           that
           his
           rejecting
           them
           upon
           it
           ,
           might
           consist
           with
           his
           being
           faithful
           to
           his
           word
           .
           When
           he
           values
           himself
           so
           much
           upon
           
             his
             faithfulness
          
           ,
           and
           seems
           even
           to
           lay
           his
           very
           Godhead
           upon
           it
           .
           As
           those
           strangely
           Emphatical
           words
           import
           .
           Deut.
           7.
           9.
           
           
             Know
             therefore
             that
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
          
           he
           is
           God
           ,
           the
           faithful
           God
           ,
           
             which
             keepeth
             Covenant
             and
             Mercy
             with
             them
             ,
             that
             love
             him
             ,
             and
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             to
             a
             Thousand
             Generations
          
           ;
           (
           implying
           that
           he
           would
           even
           yield
           himself
           
             not
             to
             be
             God
          
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           in
           all
           points
           vindicate
           and
           demonstrate
           his
           
             faithfulness
             .
          
           )
           Nor
           indeed
           do
           we
           properly
           crave
           for
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           we
           therein
           disclaim
           a
           
             Legal
             right
          
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           acknowledge
           it
           to
           be
           rightfully
           in
           his
           power
           ,
           to
           whom
           we
           
           apply
           our selves
           ,
           to
           grant
           or
           deny
           ,
           We
           
             make
             demands
          
           from
           Justice
           ,
           and
           are
           Supplicants
           for
           
             Mercy
             ▪
          
           and
           with
           this
           sense
           the
           Spirits
           of
           Holy
           Men
           have
           abounded
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           taken
           upon
           them
           to
           intercede
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           Dan.
           9.
           7.
           
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             Righteousness
             belongeth
             unto
             thee
             ,
             but
             unto
             us
             confusion
             of
             faces
             ,
             as
             at
             this
             day
             .
          
           &c.
           And
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           Ezra
           9.
           
           Nehem.
           9.
           at
           large
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           other
           places
           .
           
             q.
             d.
          
           
           
             Our
             only
             resort
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             is
             to
             thy
             Mercy
             .
             Thou
             mightest
             most
             justly
             abhor
             and
             abandon
             us
             ,
             and
             say
             to
             us
             ,
             
               Loammi
               ,
               ye
               are
               none
               of
               my
               People
               ,
            
             but
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             thy
             tender
             compassions
             and
             mercies
             ,
             do
             it
             not
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           again
           further
           to
           be
           Collected
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           
             That
             this
             is
             a
             thing
             which
             holy
             and
             good
             men
             do
             most
             vehemently
             dread
             and
             deprecate
             ,
          
           viz.
           that
           God
           should
           thus
           abhor
           and
           reject
           a
           people
           so
           related
           to
           him
           .
           'T
           is
           that
           which
           the
           very
           Genius
           ,
           and
           Spirit
           of
           Holiness
           ,
           in
           the
           sincere
           ,
           regrets
           beyond
           all
           things
           
             for
             themselves
          
           .
           They
           have
           taken
           the
           Lord
           
             to
             be
             their
             God
             ,
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
          
           ;
           Their
           hearts
           have
           been
           attempered
           to
           the
           tenour
           and
           constitution
           of
           an
           
             Everlasting
             Covenant
          
           ,
           which
           they
           entered
           with
           no
           design
           ,
           or
           thought
           of
           ever
           parting
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           should
           be
           the
           ground
           of
           an
           Eternal
           Relation
           .
           And
           the
           
             Law
             of
             love
          
           written
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           prompts
           them
           to
           desire
           the
           same
           thing
           
             for
             others
             too
          
           ;
           Especially
           such
           to
           whom
           they
           have
           more
           especial
           endearing
           Obligations
           ;
           and
           (
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           )
           that
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           a
           people
           to
           whom
           they
           are
           themselves
           united
           ,
           might
           all
           be
           united
           to
           God
           upon
           the
           same
           termes
           ,
           even
           
             by
             the
             same
             Vital
             and
             Everlasting
             Union
          
           ;
           And
           therefore
           also
           ,
           that
           same
           Divine
           ,
           and
           
           Soul-enlarging
           love
           ,
           being
           a
           living
           Principle
           in
           them
           ,
           makes
           them
           have
           a
           most
           afflicting
           sense
           of
           any
           discerned
           tendencies
           to
           a
           Rupture
           ,
           and
           separation
           that
           might
           prevent
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           the
           hope
           of
           his
           drawing
           still
           more
           and
           more
           of
           them
           into
           that
           inward
           living
           Union
           ,
           and
           Inter-course
           with
           himself
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           it
           may
           suffice
           briefly
           to
           have
           noted
           from
           
             the
             Petition
          
           in
           the
           Text.
           That
           which
           I
           principally
           design'd
           ,
           is
           what
           we
           have
           next
           coming
           under
           our
           view
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           II.
           The
           Argument
           brought
           to
           enforce
           it
           ;
           
             For
             thy
             Names
             sake
          
           .
           About
           which
           ,
           what
           I
           shall
           observe
           ,
           shall
           be
           with
           special
           reference
           to
           the
           case
           which
           the
           Prophet
           refers
           unto
           ,
           in
           his
           present
           use
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           viz.
           
             That
             in
             Praying
             for
             a
             people
             professing
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             not
             reject
             and
             cast
             them
             off
             ,
             the
             fit
             and
             proper
             argument
             to
             be
             insisted
             on
             is
             that
             from
             his
             own
             Name
             .
          
           (
           See
           Verse
           1.
           9.
           )
        
         
           And
           here
           it
           will
           be
           requisite
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           To
           have
           some
           very
           brief
           consideration
           of
           this
           argument
           
             in
             the
             general
          
           :
           though
        
         
           2.
           
           We
           principally
           intend
           to
           treat
           of
           it
           ,
           
             as
             it
             respects
             this
             present
             case
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             In
             the
             general
          
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           both
           what
           
             the
             name
             of
             God
             in
             it self
             imports
             ,
          
           and
           what
           is
           signifi'd
           by
           
             using
             it
             as
             an
             argument
             in
             Prayer
             .
          
           And
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           As
           to
           what
           is
           imported
           by
           the
           
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             it self
             considered
             .
          
           We
           shall
           not
           trouble
           this
           discourse
           with
           the
           fancies
           of
           the
           Rabbins
           ;
           Of
           whom
           yet
           one
           very
           noted
           ,
           soberly
           ,
           
           and
           plainly
           tells
           us
           the
           
             name
             of
             God
          
           
           is
           wont
           to
           signifie
           his
           essence
           and
           truth
           ,
           though
           the
           instance
           he
           gives
           shewes
           he
           means
           it
           of
           the
           
             Nomen
             Tetragrammaton
          
           (
           the
           name
           Jehovah
           )
           which
           indeed
           more
           eminently
           doth
           so
           .
           To
           our
           purpose
           it
           is
           obvious
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           ,
           to
           note
           ,
           that
           by
           
             his
             name
          
           ,
           more
           generally
           ,
           is
           signified
           
             both
             the
             peculiar
             excellencies
             of
             his
             nature
             ,
             and
             being
             ,
          
           which
           are
           himself
           ,
           as
           the
           use
           of
           a
           mans
           name
           is
           to
           notifie
           
             the
             man.
          
           So
           when
           he
           is
           pleased
           himself
           to
           proclaim
           his
           own
           name
           ,
           thus
           it
           runs
           ;
           
             The
             Lord
             ,
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             merciful
             and
             gracious
             ,
             long-suffering
             ,
             and
             abundant
             in
             goodness
             and
             truth
             ,
             keeping
             Mercy
             for
             Thousands
             ,
             forgiving
             iniquity
             ,
             and
             transgression
             ,
             and
             sin
             .
          
           &c.
           Exod.
           34.
           6
           ,
           7.
           
        
         
           And
           again
           ,
           That
           
             by
             his
             name
          
           is
           meant
           his
           Glory
           ,
           and
           most
           especially
           the
           
             honour
             ,
             and
             reputation
             of
             his
             Government
             .
          
           For
           so
           too
           ,
           a
           mans
           name
           signifies
           his
           fame
           and
           repute
           in
           the
           World
           (
           as
           they
           whom
           our
           translation
           calls
           
             men
             of
             Renown
             ,
             Gen.
          
           6.
           4.
           the
           
             Hebrew
             Text
          
           sayes
           only
           ,
           (
           but
           plainly
           ,
           meaning
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           )
           they
           were
           
             Men
             of
             name
             .
          
           )
           And
           if
           he
           be
           a
           publick
           Person
           ,
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           Ruler
           over
           others
           ,
           it
           must
           more
           peculiarly
           signifie
           his
           Reputation
           and
           Fame
           
             as
             such
          
           .
           Thus
           Moses
           designing
           to
           celebrate
           the
           
             unexceptionable
             equity
          
           ,
           and
           
             awful
             Majesty
          
           of
           the
           
             Divine
             Government
          
           ,
           begins
           thus
           ;
           
             Because
             I
             will
             publish
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
             ascribe
             the
             greatness
             unto
             our
             God.
             He
             is
             the
             Rock
             ,
             his
             work
             is
             perfect
             ,
             for
             all
             his
             wayes
             are
             Judgment
             .
          
           Deut.
           32.
           3
           ,
           4.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           
             an
             Argument
             used
             in
             Prayer
          
           ,
           it
           may
           accordingly
           either
           signifie
           the
           
             principle
             from
             which
          
           it
           is
           hoped
           and
           requested
           he
           should
           do
           what
           we
           desire
           ,
           
             or
             the
             end
             for
             which
          
           .
           For
           as
           his
           name
           signifies
           his
           nature
           ,
           
           which
           himself
           hath
           taught
           us
           primarily
           to
           conceive
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           
             goodness
             ,
             mercy
             ,
             love
          
           ,
           in
           that
           forementioned
           Exod.
           34.
           7.
           and
           1
           Joh.
           4.
           16.
           
           So
           when
           we
           pray
           he
           would
           do
           this
           or
           that
           
             for
             his
             names
             sake
          
           ,
           the
           meaning
           may
           be
           ,
           that
           we
           request
           he
           would
           do
           it
           for
           his
           
             mercies
             sake
          
           ,
           even
           in
           compliance
           with
           himself
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           to
           gratifie
           his
           own
           nature
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           nothing
           is
           more
           Godlike
           )
           is
           wont
           to
           be
           delighted
           in
           acts
           of
           goodness
           toward
           all
           ,
           of
           compassion
           and
           mercy
           to
           the
           miserable
           ,
           and
           of
           special
           favour
           to
           them
           that
           more
           peculiarly
           belong
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           again
           ,
           as
           
             his
             name
          
           signifies
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           principally
           the
           honour
           and
           reputation
           of
           his
           Government
           ;
           So
           when
           we
           pray
           he
           would
           do
           this
           
             for
             his
             names
             sake
          
           ,
           we
           further
           must
           be
           understood
           to
           mean
           ,
           we
           desire
           he
           would
           do
           it
           to
           
             prevent
             his
             own
             dishonour
             ,
             to
             augment
             his
             glory
             ,
             and
             further
             to
             recommend
             himself
             to
             the
             world
             .
          
           And
           I
           conceive
           it
           must
           be
           meant
           in
           both
           these
           senses
           taken
           together
           ,
           viz.
           that
           we
           pray
           he
           would
           do
           this
           ,
           or
           that
           ,
           both
           
             from
             himself
          
           ,
           and
           
             for
             himself
          
           ,
           from
           his
           goodness
           ,
           (
           or
           indeed
           the
           general
           perfection
           of
           his
           nature
           ,
           )
           and
           
             for
             his
             glory
          
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           may
           represent
           himself
           
             such
             ,
             as
             he
             truly
             is
             :
          
        
         
           But
           some
           circumstances
           in
           the
           coherent
           Verses
           (
           afterwards
           to
           be
           particularly
           noted
           )
           seem
           to
           intimate
           that
           the
           honour
           and
           dignity
           of
           his
           Government
           is
           here
           more
           directly
           meant
           .
           His
           glory
           is
           indeed
           the
           end
           which
           he
           cannot
           but
           design
           in
           all
           that
           he
           does
           .
           For
           inasmuch
           as
           he
           is
           said
           to
           do
           all
           things
           
             according
             to
             the
             counsel
             of
             his
             will
          
           ;
           Eph.
           1.
           
           His
           will
           must
           be
           
             principally
             of
             the
             end
          
           ,
           which
           is
           ever
           the
           highest
           and
           
           most
           excellent
           good
           ,
           and
           that
           can
           be
           no
           other
           than
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           as
           he
           is
           capable
           of
           greatning
           himself
           by
           his
           own
           action
           ;
           which
           cannot
           be
           in
           respect
           of
           intrinsick
           excellency
           ,
           that
           being
           already
           perfect
           and
           capable
           of
           no
           addition
           ,
           therefore
           it
           must
           be
           in
           point
           of
           glory
           ,
           and
           reputation
           only
           .
           And
           so
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             having
             no
             greater
             to
             swear
             by
             ,
             he
             sware
             by
             himself
          
           ;
           Heb.
           6.
           
           So
           having
           no
           greater
           
             to
             act
             for
          
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           just
           ,
           and
           most
           worthy
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           God-like
           owning
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             to
             act
             only
             to
             and
             for
             himself
             .
          
           And
           then
           whereas
           ,
           having
           this
           constant
           ,
           just
           and
           holy
           will
           ,
           he
           doth
           all
           things
           
             according
             to
             Counsel
          
           in
           pursuance
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           must
           signifie
           that
           he
           ever
           takes
           the
           aptest
           ,
           and
           most
           proper
           methods
           for
           the
           advancing
           of
           his
           own
           glory
           .
           The
           choosing
           the
           fittest
           and
           most
           suitable
           means
           to
           a
           fore-resolved
           end
           ,
           being
           the
           proper
           business
           and
           design
           of
           consultation
           .
           Though
           that
           be
           spoken
           of
           God
           but
           allusively
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           by
           slow
           degrees
           ,
           and
           by
           much
           deliberation
           arrive
           to
           the
           (
           very
           imperfect
           )
           knowledge
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           at
           one
           view
           he
           perfectly
           beholds
           from
           all
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           But
           also
           
             how
             the
             great
             God
             designs
             his
             own
             glory
          
           in
           all
           that
           he
           doth
           ,
           we
           must
           take
           great
           care
           ,
           be
           duly
           and
           decently
           understood
           .
           It
           were
           low
           and
           mean
           to
           think
           that
           the
           design
           of
           his
           mighty
           works
           ,
           and
           accurate
           dispensations
           is
           only
           that
           he
           may
           fill
           mens
           minds
           with
           wonder
           ,
           be
           highly
           thought
           of
           ,
           admired
           ,
           and
           celebrated
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           even
           a
           wise
           ,
           and
           vertuous
           man
           would
           think
           an
           end
           much
           beneath
           him
           .
           But
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           name
           must
           be
           understood
           to
           be
           primarily
           an
           
             objective
             glory
          
           ,
           that
           shines
           
           with
           a
           constant
           ,
           and
           equal
           lustre
           in
           all
           his
           dispensations
           ,
           whether
           men
           observe
           ,
           or
           observe
           it
           not
           .
           And
           shines
           
             primarily
             to
             himself
          
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           he
           hath
           the
           perpetual
           self-satisfaction
           of
           doing
           as
           truly
           becomes
           him
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           in
           it self
           reputable
           ,
           worthy
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           
             apt
             to
             approve
             it self
          
           to
           a
           right
           mind
           ,
           (
           as
           his
           own
           ever
           is
           )
           let
           men
           think
           of
           his
           wayes
           as
           they
           please
           .
           Thus
           it
           was
           
             in
             his
             Creating
             the
             world
          
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           not
           yet
           made
           man
           ,
           nor
           had
           him
           to
           look
           on
           ,
           as
           a
           witness
           and
           admirer
           of
           his
           other
           glorious
           works
           ,
           it
           was
           enough
           to
           him
           to
           be
           self-pleased
           that
           
             he
             saw
             them
             to
             be
             good
             ,
          
           and
           that
           they
           had
           his
           own
           most
           just
           and
           complacential
           approbation
           .
           Nor
           is
           he
           less
           pleased
           with
           himself
           ,
           in
           his
           
             governing
             the
             world
          
           ,
           than
           he
           was
           in
           the
           making
           of
           it
           .
           As
           also
           good
           men
           ,
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           they
           excel
           in
           goodness
           ,
           have
           herein
           the
           greatest
           resemblance
           and
           imitation
           of
           God
           ,
           doing
           good
           for
           goodness
           sake
           ,
           and
           pleasing
           themselves
           with
           the
           lustre
           and
           beauty
           of
           their
           own
           actions
           ,
           shining
           to
           their
           own
           mind
           ,
           and
           conscience
           ,
           and
           their
           discerned
           conformity
           to
           the
           steady
           rules
           of
           righteousness
           ;
           without
           being
           concern'd
           ,
           whether
           perverse
           and
           incompetent
           Judges
           approve
           ,
           or
           disapprove
           them
           .
           Though
           also
           ,
           because
           the
           blessed
           God
           delights
           in
           propagating
           blessedness
           ,
           and
           imparting
           it
           to
           his
           intelligent
           creatures
           ,
           he
           is
           pleased
           in
           recommending
           himself
           ,
           so
           far
           ,
           to
           their
           
             estimation
             and
             lōve
          
           ,
           as
           is
           necessary
           to
           
             their
             own
             felicity
          
           ,
           wherein
           also
           he
           doth
           as
           it
           were
           but
           
             enjoy
             his
             own
             goodness
          
           (
           as
           his
           felicity
           can
           only
           be
           in
           himself
           )
           and
           is
           pleased
           with
           the
           self-satisfying
           beauty
           ,
           pleasantness
           ,
           and
           glory
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Yet
           further
           also
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           that
           though
           it
           be
           most
           sutable
           to
           the
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           independent
           ,
           self-sufficient
           fulness
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           take
           pleasure
           only
           in
           the
           real
           
             goodness
             ,
             excellency
             ,
             decency
          
           ,
           and
           glory
           of
           whatever
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           doth
           .
           Yet
           it
           belongs
           to
           ,
           and
           becomes
           the
           dutiful
           affection
           of
           his
           people
           towards
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           deeply
           concern'd
           ,
           how
           he
           is
           thought
           and
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           world
           .
           Dishonourable
           reflections
           upon
           him
           are
           therefore
           as
           a
           
             sword
             in
             their
             bones
          
           .
           What
           cannot
           hurt
           him
           ,
           ought
           to
           wound
           them
           .
           Which
           dutiful
           love
           also
           cannot
           but
           make
           them
           highly
           covet
           that
           his
           name
           might
           be
           known
           ,
           and
           renowned
           all
           the
           world
           over
           ,
           knowing
           that
           the
           reproach
           that
           is
           
             no
             real
             damage
          
           ,
           is
           a
           wrong
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           
             universal
             praise
          
           is
           his
           right
           ,
           though
           it
           cannot
           be
           an
           advantage
           .
        
         
           And
           
             this
             love
             to
             his
             name
          
           they
           cannot
           more
           fitly
           express
           ,
           than
           
             in
             praying
             to
             him
          
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           we
           are
           further
           to
           note
           that
           this
           argument
           ,
           thus
           generally
           considered
           hath
           ,
           when
           we
           use
           it
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           a
           twofold
           aspect
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           it
           as
           an
           argument
           both
           
             to
             God
          
           ,
           and
           
             to
             our selves
             .
             To
             God
          
           ,
           as
           whereby
           we
           expect
           to
           prevail
           with
           him
           to
           hear
           our
           Prayers
           .
           
             To
             our selves
          
           ,
           as
           whereby
           we
           are
           to
           be
           urg'd
           ,
           and
           excited
           to
           pray
           with
           the
           more
           importunity
           ,
           and
           confidence
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           to
           faint
           in
           Prayer
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           as
           to
           
             what
             is
             more
             general
          
           .
           We
           are
           now
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           consider
           it
           
             in
             reference
             to
             this
             present
             case
             .
          
           Where
           we
           are
           to
           shew
           ,
        
         
           
           
             (
             1.
             )
             How
             the
             name
             of
             God
             may
             be
             understood
             to
             be
             concern'd
             ,
             
               in
               his
               abhorring
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               forsake
            
             a
             people
             more
             peculiarly
             related
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             (
             2.
             )
             The
             fit
             and
             right
             use
             of
             this
             argument
             in
             deprecating
             his
             doing
             so
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           How
           the
           name
           of
           God
           may
           be
           understood
           concern'd
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           Taking
           his
           name
           to
           signifie
           not
           only
           his
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           attributes
           of
           his
           being
           themselves
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           glory
           and
           lustre
           of
           those
           his
           attributes
           ,
           especially
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           have
           a
           more
           principal
           exercise
           ,
           and
           demonstration
           in
           the
           course
           of
           his
           Government
           over
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           more
           particularly
           ,
           over
           such
           a
           select
           ,
           peculiar
           people
           .
           It
           may
           seem
           greatly
           to
           reflect
           upon
           those
           his
           
             governing
             Attributes
          
           ,
           and
           detract
           from
           the
           glory
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           lessen
           the
           honour
           and
           dignity
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           if
           having
           taken
           such
           a
           people
           into
           near
           ,
           and
           peculiar
           relation
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           should
           grow
           into
           that
           dislike
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           at
           length
           ,
           quite
           to
           reject
           and
           cast
           off
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           now
           disdain'd
           the
           Relation
           .
        
         
           That
           such
           a
           contemptuous
           rejection
           of
           this
           people
           is
           the
           thing
           here
           deprecated
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           is
           evident
           (
           besides
           what
           hath
           been
           noted
           of
           the
           true
           import
           of
           the
           word
           rendred
           
             abhor
             ,
          
           )
           from
           other
           expressions
           in
           the
           Context
           ,
           that
           plainly
           speak
           this
           very
           sense
           ,
           and
           shew
           this
           to
           be
           the
           matter
           about
           which
           he
           was
           so
           deeply
           concern'd
           .
           
             Hast
             thou
             utterly
             rejected
             Judah
             ?
             hath
             thy
             Soul
             loathed
             Zion
             ?
          
           Ver.
           19.
           
           And
           then
           presently
           is
           added
           (
           to
           the
           same
           sense
           )
           
             Do
             not
             abhor
             us
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           As
           when
           a
           mans
           heart
           is
           full
           of
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           the
           
           sense
           of
           it
           abounds
           ,
           he
           varies
           expressions
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           abundance
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           as
           from
           a
           fountain
           ,
           the
           matter
           streames
           from
           him
           several
           wayes
           .
           His
           iterations
           ,
           and
           varied
           formes
           of
           Speech
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           shew
           what
           urg'd
           him
           ,
           and
           about
           what
           his
           mind
           was
           engaged
           and
           taken
           up
           .
           'T
           is
           plain
           that
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           that
           which
           this
           holy
           man
           was
           in
           this
           agony
           for
           ,
           was
           not
           a
           lighter
           ,
           temporary
           anger
           ,
           but
           so
           settled
           a
           displeasure
           ,
           as
           upon
           which
           a
           
             final
             rejection
          
           was
           likely
           to
           ensue
           .
        
         
           And
           he
           apprehends
           the
           
             name
             of
             God
          
           to
           be
           concern'd
           in
           it
           .
           Which
           it
           appears
           also
           lay
           with
           great
           weight
           upon
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           
             Our
             iniquities
             testifie
             against
             us
             ,
             but
             do
             thou
             it
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           
             Save
             us
          
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           )
           for
           thy
           names
           sake
           .
           verse
           7.
           
           And
           again
           ,
           (
           verse
           9.
           )
           
             Thou
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             art
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             are
             called
             by
             thy
             name
             ;
             leave
             us
             not
             .
          
           Which
           also
           shewes
           how
           he
           understood
           it
           to
           be
           concern'd
           ,
           viz.
           as
           the
           great
           God
           was
           not
           only
           the
           
             common
             Ruler
             of
             the
             world
          
           ,
           but
           a
           Governour
           
             over
             them
          
           ,
           in
           a
           way
           ,
           and
           upon
           termes
           that
           were
           very
           peculiar
           ,
           
             viz.
             by
             Covenant
             and
             compact
          
           .
           Such
           whereof
           the
           
             nuptial
             contract
          
           ,
           is
           the
           usual
           resemblance
           ;
           By
           which
           the
           related
           persons
           mutually
           pass
           into
           each
           others
           right
           ,
           and
           whereupon
           ,
           the
           inferiour
           person
           in
           the
           relation
           takes
           the
           name
           of
           the
           superiour
           ,
           as
           Isa.
           4.
           1.
           
           
             We
             will
             eat
             our
             own
             bread
             ,
             and
             wear
             our
             own
             apparel
             ,
             only
             let
             us
             be
             called
             by
             thy
             name
             .
          
           So
           the
           great
           God
           entering
           that
           Covenant
           with
           a
           people
           ;
           
             [
             I
             will
             be
             your
             God
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             be
             my
             people
             ,
             ]
          
           speakes
           of
           himself
           as
           conjugally
           related
           to
           them
           .
           
             Thou
             shalt
             be
             called
             by
             a
             new
             name
             ,
             which
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             name
             .
             Thou
             shalt
          
           
           
             also
             be
             a
             crown
             of
             glory
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             a
             royal
             diadem
             in
             the
             hand
             of
             thy
             God.
             Thou
             shalt
             no
             more
             be
             termed
             ,
             forsaken
             ;
             neither
             shall
             thy
             land
             any
             more
             be
             termed
             ,
             Desolate
             :
             But
             thou
             shalt
             be
             called
             Hephzi-bah
             ,
             and
             thy
             land
             Beulah
             :
             for
             the
             Lord
             delighteth
             in
             thee
             ,
             and
             thy
             land
             shall
             be
             married
             .
          
           Isa.
           62.
           4.
           
           
             Thy
             maker
             is
             [
             thine
             husband
             .
             ]
          
           Isaiah
           54.
           5.
           
           Who
           being
           the
           
             Governing
             relative
          
           ,
           the
           phrase
           of
           
             being
             called
             by
             his
             name
          
           imports
           the
           agreed
           ,
           voluntary
           subjection
           of
           such
           a
           people
           to
           his
           Government
           ,
           and
           his
           vouchsafing
           to
           be
           their
           Governour
           ,
           upon
           the
           special
           termes
           of
           his
           own
           Covenant
           ,
           whereupon
           
             another
             Prophet
          
           ,
           pleading
           for
           his
           special
           favour
           ,
           and
           protection
           unto
           this
           people
           ,
           against
           their
           Heathen
           adversaries
           ,
           uses
           this
           phrase
           .
           
             We
             are
             thine
             ,
             thou
             never
          
           barest
           rule
           
             over
             them
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             called
             by
             thy
             name
             .
          
           Isa.
           63.
           19.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           
             this
             Prophet
          
           understood
           his
           name
           to
           be
           concern'd
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           reject
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           signifi'd
           his
           honour
           and
           reputation
           
             as
             their
             Governour
             by
             Covenant
          
           ,
           which
           further
           appeares
           by
           the
           immediate
           connection
           of
           these
           words
           
             Do
             not
             abhor
             us
             for
             thy
             names
             sake
             ,
          
           with
           those
           that
           next
           follow
           ,
           
             Do
             not
          
           disgrace
           the
           throne
           of
           thy
           glory
           :
           remember
           break
           not
           thy
           Covenant
           
             with
             us
          
           ,
           q.
           d.
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             Covenanted
             to
             be
             our
             Governour
             ,
             and
             hast
             erected
             ,
             accordingly
             ,
             
               thy
               glorious
               throne
            
             among
             us
             .
             How
             canst
             thou
             sustain
             ,
             or
             endure
             to
             break
             thy
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             dishonour
             thy
             own
             throne
             !
             to
             draw
             a
             disreputation
             upon
             thy
             Government
             ;
             or
             cast
             a
             dark
             shadow
             upon
             those
             famed
             excellencies
             ,
             which
             were
             wont
             to
             recommend
             thee
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             all
             nations
             as
             the
             best
             Ruler
             that
             
             ever
             people
             had
             ;
             and
             might
             make
             the
             sons
             of
             men
             apprehend
             it
             the
             most
             desirable
             thing
             in
             all
             the
             world
             to
             be
             ,
             on
             the
             same
             terms
             ,
             under
             thy
             Government
             !
          
        
         
           Particularly
           of
           his
           Attributes
           that
           have
           more
           special
           relation
           to
           his
           Government
           ,
           such
           as
           these
           may
           seem
           (
           and
           have
           been
           apprehended
           )
           liable
           to
           be
           reflected
           on
           in
           this
           case
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             His
             power
          
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           designed
           to
           do
           some
           great
           thing
           for
           them
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           bring
           about
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           casts
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           will
           seem
           no
           further
           concern'd
           for
           them
           .
           Or
           as
           if
           his
           power
           were
           confin'd
           within
           such
           limits
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           suffice
           him
           to
           destroy
           them
           once
           for
           all
           ,
           but
           not
           constantly
           to
           preserve
           and
           prosper
           them
           .
           So
           when
           God
           threatned
           to
           smite
           his
           people
           
             Israel
             with
             the
             pestilence
             ,
             and
             disinherit
             them
             .
          
           (
           Numb
           .
           14.
           12.
           )
           Moses
           urges
           on
           their
           behalf
           ,
           
             Then
             the
             Egyptians
             shall
             hear
             it
             ,
             (
             for
             thou
             broughtest
             up
             this
             people
             in
             thy
             might
             from
             among
             them
             )
             And
             they
             will
             tell
             it
             to
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             this
             land
             :
             for
             they
             have
             heard
             that
             thou
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             art
             among
             this
             people
             ,
             that
             thou
             Lord
             art
             seen
             face
             to
             face
             ,
             and
             that
             thy
             cloud
             standeth
             over
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             goest
             before
             them
             ,
             by
             day-time
             in
             a
             pillar
             of
             a
             cloud
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             pillar
             of
             fire
             by
             night
             .
             Now
             if
             thou
             shalt
             kill
             all
             this
             people
             ,
             as
             one
             man
             ;
             then
             the
             nations
             which
             heard
             the
             fame
             of
             thee
             will
             speak
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Because
             the
             Lord
             was
             not
             able
             to
             bring
             this
             people
             into
             the
             land
             which
             he
             sware
             unto
             them
             ,
             therefore
             he
             hath
             slain
             them
             in
             the
             wilderness
             .
          
           (
           verse
           13.
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16.
           )
           q.
           d.
           
           
             That
             thou
             hast
             peculiarly
             own'd
             them
             ,
             and
             concern'd
             thy self
             for
             them
             cannot
             be
             hid
             .
             It
             hath
             made
             a
             great
             noise
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             been
             the
             
             common
             talk
             of
             all
             nations
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             more
             special
             impression
             of
             awe
             and
             terrour
             upon
             the
             Egyptians
             (
             against
             whom
             thou
             first
             tookest
             part
             with
             them
             )
             that
             thou
             wast
             usually
             
               seen
               face
               to
               face
               among
               them
               ,
            
             that
             most
             extraordinary
             tokens
             of
             a
             divine
             presence
             ,
             the
             miraculous
             pillar
             of
             a
             cloud
             by
             day
             ,
             and
             of
             fire
             by
             night
             ,
             were
             constantly
             afforded
             them
             .
             There
             is
             no
             coming
             off
             (
             so
             far
             and
             so
             openly
             hast
             thou
             been
             concern'd
             for
             them
             )
             but
             this
             construction
             will
             be
             made
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             though
             very
             great
             difficulties
             have
             been
             overcome
             for
             them
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             prospect
             of
             yet
             greater
             ,
             that
             could
             not
             be
             overcome
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ,
             that
             whereas
             less
             power
             was
             required
             to
             make
             a
             present
             end
             of
             them
             ,
             thou
             didst
             rather
             choose
             to
             do
             that
             .
          
           And
           this
           consideration
           seems
           sometimes
           to
           have
           weigh'd
           much
           with
           God
           himself
           ,
           as
           we
           find
           he
           is
           brought
           in
           speaking
           Deut.
           32.
           26
           ,
           27.
           
           
             I
             said
             I
             would
             scatter
             them
             into
             Corners
             ,
             I
             would
             make
             the
             remembrance
             of
             them
             to
             cease
             from
             among
             men
             ;
             were
             it
             not
             that
             I
             feared
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             enemy
             ,
             lest
             their
             adversaries
             should
             behave
             themselves
             strangely
             ,
             and
             lest
             they
             should
             say
             our
             hand
             is
             high
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Whence
           also
        
         
           2.
           
           
             His
             wisdom
          
           must
           ,
           by
           consequence
           ,
           be
           exposed
           too
           ;
           that
           this
           was
           not
           foreseen
           ,
           and
           considered
           ,
           when
           he
           first
           undertook
           their
           conduct
           ,
           and
           espoused
           their
           Interest
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             His
             Goodness
             and
             benignity
          
           ,
           his
           propensity
           to
           do
           good
           ,
           and
           bestow
           favours
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           unexhausted
           a
           fountain
           as
           might
           seem
           sutable
           to
           
             a
             God
             ▪
          
           and
           to
           him
           ,
           whom
           his
           wonderful
           noted
           acts
           of
           favour
           towards
           that
           people
           ,
           had
           
           made
           to
           be
           vogued
           among
           the
           nations
           as
           the
           
             only
             one
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             His
             Clemency
          
           ,
           and
           unaptness
           to
           be
           provok't
           .
           The
           great
           commendation
           of
           Rulers
           .
           Who
           ought
           to
           be
           
             Legum
             similes
          
           ,
           as
           little
           mov'd
           with
           passions
           ,
           as
           the
           Lawes
           they
           govern
           by
           .
           A
           thing
           especially
           to
           be
           expected
           in
           a
           
             Divine
             Ruler
          
           ,
           and
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           serenity
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           God.
           According
           not
           only
           to
           what
           men
           are
           commonly
           wont
           to
           apprehend
           of
           his
           nature
           ,
           but
           what
           he
           had
           been
           pleased
           to
           declare
           of
           himself
           ,
           as
           is
           alledged
           Numbers
           14.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           
             Let
             the
             power
             of
             my
             Lord
             be
             great
          
           (
           intimating
           that
           to
           appear
           hurried
           with
           passions
           would
           seem
           an
           
             un-God-like
             impotency
          
           )
           And
           't
           is
           added
           ,
           according
           as
           thou
           hast
           spoken
           ,
           saying
           
             the
             Lord
             is
             long-suffering
             and
             of
             great
             mercy
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Whereupon
           therefore
        
         
           5.
           
           
             His
             sincerity
          
           ,
           another
           great
           excellency
           in
           a
           Governour
           ,
           seemes
           liable
           to
           be
           suspected
           too
           .
           That
           he
           should
           not
           be
           what
           he
           seem'd
           ,
           had
           given
           out
           of
           himself
           ,
           or
           was
           taken
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           import
           and
           signification
           of
           his
           former
           dispensations
           .
           Which
           is
           the
           scope
           of
           Moses's
           reasoning
           ,
           Exod.
           32.
           12.
           
           
             Wherefore
             should
             the
             Egyptians
             speak
             and
             say
             ,
             For
             mischief
             did
             he
             bring
             them
             out
             ,
             to
             slay
             them
             in
             the
             mountains
             ,
             and
             to
             consume
             them
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             ?
          
           As
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           why
           shall
           the
           Egyptian
           enemy
           have
           occasion
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           God
           did
           only
           hide
           mischievous
           intentions
           towards
           this
           people
           ,
           under
           an
           appearance
           and
           shew
           of
           kindness
           to
           them
           ;
           That
           he
           only
           drew
           them
           hereby
           to
           trust
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           commit
           themselves
           to
           his
           care
           and
           protection
           that
           he
           might
           ,
           when
           he
           saw
           his
           time
           ,
           the
           more
           please
           
           and
           as
           it
           were
           sport
           himself
           in
           having
           deceiv'd
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           disappointing
           and
           destroying
           them
           .
           That
           therefore
           the
           
             God
             of
             Israel
          
           was
           not
           such
           a
           one
           as
           he
           seem'd
           willing
           to
           be
           thought
           ,
           nor
           a
           relation
           to
           him
           so
           covetable
           a
           thing
           .
           Or
           else
        
         
           6.
           
           
             His
             constancy
          
           ,
           and
           
             faithfulness
             to
             himself
          
           .
           He
           may
           be
           thought
           in
           this
           case
           
             more
             mutable
          
           ,
           and
           unsteady
           in
           his
           own
           designs
           than
           is
           
             worthy
             of
             a
             God.
          
           Even
           Balaams
           notion
           of
           the
           Deity
           could
           not
           allow
           him
           to
           think
           either
           ,
           first
           ,
           that
           
             as
             a
             man
          
           he
           could
           ly
           ,
           or
           next
           ,
           that
           
             as
             the
             son
             of
             man
          
           he
           
             could
             repent
          
           .
           Numb
           .
           23.
           
           The
           former
           he
           thought
           not
           agreeable
           to
           the
           sincerity
           ,
           nor
           the
           latter
           to
           the
           constancy
           which
           he
           reckon'd
           must
           belong
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           God.
           That
           he
           should
           appropriate
           a
           people
           to
           himself
           ,
           remarkably
           own
           them
           by
           a
           long-continued
           series
           of
           eminent
           favours
           ;
           and
           at
           length
           seem
           to
           grow
           weary
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           design
           ,
           and
           throw
           them
           off
           !
           How
           
             un-Godlike
             a
             levity
          
           doth
           this
           seem
           to
           import
           ?
           and
           how
           contrary
           to
           the
           encouragement
           which
           we
           sometimes
           find
           given
           to
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           regard
           he
           would
           have
           to
           his
           
             own
             name
          
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             will
             not
             forsake
             his
             people
             ,
             for
             his
             great
             names
             sake
             :
             because
             it
             hath
             pleased
             the
             Lord
             to
             make
             you
             his
             people
             .
          
           1
           Sam.
           12.
           22.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           
             His
             righteousness
             in
             reference
             to
             his
             promise
             and
             Covenant
          
           with
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           or
           his
           
             faithfulness
             unto
             them
          
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           considering
           only
           
             his
             purpose
          
           ,
           and
           his
           having
           begun
           a
           design
           ,
           his
           pursuing
           of
           it
           is
           but
           faithfulness
           (
           or
           a
           being
           true
           )
           
             to
             himself
          
           and
           his
           own
           design
           ;
           So
           when
           his
           purpose
           hath
           exprest
           it self
           
             in
             a
             promise
          
           to
           a
           people
           ;
           to
           make
           it
           good
           is
           to
           be
           
             faithful
             and
             true
             to
             them
          
           .
           And
           
           is
           therefore
           a
           part
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           his
           promise
           having
           created
           a
           right
           in
           them
           to
           whom
           he
           made
           it
           .
           By
           his
           purpose
           he
           is
           only
           a
           
             debtor
             to
             himself
          
           ,
           By
           his
           promise
           he
           is
           a
           
             debtor
             to
             them
          
           too
           .
           Upon
           this
           account
           his
           name
           seems
           liable
           to
           be
           reflected
           on
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           reject
           such
           a
           people
           .
           As
           the
           words
           following
           the
           Text
           intimate
           .
           
             Do
             not
             abhor
             us
             for
             thy
             names
             sake
             ,
             do
             not
             disgrace
             the
             throne
             of
             thy
             glory
             ,
             break
             not
             thy
             Covenant
             with
             us
             .
          
           And
           such
           is
           the
           import
           of
           Moses's
           plea
           ,
           Numb
           .
           14.
           16.
           
           
             Because
             the
             Lord
             was
             not
             able
             to
             bring
             this
             people
             into
             the
             land
          
           [
           which
           he
           sware
           ]
           
             unto
             them
             ,
             therefore
             he
             hath
             slain
             them
             in
             the
             wilderness
             .
          
           Which
           pleading
           of
           his
           he
           himself
           also
           recites
           Deut.
           9.
           28.
           with
           little
           variation
           ;
           And
           implies
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           if
           God
           should
           reject
           this
           people
           ,
           it
           would
           turn
           greatly
           to
           the
           prejudice
           of
           
             his
             name
          
           and
           repute
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           his
           
             truth
             and
             fidelity
          
           which
           made
           so
           great
           a
           part
           of
           his
           name
           and
           glory
           .
           That
           in
           his
           anger
           he
           neither
           regarded
           his
           word
           ,
           nor
           his
           Oath
           .
           No
           bond
           was
           sacred
           with
           him
           .
           Than
           which
           ,
           what
           could
           make
           a
           Prince
           more
           inglorious
           ,
           and
           infamous
           ?
           And
           how
           gladly
           would
           those
           more
           implacable
           enemies
           out
           of
           whose
           hands
           he
           had
           rescued
           this
           people
           ,
           catch
           at
           such
           an
           occasion
           of
           traducing
           ,
           and
           defaming
           him
           !
        
         
           We
           see
           then
           how
           the
           
             name
             of
             God
          
           ,
           may
           appear
           concern'd
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           It
           seems
           indeed
           in
           all
           these
           respects
           very
           deeply
           concern'd
           ,
           and
           much
           exposed
           to
           obloquy
           ,
           if
           he
           reject
           such
           a
           people
           .
           Though
           
             if
             he
             should
          
           ,
           it
           can
           never
           be
           ,
           but
           upon
           such
           termes
           ,
           as
           that
           all
           that
           can
           be
           objected
           ,
           will
           appear
           to
           be
           but
           
             groundless
             cavil
             ,
             and
             calumny
          
           ,
           
           and
           admit
           of
           easie
           answer
           as
           we
           shall
           see
           anon
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           while
           the
           matter
           admits
           of
           any
           hope
           ,
           We
           are
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           shew
           the
           fitness
           and
           
             right
             use
          
           of
           this
           Argument
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           indeed
           manifestly
           to
           distinguish
           these
           two
           things
           .
           The
           
             general
             fitness
          
           of
           this
           argument
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           and
           wherein
           stands
           the
           
             fit
             and
             due
             use
          
           of
           it
           .
           As
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           though
           in
           it self
           very
           
             fit
             to
             be
             used
          
           for
           such
           and
           such
           purposes
           (
           as
           meat
           and
           drink
           ,
           for
           instance
           ,
           or
           learning
           ,
           or
           speech
           )
           may
           yet
           notwithstanding
           be
           
             used
             very
             unfitly
          
           .
           Therefore
           we
           shall
           speak
           to
           both
           these
           severally
           ,
           and
           shew
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             
               How
               fit
               an
               argument
               this
               is
               to
               be
               insisted
               on
               in
               prayer
               ,
               even
               to
               the
               purpose
               we
               are
               now
               speaking
               of
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               What
               is
               requisite
               to
               the
               due
               and
               right
               use
               of
               it
               to
               this
               purpose
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             That
             it
             is
             in
             it self
             an
             argument
             very
             fit
             to
             be
             insisted
             on
             in
             Prayer
             ,
          
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           other
           in
           reference
           whereto
           't
           is
           fit
           for
           us
           to
           pray
           ,
           is
           most
           evident
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           most
           likely
           to
           prevail
           with
           God
           ,
           being
           an
           argument
           taken
           from
           himself
           ,
           and
           most
           fit
           to
           move
           and
           affect
           us
           ;
           for
           it
           hath
           most
           weight
           in
           it
           .
           And
           we
           ought
           in
           Prayer
           as
           much
           as
           is
           possible
           ,
           to
           conform
           our
           minds
           to
           Gods.
           So
           as
           not
           only
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           things
           which
           we
           apprehend
           him
           most
           likely
           to
           grant
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           same
           grounds
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           same
           design
           ,
           which
           he
           must
           be
           supposed
           to
           have
           in
           granting
           them
           ,
           And
           that
           there
           be
           but
           one
           end
           and
           aim
           common
           to
           him
           and
           us
           .
           VVe
           are
           told
           
           that
           if
           we
           ask
           any
           thing
           
             according
             to
             his
             will
          
           he
           heareth
           us
           .
           John
           5.
           14.
           
           This
           is
           to
           ask
           
             according
             to
             his
             will
          
           ,
           in
           the
           highest
           and
           most
           certain
           sense
           .
           For
           the
           first
           and
           most
           
             fixed
             object
          
           of
           any
           will
           whatsoever
           is
           
             the
             End
          
           :
           of
           any
           
             right
             will
             ,
             the
             best
             and
             most
             excellent
             end
             ,
          
           which
           can
           be
           
             but
             one
          
           .
           The
           
             Divine
             will
          
           we
           are
           sure
           ,
           is
           ever
           right
           ,
           and
           must
           so
           far
           as
           it
           is
           known
           be
           directive
           ,
           and
           
             a
             rule
          
           to
           ours
           .
           Concerning
           
             the
             end
          
           it
           is
           most
           certainly
           known
           ,
           He
           doth
           all
           things
           (
           as
           he
           made
           all
           things
           )
           
             for
             himself
          
           .
           Concerning
           
             the
             meanes
          
           and
           way
           to
           his
           end
           ,
           we
           are
           often
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           in
           doubt
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           are
           ,
           we
           then
           are
           to
           will
           nothing
           but
           upon
           condition
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           conduce
           to
           the
           great
           and
           common
           end
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           do
           interpretatively
           ,
           retract
           and
           unpray
           every
           petition
           in
           the
           very
           making
           it
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           really
           repugnant
           thereto
           .
           Nothing
           can
           move
           God
           besides
           .
           He
           is
           eternally
           self-mov'd
           .
           Our
           attempt
           will
           be
           both
           undutiful
           ,
           and
           vain
           ,
           if
           we
           suffer
           our
           spirits
           to
           be
           engag'd
           ,
           and
           mov'd
           by
           any
           thing
           which
           will
           not
           be
           a
           motive
           unto
           him
           .
           Therefore
           no
           argument
           can
           be
           fit
           besides
           this
           ,
           
             for
             his
             own
             name
          
           ,
           or
           that
           cannot
           be
           reduc't
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           
             fitness
             of
             this
             argument
          
           may
           be
           more
           distinctly
           shewn
           and
           discerned
           from
           the
           following
           considerations
           viz.
           that
           it
           is
           most
           sutable
        
         
           1.
           
           
             To
             the
             object
             of
             prayer
             ;
             The
             glorious
             ever-blessed
             God.
          
           To
           whom
           it
           belongs
           as
           the
           appropriate
           ,
           most
           incommunicable
           Prerogative
           of
           the
           Godhead
           to
           be
           
             the
             Last
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             the
             First
          
           ,
           the
           Alpha
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Omega
             ;
             The
             End
          
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           Authour
           of
           all
           things
           .
           
             Of
             whom
             ,
             and
             through
             whom
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             all
             things
             are
             ;
             And
             unto
             whom
             must
             be
          
           
           
             all
             glory
             for
             ever
          
           .
           Rom.
           11.
           36.
           
           So
           that
           to
           pray
           to
           him
           that
           he
           would
           do
           this
           or
           that
           ,
           finally
           and
           ultimately
           for
           any
           thing
           else
           
             than
             his
             own
             name
          
           ;
           is
           humbly
           to
           supplicate
           him
           that
           he
           would
           resign
           the
           Godhead
           ;
           and
           quit
           his
           throne
           to
           this
           ,
           or
           that
           Creature
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             To
             the
             right
             subject
             of
             Prayer
             ,
          
           considered
           whether
           according
           to
           its
           original
           ,
           or
           renewed
           State.
           According
           to
           
             primitive
             nature
          
           ,
           or
           
             renewing
             grace
          
           .
           To
           
             primitive
             nature
          
           ,
           which
           was
           no
           doubt
           pointed
           upon
           God
           
             as
             the
             last
             end
          
           .
           Otherwise
           a
           Creature
           had
           been
           made
           
             with
             aversion
             to
             him
          
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           highest
           pitch
           of
           enmity
           and
           rebellion
           .
           Since
           there
           can
           be
           no
           higher
           Controversie
           than
           about
           
             the
             last
             end
          
           .
           And
           to
           
             renewing
             grace
          
           ,
           the
           design
           whereof
           ,
           
             as
             it
             is
             such
          
           ,
           can
           be
           no
           other
           than
           to
           restore
           us
           to
           our
           Original
           State.
           To
           bring
           us
           back
           ,
           and
           state
           us
           where
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           were
           ,
           in
           that
           absolute
           subordination
           to
           God
           that
           was
           original
           and
           natural
           to
           us
           .
           VVhich
           therefore
           stands
           in
           
             repentance
             towards
             God
          
           ,
           as
           our
           end
           ,
           and
           faith
           in
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           as
           our
           way
           ,
           wherein
           alone
           we
           can
           acceptably
           return
           and
           render
           our selves
           back
           unto
           him
           .
           
             We
             through
             the
             law
             are
             dead
             to
             the
             law
             ,
          
           being
           humbled
           ,
           broken
           ,
           macerated
           ,
           mortifi'd
           by
           it
           ,
           we
           are
           become
           dead
           to
           it
           ,
           exempt
           from
           its
           execrating
           condemning
           power
           and
           dominion
           ,
           
             that
             we
             might
             live
             to
             God.
          
           Gal.
           2.
           19.
           that
           a
           new
           divine
           life
           and
           nature
           might
           spring
           up
           in
           us
           ,
           aiming
           at
           God
           ,
           tending
           and
           working
           intirely
           ,
           and
           only
           towards
           him
           .
           Have
           been
           reduc't
           to
           a
           Chaos
           ,
           to
           utter
           confusion
           ,
           or
           even
           
             brought
             to
             nothing
          
           ,
           that
           we
           might
           be
           
             ereated
             anew
          
           ,
           with
           a
           reimplanted
           disposition
           to
           serve
           
           the
           ends
           and
           purposes
           for
           which
           we
           were
           first
           made
           .
           And
           therefore
           are
           
             to
             yield
             our selves
             to
             God
             as
             those
             that
             are
             alive
             from
             the
             dead
             .
          
           Rom.
           6.
           13.
           i.
           e.
           (
           as
           verse
           11.
           )
           
             alive
             to
             God
             through
             Jesus
             Christ.
             In
             him
             we
             are
             created
             to
             good
             workes
          
           (
           that
           are
           principally
           to
           be
           estimated
           from
           
             the
             end
             )
             which
             God
             had
             before
             ordained
             that
             we
             should
             walk
             in
             them
             .
          
           Ephes.
           2.
           10.
           
           Thus
           we
           are
           reconcil'd
           to
           God.
           The
           Controversie
           is
           taken
           up
           ,
           which
           was
           about
           no
           lower
           thing
           than
           
             the
             Deity
             .
             Who
             should
             be
             God
             ,
             he
          
           or
           we
           .
           Whether
           we
           should
           live
           and
           be
           for
           our selves
           ,
           or
           him
           .
           
             If
             any
             man
             be
             in
             Christ
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             new
             creature
             ,
             old
             things
             are
             past
             away
             ,
             behold
             ,
             all
             things
             are
             become
             new
             ;
             And
             all
             things
             are
             of
             God
             ,
             who
             hath
             reconciled
             us
             to
             himself
             by
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           2
           Cor.
           5.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           Hereupon
           this
           is
           ,
           in
           Prayer
           ,
           the
           only
           proper
           genuine
           connatural
           breath
           of
           the
           new
           Creature
           ,
           the
           most
           inward
           habitual
           sense
           of
           a
           devoted
           soul
           
             To
             thee
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             be
             all
             things
             ,
             mayest
             thou
             ever
             be
             the
             all
             in
             all
             .
             Let
             the
             Creation
             and
             all
             things
             be
             nothing
             ,
             otherwise
             than
             in
             thee
             ,
             and
             for
             thee
             !
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             To
             the
             Mediatour
             in
             whose
             name
             we
             pray
             .
          
           Who
           never
           undertook
           that
           part
           of
           mediating
           between
           God
           and
           us
           ,
           with
           a
           design
           to
           alienate
           ,
           and
           give
           away
           from
           God
           the
           
             natural
             rights
          
           of
           the
           Godhead
           ;
           but
           to
           assert
           them
           to
           the
           highest
           ,
           to
           repair
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           expiate
           by
           his
           blood
           the
           encroachments
           we
           had
           made
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           provide
           we
           might
           do
           so
           no
           more
           .
           That
           we
           might
           be
           forgiven
           what
           was
           past
           ,
           and
           be
           dutiful
           and
           subject
           for
           the
           future
           .
           His
           principal
           design
           was
           to
           salve
           the
           injur'd
           honour
           and
           dignity
           
           of
           the
           divine
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           reconcile
           therewith
           our
           impunity
           ,
           and
           felicity
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           consist
           .
           He
           was
           therefore
           to
           
             redeem
             us
          
           to
           God
           
             by
             his
             blood
          
           ,
           Rev.
           5.
           9.
           
           How
           immodest
           ,
           and
           absurd
           a
           confidence
           were
           it
           ,
           for
           any
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Mediators
           name
           in
           prayer
           against
           his
           principal
           ,
           and
           most
           important
           design
           ?
        
         
           4.
           
           
             To
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Prayer
          
           who
           ,
           we
           are
           told
           Rom.
           8.
           27.
           
             makes
             intercession
             for
             the
             Saints
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           VVe
           read
           ,
           
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God
             ,
          
           but
           no
           more
           is
           in
           the
           Text
           than
           
             according
             to
             God.
          
           i.
           e.
           in
           subserviency
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Interest
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           in
           prayer
           ,
           by
           the
           dictate
           of
           that
           Spirit
           ,
           they
           supreamly
           mind
           
             the
             things
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           are
           most
           intent
           upon
           his
           concernments
           ,
           and
           upon
           their
           own
           only
           in
           subordination
           to
           his
           .
           As
           it
           may
           well
           be
           supposed
           his
           own
           Spirit
           will
           be
           true
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           act
           the
           hearts
           which
           it
           governs
           ,
           otherwise
           ;
           And
           that
           the
           prayers
           that
           are
           from
           himself
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           own
           inspiring
           ,
           will
           be
           most
           entirely
           loyal
           ,
           and
           import
           nothing
           but
           duty
           and
           devotedness
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             To
             the
             most
             perfect
             model
             and
             platform
             of
             prayer
             ,
          
           given
           us
           by
           our
           Lord
           himself
           .
           In
           which
           the
           
             first
             place
          
           is
           given
           to
           the
           petition
           
             Hallowed
             be
             thy
             name
          
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           next
           are
           about
           Gods
           concernments
           ,
           before
           any
           are
           mentioned
           of
           our
           own
           .
           So
           that
           the
           
             things
             we
             are
             to
             desire
          
           ,
           are
           digested
           into
           two
           tables
           ,
           as
           the
           decalogue
           is
           containing
           the
           
             things
             we
             are
             to
             do
          
           And
           those
           that
           respect
           God
           (
           as
           was
           sit
           )
           set
           first
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           
             To
             the
             constant
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             prayers
             of
             holy
             men
             in
             Scripture
             .
          
           VVe
           have
           seen
           how
           earnestly
           Moses
           presses
           this
           argument
           in
           the
           〈◊〉
           places
           ,
           
           Exod.
           32.
           and
           Numb
           .
           14.
           
           And
           so
           doth
           Samuel
           express
           his
           confidence
           in
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           promises
           ,
           upon
           their
           desire
           ,
           to
           pray
           for
           the
           trembling
           people
           of
           Israel
           .
           1
           Sam.
           12.
           22
           ,
           23.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             will
             not
             forsake
             his
             people
             [
             for
             his
             great
             names
             sake
             ]
             because
             it
             hath
             pleased
             the
             Lord
             to
             make
             you
             his
             people
             .
             Moreover
             as
             for
             me
             ,
             God
             forbid
             that
             I
             should
             sin
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             in
             ceasing
             to
             pray
             for
             you
             .
          
           And
           this
           was
           
             a
             pair
          
           whom
           God
           hath
           himself
           dignifi'd
           as
           persons
           
             of
             great
             excellency
             in
             prayer
          
           ,
           And
           whose
           prayers
           he
           would
           have
           a
           value
           for
           ,
           if
           for
           any
           mans
           .
           
             Though
             Moses
             and
             Samuel
             stood
             before
             me
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Jer.
           15.
           1.
           
           Thus
           also
           doth
           Joshua
           insist
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           of
           that
           rebuke
           Israel
           met
           with
           before
           Ai
           Josh.
           7.
           8
           ,
           9.
           
           
             O
             Lord
             ,
             what
             shall
             I
             say
             ,
             when
             Israel
             turneth
             their
             backs
             before
             their
             enemies
             ?
             For
             the
             Canaanites
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             the
             land
             shall
             hear
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             shall
             environ
             us
             round
             ,
             and
             cut
             off
             our
             name
             from
             the
             earth
             :
             [
             and
             what
             wilt
             thou
             do
             unto
             thy
             great
             name
             ?
             ]
          
           And
           so
           doth
           Daniel
           plead
           (
           one
           of
           a
           famous
           triad
           too
           ,
           of
           potent
           wrestlers
           in
           prayer
           .
           Ezek
           14.
           14.
           )
           
             O
             Lord
             hear
             ,
             O
             Lord
             forgive
             ,
             O
             Lord
             hearken
             and
             do
             :
             defer
             not
             for
             thine
             own
             sake
             ,
             O
             my
             God
             ;
             for
             thy
             city
             and
             thy
             people
             [
             are
             called
             by
             thy
             name
             ]
          
           Dan.
           9.
           19.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           
             To
             the
             highest
             example
             and
             patern
             of
             prayer
          
           (
           fit
           to
           be
           mentioned
           apart
           )
           
             our
             Lord
             himself
          
           .
           VVho
           ,
           in
           some
           of
           his
           last
           agonies
           ,
           praying
           
             Father
             save
             me
             from
             this
             hour
             ,
          
           represses
           that
           innocent
           voice
           .
           
             But
             therefore
             came
             I
             to
             this
             hour
             ,
          
           and
           addes
           
             Father
             glorifie
             thy
             name
          
           .
           Joh.
           12.
           27
           ,
           28.
           intimating
           that
           the
           summe
           of
           his
           desires
           did
           resolve
           into
           that
           
             one
             thing
          
           ,
           And
           contented
           to
           suffer
           
           what
           was
           most
           grievous
           to
           himself
           that
           so
           that
           might
           be
           done
           which
           should
           be
           finally
           most
           honourable
           to
           
             that
             great
             name
          
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           
             To
             the
             design
             and
             end
             of
             prayer
             ,
          
           which
           is
           partly
           and
           principally
           to
           be
           considered
           as
           an
           act
           of
           worship
           ,
           an
           
             homage
             to
             the
             great
             God
          
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           design
           of
           it
           is
           to
           
             honour
             him
          
           .
           And
           partly
           
             as
             a
             meanes
          
           ,
           or
           way
           of
           obtaining
           for
           our selves
           the
           good
           things
           we
           pray
           for
           ,
           which
           therefore
           is
           another
           (
           but
           an
           inferiour
           )
           end
           of
           prayer
           .
           Whether
           we
           consider
           it
           under
           the
           one
           notion
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           or
           propound
           to
           our selves
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           end
           in
           praying
           ;
           'T
           is
           most
           agreeable
           to
           pray
           after
           this
           tenour
           ,
           and
           to
           insist
           most
           upon
           this
           argument
           in
           prayer
           .
           For
        
         
           First
           ,
           Do
           we
           intend
           prayer
           as
           an
           homage
           to
           the
           great
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           him
           his
           due
           glory
           in
           praying
           to
           him
           .
           How
           fitly
           doth
           it
           fall
           in
           with
           our
           design
           ,
           when
           not
           only
           
             our
             praying
             it self
          
           but
           the
           
             matter
             we
             chiesly
          
           pray
           for
           have
           the
           same
           scope
           and
           end
           .
           We
           pray
           that
           we
           may
           glorifie
           God.
           And
           the
           thing
           we
           more
           principally
           desire
           of
           him
           in
           prayer
           ,
           is
           that
           he
           would
           glorifie
           himself
           ,
           or
           that
           his
           name
           be
           glorified
           .
           And
           square
           all
           other
           desires
           by
           this
           measure
           ,
           desiring
           nothing
           else
           but
           what
           
             may
             be
          
           ,
           (
           or
           
             as
             it
             is
          
           )
           subservient
           hereto
           .
           And
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           If
           we
           intend
           and
           design
           any
           thing
           of
           advantage
           to
           our selves
           .
           We
           can
           only
           expect
           to
           be
           heard
           ,
           and
           to
           obtain
           it
           upon
           this
           
           ground
           .
           The
           great
           God
           deales
           plainly
           with
           us
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           hath
           expresly
           declared
           that
           if
           he
           hear
           ,
           and
           graciously
           answer
           us
           ,
           it
           will
           only
           be
           upon
           this
           consideration
           ,
           as
           is
           often
           inculcated
           ,
           Ezekiel
           36.
           22.
           
           
             Therefore
             say
             unto
             the
             house
             of
             Israel
             ,
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             this
             for
             your
             sakes
             ,
             O
             house
             of
             Israel
             ,
             but
             for
             mine
             holy
             names
             sake
             ,
             And
             I
             will
             sanctifie
             my
             great
             name
             ,
             which
             was
             profaned
             among
             the
             heathen
             ,
          
           and
           again
           ,
           
             Not
             for
             your
             sakes
             do
             I
             this
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             God
             ,
             be
             it
             known
             unto
             you
             ;
             be
             ashamed
             and
             confounded
             for
             your
             own
             waies
             ,
             O
             house
             of
             Israel
             .
          
           Verse
           32.
           
        
         
           This
           every
           way
           then
           appears
           a
           most
           fit
           argument
           to
           be
           insisted
           on
           in
           prayer
           ;
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           as
           well
           as
           to
           any
           other
           .
           Many
           of
           the
           instances
           mentioned
           from
           scripture
           ,
           having
           an
           express
           and
           particular
           reference
           to
           this
           very
           case
           ,
           of
           praying
           for
           a
           people
           related
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           upon
           whom
           his
           name
           was
           called
           .
           It
           remaines
           then
           to
           shew
        
         
           2.
           
           
             What
             is
             requisite
             to
             the
             right
             and
             due
             use
             of
             this
             argument
             unto
             this
             purpose
             .
          
           Where
           we
           may
           summe
           up
           all
           in
           two
           words
           ,
           sincerity
           and
           
             submission
             .
             The
             former
          
           whereof
           belongs
           to
           this
           case
           in
           common
           with
           all
           others
           ,
           wherein
           we
           can
           use
           this
           argument
           ,
           or
           (
           which
           is
           all
           one
           )
           wherein
           we
           can
           pray
           at
           all
           .
           
             The
             other
          
           hath
           somewhat
           a
           more
           peculiar
           reference
           to
           
             this
             case
          
           considered
           apart
           by
           it self
           .
           And
           indeed
           that
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           of
           these
           are
           requisite
           in
           the
           use
           of
           this
           argument
           ,
           are
           both
           of
           them
           Corollaries
           from
           the
           Truth
           it self
           we
           have
           been
           
           hitherto
           insisting
           on
           ,
           and
           that
           have
           the
           very
           substance
           and
           spirit
           of
           it
           in
           them
           .
           For
           if
           this
           be
           an
           argument
           fit
           to
           be
           used
           in
           prayer
           at
           all
           ,
           it
           is
           obvious
           to
           collect
           ,
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           used
           with
           great
           sincerity
           in
           
             any
             case
          
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           submission
           ,
           especially
           ,
           in
           
             such
             a
             case
             as
             this
          
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             It
             is
             requisite
             we
             use
             this
             argument
             with
             sincerity
             .
          
           i.
           e.
           That
           we
           have
           a
           sense
           in
           our
           hearts
           correspondent
           to
           the
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           impression
           be
           deeply
           inwrought
           into
           our
           spirits
           
             of
             the
             glorious
             excellency
             of
             the
             name
             of
             God.
          
           So
           as
           it
           be
           really
           the
           most
           desireable
           thing
           in
           our
           eyes
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           magnifi'd
           and
           rendred
           most
           glorious
           whatsoever
           becomes
           of
           us
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           people
           or
           nation
           under
           Heaven
           .
           Many
           have
           learnt
           to
           use
           the
           words
           
             For
             thy
             names
             sake
          
           ,
           as
           a
           formula
           ,
           a
           plausible
           phrase
           ,
           a
           customary
           ,
           fashionable
           form
           of
           speech
           ,
           when
           first
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           inward
           sense
           in
           their
           hearts
           that
           doth
           subesse
           ,
           lies
           under
           the
           expression
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           
             with
             them
          
           it
           can
           be
           said
           to
           signifie
           any
           thing
           ,
           or
           have
           any
           meaning
           at
           all
           .
           Or
           ,
           secondly
           ,
           They
           may
           have
           much
           
             another
             meaning
          
           from
           what
           these
           words
           do
           import
           ,
           a
           very
           low
           self-regarding
           one
           .
           As
           when
           in
           praying
           for
           a
           people
           that
           bear
           this
           name
           ,
           of
           whom
           themselves
           are
           a
           part
           ,
           these
           words
           are
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           but
           their
           hearts
           are
           really
           solicitous
           for
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           little
           concernments
           ,
           their
           wealth
           ,
           and
           peace
           ,
           and
           ease
           ,
           and
           fleshly
           accommodations
           .
           Apprehending
           
             a
             change
             of
             Religion
          
           cannot
           fall
           out
           among
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           but
           in
           conjunction
           with
           what
           may
           be
           
             dangerous
             to
             themselves
          
           in
           
             these
             mean
             respects
          
           .
           Whereupon
           
           it
           may
           fall
           out
           that
           they
           will
           pray
           earnestly
           ,
           cry
           aloud
           ,
           be
           full
           of
           concern
           ,
           vehemently
           importunate
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           noise
           ,
           and
           cry
           mean
           nothing
           but
           their
           own
           
             corn
             ,
             wine
             ,
             and
             oile
             .
             They
             mention
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             truth
             .
          
           It
           appeares
           the
           servants
           of
           God
           in
           the
           use
           of
           this
           argument
           have
           been
           toucht
           in
           their
           very
           soules
           with
           so
           deep
           and
           quick
           a
           sense
           of
           the
           dignity
           and
           honour
           of
           the
           divine
           name
           ,
           that
           nothing
           else
           hath
           seem'd
           considerable
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           worth
           the
           regarding
           besides
           .
           As
           in
           those
           pathetic
           .
           expostulations
           ,
           
             What
             wilt
             thou
             do
             to
             thy
             great
             name
             ?
             What
             will
             the
             Egyptians
             say
             ?
          
           &c.
           
             This
             alone
          
           ,
           apart
           from
           their
           own
           concernments
           ,
           was
           the
           weighty
           argument
           with
           them
           .
           For
           it
           weighed
           nothing
           with
           Moses
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           to
           be
           told
           ,
           
             I
             will
             make
             of
             thee
             a
             great
             nation
             .
          
           To
           have
           
             himself
             never
             so
             glorious
             a
             name
             ,
          
           to
           be
           spread
           in
           the
           world
           and
           transmitted
           to
           all
           after
           ages
           as
           the
           root
           and
           father
           of
           a
           mighty
           people
           ,
           was
           a
           light
           thing
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           injury
           and
           disreputation
           that
           would
           be
           done
           to
           Gods
           own
           name
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           desert
           or
           destroy
           
             this
             people
          
           .
           Or
           ,
           thirdly
           ,
           They
           may
           have
           a
           very
           wicked
           meaning
           .
           The
           
             name
             of
             God
          
           may
           be
           invok't
           ,
           Religious
           solemnities
           used
           
             as
             a
             Pretence
          
           and
           colour
           to
           flagitious
           actions
           .
           
             In
             nomine
             Domini
          
           —
           &c.
           Most
           execrable
           villanies
           have
           been
           prefac't
           with
           that
           sacred
           adorable
           name
           .
           As
           when
           
             a
             fast
          
           was
           proclaim'd
           ,
           but
           
             a
             rapine
          
           upon
           
             Naboths
             vineyard
          
           was
           the
           thing
           design'd
           .
           And
           the
           
             awful
             name
          
           of
           God
           was
           indifferently
           used
           in
           prayer
           and
           in
           perjury
           to
           serve
           the
           same
           vile
           purpose
           .
        
         
         
           In
           which
           soever
           of
           those
           Degrees
           this
           
             venerable
             name
          
           is
           
             insincerely
             mentioned
          
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           account
           a
           great
           requisite
           is
           wanting
           to
           a
           right
           use
           of
           it
           as
           an
           argument
           in
           prayer
           .
           And
           should
           consider
           both
           the
           absurdity
           and
           the
           iniquity
           of
           our
           so
           misusing
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             The
             absurdity
          
           ,
           For
           who
           can
           reasonably
           think
           him
           capable
           of
           
             hearing
             our
             prayers
          
           ,
           whom
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           thinkes
           incapable
           of
           
             knowing
             our
             hearts
          
           ?
           Am
           I
           consistent
           with
           my self
           when
           I
           invocate
           ,
           worship
           ,
           trust
           in
           him
           
             as
             a
             God
          
           ,
           whom
           I
           think
           I
           can
           impose
           upon
           by
           a
           false
           shew
           ?
           Is
           it
           likely
           ,
           if
           I
           can
           deceive
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           help
           and
           succour
           me
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           
             The
             iniquity
          
           .
           For
           this
           can
           be
           no
           low
           (
           though
           it
           be
           not
           the
           peculiar
           )
           sense
           of
           
             taking
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             in
             vain
             .
          
           And
           we
           know
           with
           what
           awful
           words
           that
           great
           precept
           is
           inforced
           .
           
             The
             Lord
             will
             not
             hold
             him
             guiltless
             that
             taketh
             his
             name
             in
             vain
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           can
           any
           man
           devise
           to
           put
           a
           greater
           affront
           upon
           him
           than
           to
           approach
           him
           with
           insincerity
           .
           For
           it
           is
           to
           use
           him
           as
           a
           senseless
           Idol
           ,
           and
           signifies
           as
           if
           I
           counted
           him
           as
           the
           
             vanities
             of
             the
             Gentiles
          
           ,
           one
           of
           their
           inanimate
           or
           brutal
           Gods
           ;
           Denies
           his
           omniscience
           to
           discern
           ,
           and
           his
           justice
           and
           power
           to
           revenge
           the
           indignity
           ,
           all
           at
           once
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           now
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           such
           a
           prayer
           wherein
           I
           both
           fight
           with
           my self
           and
           
           him
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
           
             With
             my self
          
           ,
           for
           the
           
             same
             object
          
           that
           I
           worship
           ,
           I
           affront
           in
           the
           
             same
             act
          
           ,
           and
           
             with
             him
          
           ;
           for
           my
           worship
           is
           but
           seeming
           and
           the
           affront
           real
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           disagreement
           with
           my self
           were
           enough
           to
           blast
           my
           prayer
           .
           The
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           the
           man
           with
           two
           soules
           ,
           Jam
           1.
           
             the
             double-minded
             man
          
           is
           said
           to
           be
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             unstable
             (
             inconsistent
             with
             himself
          
           the
           word
           signifies
           )
           and
           
             let
             not
             such
             a
             man
             think
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             that
             he
             shall
             receive
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Much
           more
           when
           his
           prayer
           is
           not
           only
           not
           acceptable
           to
           God
           ,
           but
           offensive
           .
           And
           by
           which
           he
           is
           so
           far
           from
           pleasing
           ,
           that
           he
           provokes
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           then
           of
           unspeakable
           concernment
           to
           us
           in
           the
           use
           of
           this
           Argument
           ,
           that
           we
           well
           understand
           our selves
           .
           Let
           us
           search
           our
           hearts
           .
           And
           see
           that
           we
           mean
           as
           we
           speak
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           not
           pretend
           a
           concernedness
           ,
           and
           zeal
           for
           the
           name
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           
             he
             that
             knowes
             all
             things
             ,
             knowes
          
           that
           we
           lye
           ;
           and
           that
           
             we
             do
             but
             flatter
             him
             with
             our
             mouth
             ,
             and
             lye
             unto
             him
             with
             our
             tongues
             when
             our
             heart
             is
             not
             right
             with
             him
             .
          
           Psal.
           78.
           36
           ,
           37.
           
           That
           we
           do
           not
           seem
           to
           be
           in
           great
           perplexity
           about
           the
           name
           and
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           quite
           unconcern'd
           what
           becomes
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           are
           only
           solicitous
           lest
           we
           should
           suffer
           our selves
           ,
           afraid
           of
           being
           undone
           ,
           of
           losing
           our
           estates
           ,
           or
           of
           being
           driven
           from
           our
           dwellings
           ,
           or
           perhaps
           but
           of
           being
           abridg'd
           somewhat
           of
           our
           conveniencies
           ,
           and
           more
           delectable
           enjoyments
           .
           As
           if
           (
           not
           the
           Fortunes
           of
           Cesar
           ,
           and
           the
           Empire
           
           but
           )
           the
           mighty
           and
           all
           comprehensive
           name
           of
           the
           great
           Lord
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           did
           depend
           upon
           our
           being
           rich
           ,
           or
           quiet
           ,
           and
           at
           our
           ease
           ,
           and
           having
           our
           sense
           and
           fancy
           gratifi'd
           .
           As
           if
           the
           heavens
           rested
           upon
           our
           shoulders
           ,
           and
           the
           frame
           of
           the
           universe
           were
           sustained
           by
           us
           ,
           who
           our selves
           need
           such
           pitiful
           supports
           ,
           lean
           upon
           shadows
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           fail
           us
           are
           ready
           to
           sink
           and
           drop
           into
           nothing
           !
        
         
           2.
           
           Submission
           is
           highly
           requisit
           especially
           in
           a
           case
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           i.
           e.
           We
           are
           to
           submit
           
             to
             his
             judgment
          
           the
           disposal
           both
           of
           
             his
             concernments
          
           ,
           which
           this
           argument
           directly
           intends
           ,
           and
           
             our
             own
          
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           too
           apt
           ,
           indirectly
           to
           connect
           with
           his
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           more
           principally
           solicitous
           about
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             His
             concernment
          
           in
           this
           case
           must
           (
           as
           is
           fit
           )
           be
           submitted
           with
           all
           humble
           deference
           to
           
             his
             own
             judgment
          
           ,
           it
           being
           really
           a
           doubtful
           case
           ,
           not
           whether
           it
           be
           a
           desireable
           thing
           ,
           that
           the
           name
           and
           honour
           of
           God
           should
           be
           preserved
           and
           advanced
           ,
           or
           whether
           we
           should
           desire
           it
           ?
           But
           whether
           his
           continuing
           such
           a
           people
           in
           visible
           relation
           to
           himself
           ,
           or
           rejecting
           and
           casting
           them
           off
           ,
           will
           be
           more
           honourable
           and
           glorious
           to
           him
           ?
           Where
           the
           doubt
           lies
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           the
           submission
           ,
           i.
           e.
           This
           matter
           must
           be
           referr'd
           to
           himself
           ,
           it
           being
           such
           as
           whereof
           he
           only
           is
           the
           competent
           judge
           ,
           and
           not
           we
           .
           The
           thing
           to
           be
           judg'd
           of
           is
           not
           whether
           occasion
           may
           not
           be
           taken
           by
           men
           of
           short
           discourse
           ,
           and
           of
           profane
           minds
           ,
           to
           think
           and
           speak
           reflectingly
           of
           
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           providence
           ,
           viz.
           if
           a
           people
           whom
           God
           had
           long
           visibly
           owned
           and
           favoured
           should
           be
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           rejected
           with
           detestation
           ,
           and
           exposed
           to
           ruine
           .
           'T
           is
           like
           the
           heathen
           nations
           were
           very
           apt
           so
           to
           insult
           ,
           when
           God
           did
           finally
           abandon
           and
           give
           up
           that
           people
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           cease
           at
           once
           to
           be
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           any
           people
           at
           all
           .
           As
           we
           know
           they
           did
           before
           ,
           when
           they
           gained
           any
           temporary
           advantage
           upon
           them
           ,
           upon
           their
           being
           able
           to
           spoil
           their
           countrey
           ,
           to
           reduce
           them
           to
           some
           distress
           ,
           and
           straiten
           their
           chief
           City
           with
           a
           siege
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           them
           totally
           in
           their
           power
           ,
           they
           presently
           draw
           the
           
             God
             of
             Israel
          
           into
           an
           ignominious
           comparison
           with
           the
           fictitious
           Deities
           of
           other
           vanquished
           Countreys
           .
           The
           Gods
           of
           Hamath
           ,
           Arphad
           ,
           Sepharvaim
           Isa.
           36.
           19.
           
           (
           who
           are
           also
           stiled
           their
           Kings
           as
           is
           thought
           2
           King.
           19.
           13.
           
           though
           the
           destruction
           of
           their
           Kings
           may
           also
           admit
           to
           be
           meant
           as
           an
           argument
           of
           the
           impotency
           of
           their
           Gods.
           And
           they
           are
           mentioned
           distinctly
           ,
           as
           perhaps
           was
           not
           observed
           ,
           in
           both
           those
           cited
           bookes
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           where
           that
           history
           is
           more
           largely
           recorded
           ;
           2
           Kings
           18.
           34.
           chap.
           19.
           13.
           
           And
           Isa.
           36.
           19.
           chap.
           37.
           12
           ,
           13
           )
           As
           if
           he
           were
           able
           to
           do
           no
           more
           for
           the
           protection
           of
           
             his
             people
          
           ,
           than
           they
           for
           
             their
             worshippers
          
           .
           And
           so
           ,
           for
           a
           few
           moments
           ,
           he
           remaines
           under
           the
           censure
           of
           being
           an
           
             impotent
             God.
          
           But
           that
           momentary
           cloud
           he
           knew
           how
           soon
           to
           dispel
           ,
           and
           make
           his
           glory
           shine
           out
           so
           much
           the
           more
           brightly
           unto
           ,
           not
           
           only
           a
           convincing
           ,
           but
           an
           amazing
           confutation
           of
           so
           prophane
           folly
           ;
           yielded
           the
           short
           sighted
           adversary
           a
           temporary
           Victory
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           presently
           redeem
           out
           of
           their
           hands
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           the
           more
           gloriously
           triumph
           in
           their
           surprizing
           ,
           unfeared
           ruine
           ;
           And
           so
           let
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           world
           see
           that
           those
           advantages
           were
           not
           extorted
           ,
           but
           permitted
           upon
           considerations
           that
           lay
           out
           of
           their
           reach
           to
           comprehend
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           proceeded
           not
           from
           
             want
             of
             power
          
           ,
           but
           the
           
             excellency
             of
             other
             perfections
          
           ,
           which
           would
           in
           due
           time
           be
           understood
           by
           such
           as
           were
           capable
           of
           making
           a
           right
           judgement
           .
           
             His
             wisdom
             ,
             holiness
          
           and
           justice
           which
           appeared
           in
           putting
           a
           people
           so
           related
           to
           him
           ,
           under
           seasonable
           rebukes
           and
           discountenance
           ,
           when
           the
           state
           of
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           the
           methods
           of
           his
           Government
           required
           it
           .
           And
           so
           much
           the
           rather
           because
           they
           were
           so
           related
           .
           According
           to
           that
           
             You
             only
             have
             I
             known
             of
             all
             the
             families
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             therefore
             I
             will
             punish
             you
             for
             all
             your
             iniquities
             .
          
           Amos
           3.
           2.
           
           The
           matter
           here
           to
           be
           disputed
           ,
           was
           not
           whether
           it
           did
           not
           occasion
           a
           present
           dishonour
           to
           the
           
             God
             of
             Israel
          
           ,
           to
           let
           the
           enemy
           have
           such
           a
           seeming
           ground
           of
           spiteful
           suggestions
           concerning
           him
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           impotent
           ,
           or
           variable
           ,
           or
           false
           to
           them
           that
           had
           intrusted
           themselves
           to
           his
           protection
           and
           care
           ;
           but
           whether
           that
           dishonour
           were
           not
           recompenst
           with
           advantage
           ,
           by
           the
           greater
           glory
           that
           accrued
           to
           him
           afterwards
           .
           And
           this
           also
           is
           the
           matter
           that
           must
           come
           under
           judgement
           ,
           if
           at
           length
           he
           should
           finally
           cast
           off
           such
           a
           people
           ;
           whether
           upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           all
           things
           being
           considered
           and
           taken
           together
           ,
           
           it
           be
           not
           more
           for
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           and
           the
           reputation
           of
           his
           rectoral
           attributes
           ,
           to
           break
           off
           such
           a
           relation
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           continue
           it
           .
           Wherein
           he
           is
           not
           concern'd
           to
           approve
           himself
           to
           the
           opinion
           
             of
             fooles
          
           ,
           or
           
             half-witted
             persons
          
           :
           and
           whose
           shallow
           judgment
           too
           ,
           is
           govern'd
           by
           their
           disaffection
           ;
           but
           to
           
             such
             as
             can
             consider
          
           .
           Perhaps
           ,
           to
           such
           as
           shall
           hereafter
           rise
           up
           
             in
             succeeding
             ages
          
           .
           For
           he
           is
           not
           in
           haste
           .
           His
           steady
           duration
           ,
           commensurate
           with
           all
           the
           successions
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           which
           runs
           into
           Eternity
           ,
           can
           well
           admit
           of
           his
           staying
           till
           this
           or
           that
           frame
           ,
           and
           contexture
           of
           providence
           be
           compleated
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           
             being
             more
             entirely
             viewed
             at
             once
             ,
          
           and
           till
           calmer
           minds
           ,
           and
           men
           of
           less
           interested
           passions
           shall
           come
           to
           have
           the
           considering
           of
           it
           .
           And
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           hath
           those
           numberless
           myriads
           of
           wise
           and
           holy
           sages
           in
           the
           other
           world
           ,
           the
           continual
           observers
           of
           all
           his
           dispensations
           ,
           that
           behold
           them
           with
           equal
           ,
           unbyast
           minds
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           evidence
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           give
           their
           concurrent
           approbation
           ,
           and
           applause
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           true
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           on
           earth
           ,
           
             Great
             and
             marvellous
             are
             thy
             works
             ,
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             just
             ,
             and
             true
             are
             thy
             wayes
             ,
             thou
             King
             of
             Saints
             .
          
           Rev.
           15.
           3.
           
           But
           it
           is
           enough
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           considerable
           to
           approve
           himself
           to
           himself
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           his
           dispensations
           are
           guided
           according
           to
           the
           
             steady
             ,
             eternal
             Reason
             of
             things
             ,
          
           which
           is
           an
           inviolable
           law
           to
           him
           ,
           from
           which
           he
           never
           departs
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           perpetual
           uniform
           agreement
           of
           all
           his
           providences
           whereto
           ,
           an
           indubious
           glory
           will
           result
           unto
           him
           ,
           that
           will
           never
           admit
           the
           least
           Eclipse
           ,
           
           or
           ever
           be
           capable
           of
           being
           drawn
           into
           dispute
           .
           And
           according
           whereto
           it
           will
           appear
           ,
           if
           ever
           he
           forsake
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           the
           concernment
           of
           his
           name
           and
           glory
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           was
           the
           great
           inducement
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           even
           owe
           it
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           
             had
             not
          
           ,
           otherwise
           ,
           
             done
             right
             to
             his
             own
             name
             .
          
        
         
           And
           whatsoever
           might
           be
           argued
           from
           it
           to
           the
           contrary
           will
           be
           found
           capable
           of
           a
           clear
           and
           easie
           answer
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           the
           weight
           of
           the
           argument
           will
           entirely
           ly
           on
           this
           side
           .
           For
        
         
           1.
           
           
             As
             to
             his
             Power
          
           ,
           he
           hath
           reason
           to
           be
           ever
           secure
           concerning
           the
           reputation
           of
           that
           ,
           having
           given
           ,
           and
           knowing
           how
           further
           to
           give
           ,
           when
           he
           pleases
           ,
           sufficient
           demonstrations
           of
           it
           ,
           otherwayes
           .
           Nor
           was
           it
           ever
           his
           design
           to
           represent
           himself
           as
           a
           Being
           of
           
             meer
             Power
          
           ,
           which
           of
           it self
           ,
           hath
           nothing
           of
           
             moral
             excellency
          
           in
           it
           ,
           nor
           do
           the
           appearances
           of
           it
           tend
           to
           beget
           
             that
             true
             notion
             of
             God
          
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           which
           he
           designed
           to
           propagate
           ;
           otherwise
           than
           as
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           should
           shine
           in
           conjunction
           with
           that
           of
           his
           other
           Attributes
           that
           are
           more
           peculiarly
           worthy
           of
           God
           ,
           more
           appropriate
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           more
           apt
           to
           represent
           him
           to
           the
           world
           as
           the
           most
           sutable
           object
           of
           a
           Religious
           veneration
           .
           Whereas
           
             meer
             power
          
           is
           capable
           of
           having
           place
           in
           an
           un-intelligent
           nature
           ,
           and
           in
           an
           intelligent
           tainted
           with
           the
           most
           odious
           impurities
           .
           He
           never
           desir'd
           to
           be
           known
           among
           men
           by
           
             such
             a
             name
          
           ,
           as
           should
           signifie
           
             power
             only
          
           un-accompani'd
           with
           
             wisdom
             ,
             holiness
          
           ,
           &c.
           And
        
         
         
           2.
           
           
             For
             his
             wisdom
          
           it
           is
           seen
           in
           pursuing
           valuable
           ends
           ,
           by
           methods
           sutable
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           becoming
           himself
           .
           It
           became
           the
           absolute
           Soveraignty
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           to
           select
           
             a
             nation
          
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           favour
           more
           than
           
             other
             nations
          
           ;
           but
           would
           ill
           have
           agreed
           with
           his
           wisdom
           
             to
             have
             bound
             himself
             absolutely
          
           to
           them
           ,
           so
           to
           favour
           them
           ,
           howsoever
           they
           should
           demean
           themselves
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             His
             bounty
             and
             goodness
          
           ,
           though
           it
           
             found
             them
             no
             better
          
           than
           other
           people
           ,
           was
           to
           have
           
             made
             them
             better
          
           .
           Nor
           was
           it
           any
           disreputation
           to
           his
           goodness
           to
           divert
           its
           current
           ,
           when
           they
           ,
           after
           long
           tryal
           ,
           do
           finally
           resist
           its
           design
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           His
           Clemency
           must
           not
           be
           made
           liable
           to
           be
           mistaken
           for
           inadvertency
           ,
           or
           neglect
           .
           And
           to
           give
           the
           world
           cause
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Tush
             God
             seeth
             not
             ,
             neither
             is
             there
             knowledge
             in
             the
             most
             high
             .
          
           Nor
           for
           indifferency
           ,
           and
           unconcernedness
           what
           men
           do
           ,
           as
           if
           good
           and
           bad
           were
           alike
           to
           him
           .
           And
           that
           
             such
             as
             do
             evil
             were
             good
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             delighted
             in
             them
          
           ;
           words
           ,
           wherewith
           he
           sometime
           complain'd
           that
           
             men
             wearied
             him
          
           Mal.
           2.
           17.
           
           He
           is
           not
           to
           redeem
           the
           reputation
           of
           one
           attribute
           by
           the
           
             real
             prejudice
          
           of
           another
           ;
           i.
           e.
           the
           offense
           and
           grievance
           to
           it
           ,
           which
           acting
           directly
           against
           it
           (
           if
           that
           were
           possible
           )
           would
           occasion
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           
             His
             sincerity
          
           will
           be
           highly
           vindicated
           and
           glorifi'd
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           seen
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           of
           severity
           in
           such
           a
           dispensation
           ,
           when
           ever
           it
           takes
           place
           ,
           than
           was
           plainly
           exprest
           
           in
           his
           often
           repeated
           fore-warnings
           and
           threatnings
           ,
           even
           long
           before
           .
           And
           therefore
        
         
           6.
           
           He
           is
           herein
           but
           
             constant
             to
             himself
          
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           more
           liable
           to
           the
           charge
           of
           mutability
           ,
           and
           inconstancy
           ,
           if
           finally
           ,
           when
           the
           case
           should
           so
           require
           ,
           he
           should
           not
           take
           this
           course
           .
           And
        
         
           7.
           
           As
           to
           his
           righteousness
           ,
           and
           
             fidelity
             towards
             such
             a
             people
          
           ,
           even
           those
           to
           whom
           he
           more
           strictly
           oblig'd
           himself
           than
           ever
           he
           did
           to
           any
           particular
           nation
           besides
           .
           Let
           but
           the
           tenour
           of
           his
           Covenant
           with
           them
           be
           consulted
           ,
           and
           see
           whether
           he
           did
           not
           reserve
           to
           himself
           a
           liberty
           of
           casting
           them
           off
           ,
           if
           they
           revolted
           from
           him
           .
           And
           whether
           these
           were
           not
           his
           express
           termes
           that
           
             he
             would
             be
             with
             them
             while
             they
             were
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             if
             they
             forsook
             him
             ,
             he
             would
             forsake
             them
             also
             .
          
        
         
           Therefore
           much
           more
           is
           he
           at
           liberty
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           other
           people
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           never
           made
           so
           
             peculiar
             promises
          
           of
           
             external
             favours
          
           as
           he
           did
           to
           this
           people
           .
           Nor
           hereupon
           can
           any
           thing
           be
           pleaded
           from
           his
           name
           ,
           or
           that
           is
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           its
           signification
           ,
           
             with
             any
             certainty
          
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           conclude
           ,
           and
           be
           determining
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           such
           a
           people
           .
           There
           is
           a
           
             real
             ,
             great
             doubt
          
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           whether
           the
           argument
           may
           not
           weigh
           more
           the
           other
           way
           .
           And
           whether
           the
           wickedness
           of
           such
           a
           people
           may
           not
           be
           grown
           to
           such
           a
           prodigious
           excess
           ,
           that
           whereas
           
             none
             of
             these
             his
             mentioned
             attributes
          
           do
           
           make
           it
           necessary
           ,
           he
           should
           continue
           his
           relation
           ,
           
             some
             other
          
           ,
           that
           could
           not
           be
           alledg'd
           for
           it
           ,
           may
           not
           be
           alledg'd
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           make
           it
           necessary
           he
           should
           break
           it
           off
           .
           The
           
             glory
             of
             his
             holiness
          
           (
           which
           if
           we
           consider
           it
           in
           it self
           ,
           and
           consider
           the
           value
           ,
           and
           stress
           he
           is
           wont
           to
           put
           upon
           it
           ,
           we
           might
           even
           reckon
           the
           
             prime
             glory
             of
             the
             Deity
          
           )
           is
           not
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           to
           be
           sufficiently
           salv'd
           and
           vindicated
           without
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           quite
           abandoning
           and
           casting
           them
           off
           .
           There
           seems
           to
           be
           somewhat
           very
           awful
           and
           monitory
           in
           those
           most
           pleasant
           ,
           gracious
           words
           ,
           and
           that
           breathe
           so
           sweet
           a
           savour
           .
           
             But
             now
             they
             desire
             a
             better
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             an
             heavenly
             :
             wherefore
             God
             is
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             God.
          
           Heb.
           11.
           16.
           viz.
           that
           if
           a
           people
           that
           have
           long
           enjoy'd
           brighter
           discoveries
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           way
           to
           it
           ,
           do
           yet
           generally
           bear
           a
           disaffected
           heart
           to
           the
           design
           of
           that
           revelation
           ,
           remain
           habitually
           terrene
           ,
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           govern'd
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           it
           ,
           ingulft
           in
           the
           common
           pollutions
           ,
           sensualities
           ,
           impieties
           of
           the
           wicked
           atheistical
           inhabitants
           of
           this
           earth
           .
           
             God
             will
             bë
             even
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             their
             God.
          
           He
           will
           reckon
           it
           ignominious
           ,
           and
           a
           reproach
           to
           him
           (
           though
           he
           will
           save
           such
           as
           are
           sincere
           among
           them
           )
           to
           stand
           
             visibly
             related
          
           to
           such
           a
           people
           as
           their
           God.
           What
           to
           have
           them
           for
           a
           peculiar
           people
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           peculiar
           ?
           To
           distinguish
           them
           that
           will
           not
           be
           distinguisht
           ?
           To
           make
           a
           visible
           difference
           
             by
             external
             favours
          
           and
           priviledges
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           visible
           difference
           in
           
             practice
             and
             conversation
          
           ,
           that
           might
           signifie
           a
           more
           excellent
           Spirit
           .
           This
           is
           not
           only
           to
           lose
           the
           
           intended
           design
           ,
           but
           to
           have
           it
           turn
           to
           a
           disadvantage
           .
           And
           whom
           he
           expected
           to
           be
           
             for
             a
             name
             and
             a
             praise
             to
             him
             ,
             a
             crown
             and
             a
             royal
             Diadem
             ,
          
           to
           become
           to
           him
           a
           dishonour
           and
           a
           blot
           .
           And
           we
           do
           find
           that
           such
           severities
           as
           have
           been
           used
           towards
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           are
           declared
           to
           have
           been
           so
           ,
           even
           
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             his
             name
             ,
          
           Jer.
           34.
           16
           ,
           17.
           
           
             But
             ye
             turned
             and
             polluted
             my
             name
             ,
             —
             Therefore
             —
             I
             will
             make
             you
             to
             be
             removed
             into
             all
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           And
           when
           therefore
           a
           remnant
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           rebelliously
           ,
           against
           Gods
           express
           word
           ,
           went
           down
           into
           Egypt
           ,
           preferring
           a
           precarious
           subsistence
           ,
           under
           tyranny
           and
           idolatry
           ,
           at
           the
           cruel
           mercy
           of
           a
           long
           since
           baffled
           enemy
           before
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           liberty
           ,
           under
           the
           divine
           protection
           ,
           see
           how
           God
           expresses
           his
           resentment
           of
           this
           dishonour
           done
           to
           his
           name
           ,
           and
           the
           affront
           offered
           to
           his
           Government
           .
           Jer.
           44.
           26.
           
           
             Therefore
             hear
             ye
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             all
             Judah
             that
             dwell
             in
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             Behold
             ,
             I
             have
             sworn
             by
             my
             great
             name
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             my
             name
             ,
             shall
             no
             more
             be
             named
             in
             the
             mouth
             of
             any
             man
             of
             Judah
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             saying
             ;
             The
             Lord
             God
             liveth
             .
          
        
         
           And
           when
           the
           time
           drew
           nearer
           of
           Gods
           total
           rejection
           of
           that
           people
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Malachi's
           prophecies
           ;
           They
           are
           charg'd
           with
           
             despising
             and
             profaning
             his
             name
          
           .
           chap.
           1.
           verse
           6.
           and
           12.
           and
           are
           told
           
             God
             had
          
           now
           
             no
             pleasure
             in
             them
          
           ,
           nor
           
             would
             accept
             an
             offering
             at
             their
             hands
             ,
          
           but
           that
           his
           
             name
             should
             be
             great
             among
             the
             Gentiles
          
           (
           verse
           10
           ,
           11.
           )
           
             even
             from
             the
             rising
             of
             the
          
           
           
             sun
             to
             the
             going
             down
             of
             the
             same
             ,
          
           Intimating
           that
           (
           excepting
           those
           few
           that
           
             thought
             on
             his
             name
          
           ,
           chap.
           3.
           16.
           and
           that
           
             feared
             his
             name
          
           ,
           chap.
           4.
           2
           ,
           
             who
             he
             sayes
             should
             be
             his
             ,
             when
             he
             made
             up
             his
             jewels
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             sun
             of
             righteousness
             should
             rise
             upon
             them
             )
          
           he
           would
           have
           no
           more
           to
           do
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           
             in
             the
             day
             that
             should
             burn
             as
             an
             oven
             ,
          
           (
           when
           the
           whole
           Hemisphere
           should
           be
           as
           one
           fiery
           vault
           )
           
             they
             should
             be
             burnt
             up
             as
             stubble
             ,
          
           and
           
             neither
             root
             nor
             branch
             be
             left
             of
             them
             ,
          
           And
           
             all
             this
          
           upon
           the
           concern
           he
           had
           
             for
             his
             name
          
           ,
           which
           was
           reproacht
           by
           such
           a
           peoples
           pretending
           to
           it
           .
           Whereupon
           ,
           they
           had
           been
           threatned
           chap.
           2.
           verse
           2.
           that
           except
           they
           did
           
             give
             glory
             to
             his
             name
          
           ,
           he
           would
           
             curse
             them
          
           ,
           and
           
             their
             blessings
             ,
             corrupt
             their
             seed
             ,
             spread
             dung
             upon
             their
             faces
             ,
             even
             that
             of
             their
             solemn
             feasts
             ,
             and
             they
             should
             be
             taken
             away
             therewith
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           therefore
           possible
           the
           whole
           force
           of
           this
           argument
           may
           lye
           against
           us
           ,
           in
           praying
           for
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           
             it
             is
             possible
             it
             may
          
           ,
           Whether
           actually
           it
           do
           or
           no
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           be
           competent
           judges
           .
           Our
           knowledge
           is
           not
           large
           enough
           ,
           nor
           our
           minds
           enough
           comprehensive
           .
           Our
           wisdom
           is
           folly
           it self
           to
           the
           estimating
           such
           a
           case
           .
           We
           are
           capable
           of
           pronouncing
           hastily
           ,
           
             it
             would
             in
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             particular
             respect
             ,
          
           be
           dishonourable
           ,
           and
           an
           obscurement
           of
           Gods
           name
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           cast
           off
           England
           .
           But
           he
           that
           pronounces
           hastily
           ,
           considers
           but
           a
           few
           things
           ,
           and
           lookes
           but
           a
           little
           way
           .
        
         
         
           The
           question
           is
           whether
           
             all
             things
             compared
             and
             considered
             together
             ,
             that
             belong
             to
             such
             a
             case
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             more
             honourable
             to
             God
             or
             dishonourable
             ,
          
           and
           more
           or
           less
           recommend
           him
           to
           intelligent
           minds
           ,
           get
           him
           a
           greater
           and
           more
           excellent
           name
           and
           renown
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           enlightned
           to
           consider
           the
           case
           ,
           to
           break
           off
           his
           relation
           or
           continue
           it
           ?
           We
           
             know
             his
             own
             judgment
             is
             according
             to
             truth
             ,
          
           and
           hope
           he
           will
           judge
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           will
           be
           more
           favourable
           to
           us
           .
           But
           we
           cannot
           be
           
             certain
             of
             it
          
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           case
           that
           requires
           the
           judgment
           of
           his
           all
           comprehending
           mind
           ,
           whose
           prospect
           is
           large
           every
           way
           ;
           and
           takes
           in
           all
           the
           decencies
           and
           indecencies
           that
           escape
           our
           notice
           .
           As
           we
           know
           in
           viewing
           things
           with
           the
           eye
           ,
           a
           quick
           and
           clear
           sight
           (
           especially
           helpt
           with
           a
           fit
           instrument
           )
           will
           discern
           many
           things
           ,
           so
           fine
           ,
           and
           minute
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           a
           duller
           eye
           ,
           altogether
           invisible
           .
           It
           is
           the
           work
           of
           wisdom
           ,
           and
           judgment
           ,
           to
           discern
           exactly
           the
           critical
           seasons
           ,
           and
           junctures
           of
           time
           ,
           when
           to
           do
           this
           or
           that
           .
           And
           the
           wise
           God
           in
           his
           dispensations
           ,
           especially
           towards
           a
           great
           Community
           ,
           or
           the
           collective
           body
           of
           a
           people
           ,
           takes
           usually
           a
           vast
           compass
           of
           time
           ,
           within
           which
           to
           select
           the
           apt
           and
           fit
           season
           ,
           for
           this
           or
           that
           act
           ,
           whether
           of
           severity
           ,
           or
           mercy
           towards
           them
           .
           And
           it
           is
           
             more
             fit
          
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           coincidence
           of
           things
           ,
           it
           contributes
           more
           to
           the
           greater
           glory
           of
           his
           name
           .
           We
           cannot
           discern
           the
           things
           ,
           the
           concurrence
           whereof
           ,
           make
           this
           a
           fitter
           season
           than
           another
           ,
           that
           such
           an
           event
           should
           be
           plac't
           just
           there
           ,
           within
           so
           large
           a
           tract
           of
           time
           .
           What
           mortal
           man
           ,
           or
           indeed
           what
           finite
           mind
           ,
           was
           capable
           of
           judging
           some
           hundreds
           of
           years
           before
           ,
           what
           was
           
           just
           wanting
           to
           the
           fulness
           of
           the
           
             Amorites
             sin
          
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           it
           should
           be
           more
           honourable
           ,
           and
           glorious
           to
           the
           divine
           justice
           ,
           not
           to
           animadvert
           thereon
           ,
           till
           that
           very
           time
           when
           he
           did
           it
           .
           Or
           why
           he
           chose
           
             that
             time
          
           which
           he
           pitcht
           upon
           ,
           wherein
           to
           
             come
             down
             ,
             and
             deliver
             his
             Israel
          
           from
           their
           
             Egyptian
             oppressours
          
           .
           Or
           when
           (
           without
           inspiration
           )
           to
           be
           able
           to
           say
           
             the
             time
             to
             favour
             Zion
             ,
             even
             the
             set
             time
             is
             come
             .
          
           Nor
           are
           we
           to
           resolve
           the
           matter
           only
           into
           the
           
             absoluteness
             of
             his
             Sovereignty
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           whereof
           he
           may
           take
           what
           time
           he
           pleases
           ,
           but
           the
           
             depth
             of
             his
             hidden
             wisdom
          
           ,
           for
           he
           doth
           all
           things
           according
           to
           the
           
             Counsel
             of
             his
             will
          
           ,
           having
           
             reasons
             to
             himself
          
           ,
           which
           our
           shallow
           ,
           dim
           ,
           sight
           perceives
           not
           ,
           and
           whereof
           we
           are
           infinitely
           less
           able
           to
           make
           
             a
             sure
             judgment
          
           ,
           than
           a
           Countrey
           Idiot
           of
           reasons
           of
           state
           .
           He
           may
           (
           as
           to
           the
           present
           case
           )
           think
           it
           most
           fit
           ,
           most
           honourable
           ,
           and
           glorious
           ,
           so
           often
           to
           forgive
           ,
           or
           so
           long
           to
           forbear
           such
           a
           delinquent
           people
           ;
           And
           may
           ,
           at
           length
           ,
           judge
           it
           most
           becoming
           him
           ,
           and
           most
           worthy
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           common
           Ruler
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           their
           injured
           ,
           despised
           Ruler
           ,
           to
           strike
           the
           fatal
           stroke
           ,
           and
           quite
           cut
           them
           off
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           Now
           here
           ,
           it
           is
           therefore
           necessarily
           our
           duty
           ,
           to
           use
           this
           argument
           with
           him
           of
           
             his
             name
          
           ,
           so
           ,
           
             as
             wholly
             to
             submit
             the
             matter
             to
             his
             judgment
             ,
          
           and
           but
           conditionally
           ,
           
             if
             it
             will
             indeed
             make
             most
             for
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             name
             ,
          
           that
           then
           
             he
             will
             not
             abhor
             and
             reject
             such
             a
             people
             even
             for
             his
             names
             sake
             .
          
           Nor
           can
           we
           herein
           be
           
             too
             importunate
          
           ,
           if
           we
           be
           not
           peremptory
           ,
           not
           
             too
             intent
             upon
             the
             end
          
           ,
           the
           
             glory
             of
             his
             name
          
           ;
           for
           about
           the
           
             goodness
             ,
             excellency
          
           ,
           and
           desireableness
           of
           that
           we
           
             are
             certain
          
           ;
           
           if
           we
           be
           not
           
             too
             determinate
             about
             the
             meanes
          
           ,
           or
           what
           will
           be
           most
           honourable
           to
           his
           name
           ,
           concerning
           which
           we
           are
           uncertain
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           it
           disallowed
           us
           to
           use
           the
           best
           judgment
           we
           can
           ,
           
             about
             the
             meanes
          
           ,
           and
           the
           interest
           of
           Gods
           name
           in
           this
           case
           .
           It
           is
           not
           our
           fault
           
             to
             be
             mistaken
          
           ,
           he
           expects
           us
           not
           to
           use
           the
           judgment
           
             of
             Gods.
          
           But
           it
           will
           be
           our
           fault
           to
           be
           peremptory
           and
           confident
           in
           a
           matter
           ,
           
             wherein
             we
             may
             be
             mistaken
          
           ;
           and
           must
           signifie
           too
           much
           officiousness
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           understood
           his
           affaires
           better
           than
           himself
           ,
           and
           a
           bold
           insolence
           ,
           to
           take
           upon
           us
           to
           be
           the
           absolute
           judges
           of
           what
           we
           understand
           not
           ;
           and
           to
           cover
           our
           presumption
           with
           a
           pretence
           of
           duty
           .
           Therefore
           though
           such
           a
           people
           be
           dear
           to
           us
           ,
           yet
           because
           
             his
             name
          
           ought
           to
           be
           infinitely
           more
           dear
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           settled
           bent
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           prefer
           .
           And
           be
           patient
           of
           
             his
             sentence
          
           ,
           whatever
           it
           prove
           to
           be
           ,
           with
           deep
           resentment
           of
           our
           own
           desert
           but
           with
           high
           complacency
           that
           his
           name
           is
           vindicated
           ,
           and
           glorifi'd
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           sincere
           ,
           undissembled
           applause
           of
           the
           justice
           of
           his
           proceedings
           ;
           how
           severe
           soever
           they
           may
           be
           towards
           us
           .
           Especially
           if
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           hope
           ,
           
             that
             severity
          
           will
           terminate
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           temporary
           discountenance
           ,
           and
           frown
           ;
           not
           in
           a
           final
           rejection
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Much
           more
           are
           we
           to
           submit
           
             our
             own
             secular
             concernments
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             involv'd
             .
          
           i.
           e.
           We
           ought
           only
           to
           pray
           ,
           we
           may
           have
           the
           continued
           ,
           free
           ,
           profession
           ,
           and
           exercise
           
             of
             our
             Religion
          
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           comfortable
           enjoyment
           of
           the
           good
           things
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           if
           that
           may
           consist
           with
           ,
           and
           best
           serve
           the
           honour
           of
           his
           
             great
             name
          
           .
           But
           if
           he
           do
           really
           make
           this
           judgment
           in
           our
           case
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           so
           misdemean'd
           our
           
           selves
           ,
           and
           been
           so
           
             little
             really
             better
             to
             common
             observation
             ,
          
           in
           our
           practice
           and
           conversation
           ,
           than
           men
           of
           a
           
             worse
             Religion
          
           ,
           that
           he
           cannot
           without
           injury
           to
           his
           name
           ,
           and
           the
           reputation
           of
           his
           Government
           ,
           countenance
           us
           against
           them
           ,
           
             by
             the
             visible
             favours
             of
             his
             providence
             :
          
           That
           it
           will
           not
           be
           honourable
           for
           him
           to
           protect
           us
           in
           our
           Religion
           ,
           to
           so
           little
           purpose
           ;
           and
           while
           we
           so
           little
           answer
           the
           true
           design
           of
           it
           ;
           That
           if
           we
           will
           retain
           our
           Religion
           (
           which
           we
           know
           we
           are
           upon
           no
           terms
           to
           quit
           )
           we
           must
           suffer
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           sanctifie
           that
           name
           before
           men
           by
           our
           suffering
           ,
           which
           we
           dishonoured
           by
           our
           sinning
           .
           We
           have
           nothing
           left
           us
           to
           do
           but
           
             to
             submit
             to
             God
          
           ,
           to
           
             humble
             our selves
             under
             his
             mighty
             hand
             ,
          
           to
           
             accept
             the
             punishment
             of
             our
          
           sin
           ,
           
             to
             put
             off
             our
             ornaments
          
           ,
           expecting
           what
           he
           will
           do
           with
           us
           .
           And
           be
           content
           that
           our
           dwellings
           ,
           our
           substance
           ,
           our
           ease
           ,
           and
           rest
           ,
           our
           liberties
           and
           lives
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           have
           it
           so
           ,
           be
           all
           sacrifices
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           that
           excellent
           name
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           our
           use
           of
           this
           argument
           want
           
             such
             submission
          
           without
           much
           insincerity
           .
           Concerning
           this
           therefore
           look
           back
           to
           what
           was
           said
           on
           the
           former
           head
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           hardship
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           thus
           limited
           in
           our
           praying
           ,
           for
           what
           even
           
             nature
             it self
          
           teacheth
           us
           to
           desire
           ;
           our
           
             safety
             ,
             peace
          
           ,
           and
           
             outward
             comforts
          
           ;
           unless
           we
           count
           it
           an
           hardship
           that
           
             we
             are
             Creatures
          
           ,
           and
           that
           
             God
             is
             God
          
           ,
           and
           that
           ours
           is
           not
           the
           
             supream
             interest
          
           .
           The
           desires
           of
           the
           
             sensitive
             nature
          
           are
           not
           otherwise
           to
           be
           formed
           into
           petitions
           than
           by
           the
           direction
           of
           the
           
             rational
             ,
             that
          
           also
           ,
           being
           govern'd
           by
           a
           superadded
           
             holy
             divine
             nature
          
           ;
           unto
           which
           it
           is
           a
           supream
           ,
           and
           a
           vital
           law
           ,
           that
           
           
             God
             is
             to
             be
             first-eyed
             in
             every
             thing
             .
             Reason
          
           teaches
           that
           
             so
             it
             should
          
           be
           ,
           and
           
             grace
             makes
             it
             be
             so
          
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           far
           from
           us
           to
           think
           this
           an
           hardship
           ;
           when
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           our
           greater
           ,
           and
           more
           considerable
           concernments
           ,
           those
           of
           our
           soules
           ,
           and
           our
           eternal
           states
           ,
           we
           are
           put
           upon
           no
           such
           
             (
             dubious
             suspenceful
          
           )
           submission
           .
           He
           hath
           not
           ,
           
             in
             these
          
           ,
           left
           the
           matter
           at
           all
           doubtful
           ,
           or
           at
           any
           uncertainty
           ,
           whether
           he
           will
           reckon
           it
           more
           honourable
           to
           his
           name
           to
           save
           ,
           or
           destroy
           eternally
           ,
           a
           sincerely
           penitent
           ,
           believing
           ,
           obedient
           soul.
           He
           hath
           settled
           a
           
             firm
             connection
          
           between
           the
           
             felicity
             of
             such
          
           ,
           and
           
             his
             own
             glory
          
           .
           And
           never
           put
           it
           upon
           us
           ,
           as
           any
           part
           of
           our
           duty
           ,
           to
           be
           contented
           to
           perish
           for
           ever
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           glorifi'd
           ;
           or
           ever
           to
           ask
           our selves
           whether
           we
           are
           so
           content
           or
           no.
           For
           he
           hath
           made
           such
           things
           our
           present
           ,
           immediate
           ,
           indispensable
           duty
           ,
           as
           with
           which
           our
           perishing
           is
           not
           consistent
           ,
           and
           upon
           supposition
           whereof
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           we
           should
           not
           be
           happy
           .
           If
           we
           
             believe
             in
             his
             son
             ,
             and
             submit
             to
             his
             Government
             ,
             his
             name
          
           pleads
           irresistibly
           for
           our
           being
           saved
           by
           him
           .
           He
           can
           have
           no
           higher
           glory
           from
           us
           ,
           than
           
             that
             we
             be
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             his
             grace
             ,
             being
             once
             accepted
             in
             the
             beloved
             .
          
        
         
           Neither
           is
           it
           disallowed
           us
           to
           do
           the
           part
           of
           concives
           ,
           fellow-members
           of
           a
           community
           ,
           civil
           ,
           or
           spiritual
           ,
           to
           pray
           ,
           very
           earnestly
           ,
           for
           
             our
             people
             ,
             city
             ,
             countrey
          
           that
           are
           so
           justly
           dear
           to
           us
           .
           Only
           since
           
             prayer
             it self
          
           is
           an
           acknowledgment
           of
           his
           superiority
           to
           whom
           we
           pray
           :
           and
           we
           have
           no
           argument
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           hope
           should
           prevail
           ,
           but
           
             that
             of
             his
             own
             name
          
           ;
           we
           can
           but
           pray
           ,
           and
           plead
           as
           the
           
             nature
             of
             prayer
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
           
             import
             of
             that
             argument
             will
             admit
             .
          
           i.
           e.
           with
           entire
           subjection
           to
           his
           holy
           and
           sovereign
           will
           ,
           and
           subordination
           to
           his
           supream
           Interest
           ,
           
             to
             whom
          
           we
           address
           our selves
           in
           prayer
           .
        
         
           Use.
           And
           now
           the
           use
           this
           will
           be
           of
           to
           us
           ,
           is
           partly
           to
           
             correct
             and
             reprehend
          
           our
           prayers
           ,
           
             wherein
             they
             shall
             be
             found
             disagreeable
             to
             the
             true
             import
             of
             this
             Argument
             ,
          
           and
           partly
           to
           perswade
           unto
           ,
           and
           
             encourage
             ,
             such
             praying
          
           ,
           as
           shall
           be
           agreeable
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           justly
           ,
           and
           aptly
           serves
           to
           reprehend
           ,
           and
           
             correct
             ,
             such
             praying
             as
             disagrees
             with
             it
             .
          
           Especially
           the
           carnality
           ,
           and
           the
           selfishness
           of
           our
           prayers
           .
           The
           use
           of
           this
           argument
           implies
           that
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           exaltation
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           principal
           design
           of
           our
           prayers
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           in
           these
           respects
           much
           otherwise
           ?
           We
           keep
           fast
           after
           fast
           ,
           and
           
             make
             many
             prayers
          
           .
           And
           what
           is
           the
           chief
           design
           of
           them
           ?
           or
           the
           thing
           we
           are
           
             most
             intent
          
           ,
           and
           which
           our
           hearts
           are
           principally
           set
           upon
           ?
           We
           see
           how
           God
           expostulates
           this
           matter
           .
           Zech.
           7.
           5.
           
           
             When
             ye
             fasted
             and
             mourned
             ,
             in
             the
             fifth
             ,
             and
             seventh
             month
             ,
             even
             those
             seventy
             years
             ,
             did
             you
             at
             all
             fast
             unto
             me
             ,
             even
             unto
             me
             ?
          
           Why
           
             to
             whom
          
           can
           it
           be
           thought
           this
           people
           did
           keep
           fasts
           but
           
             unto
             God
          
           ?
           Yes
           no
           doubt
           they
           did
           eye
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           object
           ,
           but
           not
           as
           the
           end
           .
           They
           were
           kept
           
             to
             him
          
           ,
           but
           not
           
             for
             him
          
           ,
           so
           as
           that
           his
           interest
           ,
           and
           glory
           was
           the
           thing
           principally
           designed
           in
           them
           .
           Nor
           can
           it
           be
           ,
           if
           the
           things
           we
           cheifly
           insist
           upon
           ,
           be
           such
           as
           have
           
             no
             connection
          
           with
           his
           
             true
             interest
          
           ,
           or
           subserviency
           to
           it
           .
           And
           let
           us
           enquire
           
             upon
             these
             two
             heads
          
           ;
           whether
           our
           prayers
           ,
           in
           these
           respects
           ,
           do
           not
           run
           in
           such
           a
           strain
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           understood
           
             to
             mean
             him
          
           ,
           or
           have
           a
           true
           reference
           to
           him
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           
             In
             respect
             of
             the
             carnality
             of
             them
             .
          
           When
           we
           pray
           for
           the
           people
           of
           our
           own
           land
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           more
           generally
           ,
           
             what
             sort
             of
             evils
          
           is
           it
           that
           we
           find
           our
           hearts
           most
           feelingly
           to
           deprecate
           ,
           and
           pray
           against
           ?
           what
           are
           the
           
             good
             things
          
           we
           chiefly
           desire
           for
           them
           ?
           We
           find
           our selves
           ,
           't
           is
           likely
           ,
           to
           have
           somewhat
           a
           quick
           sense
           ,
           and
           dread
           of
           the
           
             calamities
             of
             war
             ,
             depredation
             ,
             oppression
             ,
             persecution
             ,
          
           and
           we
           feel
           ,
           probably
           ,
           somewhat
           of
           simpathy
           within
           our selves
           ,
           when
           we
           hear
           of
           any
           abroad
           ,
           professing
           true
           ,
           reformed
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           suffer
           the
           spoiling
           of
           their
           goods
           ,
           are
           banisht
           from
           their
           pleasant
           homes
           ,
           drag'd
           to
           prisons
           ,
           prest
           with
           pinching
           necessities
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           their
           Religion
           ;
           and
           it
           were
           well
           if
           our
           compassions
           were
           more
           enlarged
           in
           such
           cases
           .
           And
           if
           we
           should
           hear
           of
           nations
           depopulated
           ,
           Cities
           sackt
           ,
           Towns
           and
           Countreys
           delug'd
           with
           blood
           and
           slaughter
           ,
           these
           things
           would
           certainly
           have
           an
           astonishing
           sound
           in
           our
           eares
           .
           But
           have
           we
           
             any
             proportionable
             sense
             of
             the
             Spiritual
             evils
          
           that
           wast
           ,
           and
           deform
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           exhaust
           its
           strength
           and
           vigour
           ,
           and
           blemish
           its
           beauty
           and
           glory
           ?
           
             Ignorance
             ,
             terrene
             inclination
             ,
             glorying
             in
             the
             external
             formes
             of
             Religion
             ,
          
           while
           the
           life
           and
           power
           of
           it
           is
           unknown
           and
           deny'd
           ,
           
             estrangement
             from
             God
             ,
             real
             infidelity
             towards
             the
             Redeemer
             ,
          
           vailed
           over
           by
           pretended
           
             nominal
             Christianity
             ,
             uncharitableness
             ,
             pride
             ,
             wrath
             ,
             strife
             ,
             envy
             ,
             hatred
             ,
             hypocrisie
             ,
             deceitfulness
             towards
             God
             and
             man
             ?
          
           We
           ought
           to
           lament
           and
           deprecate
           the
           
             former
             evils
          
           without
           over-looking
           these
           ,
           or
           counting
           them
           less
           ,
           or
           being
           less
           affected
           with
           them
           .
           We
           are
           apt
           to
           pray
           for
           peace
           unto
           the
           Christian
           community
           ,
           for
           halcyon
           dayes
           ,
           
           prosperity
           ,
           the
           abundance
           of
           all
           outward
           blessings
           ,
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           universal
           reception
           of
           such
           forms
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           are
           most
           agreeable
           to
           our
           minds
           ,
           and
           inclinations
           .
           But
           do
           we
           as
           earnestly
           pray
           for
           the
           reviving
           of
           
             primitive
             Christianity
          
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Christian
           Church
           may
           shine
           in
           the
           
             beauties
             of
             holiness
          
           ,
           in
           
             heavenliness
             ,
             faith
             ,
             love
             to
             God
             ,
          
           and
           
             one
             another
          
           ,
           in
           
             simplicity
             ,
             meekness
             ,
             patience
             ,
             humility
             ,
             contempt
             of
             this
             present
             world
             ,
          
           and
           purity
           from
           all
           the
           corruptions
           of
           it
           .
           This
           we
           chiefly
           ,
           
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             without
             leaving
             the
             other
             undone
             .
          
           Which
           while
           it
           is
           left
           out
           of
           our
           prayers
           ,
           or
           not
           more
           principally
           insisted
           on
           in
           them
           ,
           how
           ill
           do
           they
           admit
           of
           enforcement
           by
           this
           argument
           
             from
             the
             name
             of
             God
          
           ?
           For
           do
           we
           think
           it
           is
           so
           very
           honourable
           
             to
             his
             name
          
           ,
           to
           be
           
             the
             God
          
           of
           an
           
             opulent
             ,
             luxurious
             ,
             voluptuous
             ,
             proud
             ,
             wrathful
             ,
             contentious
             people
             ,
          
           under
           what
           religious
           form
           or
           denomination
           soever
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           also
           do
           not
           our
           prayers
           chiefly
           
             center
             in
             our selves
          
           ?
           while
           we
           make
           a
           customary
           (
           not
           understood
           )
           use
           in
           them
           of
           the
           
             name
             of
             God
          
           ?
           And
           when
           we
           principally
           design
           our selves
           in
           our
           prayers
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           we
           covet
           most
           for
           our selves
           ?
           'T
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           the
           
             holy
             ,
             new
             divine
             nature
          
           ,
           to
           desire
           to
           ingross
           
             spiritual
             good
             things
          
           to
           our selves
           ;
           when
           
             for
             others
          
           ,
           we
           desire
           only
           the
           
             good
             things
             of
             this
             earth
          
           .
           But
           if
           our
           prayers
           do
           only
           design
           the
           averting
           
             from
             our selves
          
           outward
           calamities
           ,
           or
           inconveniencies
           ,
           and
           the
           obtaining
           only
           of
           ease
           ,
           indulgence
           ,
           and
           all
           grateful
           accommodations
           to
           our
           flesh
           ,
           how
           absurd
           an
           hypocrisie
           is
           it
           to
           
             fashion
             up
          
           such
           a
           petition
           ,
           by
           adding
           to
           it
           
             for
             thy
             names
             sake
          
           ?
           As
           if
           the
           
             name
             of
             God
          
           did
           oblige
           him
           to
           consult
           
           the
           ease
           and
           repose
           of
           our
           flesh
           !
           when
           our
           soules
           ,
           thereby
           ,
           are
           made
           ,
           and
           continued
           the
           nurseries
           of
           all
           the
           evil
           ,
           vicious
           inclinations
           ,
           which
           shew
           themselves
           in
           our
           practice
           ,
           most
           of
           all
           to
           the
           dishonour
           of
           that
           name
           !
           what
           subordination
           is
           there
           here
           ?
           Manifest
           is
           the
           opposition
           of
           our
           
             carnal
             interest
          
           ,
           to
           the
           interest
           and
           honour
           of
           the
           
             blessed
             name
             of
             God.
          
           If
           a
           Malefactor
           ,
           convicted
           of
           the
           highest
           crimes
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           should
           petition
           for
           himself
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
             that
             it
             will
             bring
             a
             great
             disreputation
             upon
             authority
             ,
             and
             detract
             from
             the
             famed
             clemency
             and
             goodness
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             if
             any
             punishment
             should
             be
             inflicted
             on
             him
             for
             his
             offences
             ,
             or
             if
             he
             be
             not
             indulg'd
             and
             suffered
             to
             persist
             in
             them
             .
          
           How
           would
           this
           petition
           sound
           with
           sober
           ,
           intelligent
           men
           ?
           'T
           is
           no
           wonder
           our
           flesh
           regrets
           suffering
           ,
           but
           't
           is
           strange
           
             our
             reason
          
           should
           be
           so
           lost
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           ,
           at
           random
           ,
           that
           right
           or
           wrong
           the
           
             name
             of
             God
          
           is
           not
           otherwise
           to
           be
           indemnifi'd
           than
           by
           its
           being
           saved
           from
           suffering
           .
           As
           if
           the
           gratification
           of
           
             our
             flesh
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             glory
             of
             Gods
             name
          
           were
           so
           very
           nearly
           related
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           akin
           to
           one
           another
           !
           And
           now
           this
           
             carnal
             self-interest
          
           ,
           insinuating
           it self
           ,
           and
           thus
           distorting
           our
           prayers
           ,
           is
           the
           
             radical
             evil
          
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           and
           original
           part
           of
           their
           faultiness
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           likely
           we
           should
           love
           others
           ,
           better
           than
           our selves
           ;
           Therefore
           we
           cannot
           go
           higher
           in
           supplicating
           
             for
             others
          
           .
           But
           yet
           we
           inconsiderately
           mention
           
             the
             name
             of
             God
          
           for
           fashion
           sake
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           no
           way
           concern'd
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           unless
           to
           vindicate
           and
           greaten
           it self
           ,
           in
           rejecting
           us
           and
           our
           prayers
           together
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             The
             further
             use
          
           of
           what
           hath
           been
           said
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           will
           be
           
             to
             perswade
             and
             engage
          
           
           us
           to
           have
           more
           regard
           
             to
             the
             name
             of
             God
          
           in
           our
           prayers
           ;
           Especially
           in
           our
           praying
           about
           national
           ,
           and
           publick
           concernments
           ;
           or
           such
           external
           concernments
           of
           our
           own
           as
           are
           involv'd
           with
           them
           .
           That
           ,
           in
           the
           habitual
           temper
           of
           our
           spirits
           ,
           we
           be
           so
           entirely
           and
           absolutely
           devoted
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           interest
           of
           
             his
             great
             name
          
           ,
           that
           our
           prayers
           may
           savour
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           be
           of
           an
           agreeable
           strain
           ;
           that
           the
           inward
           sense
           of
           our
           soules
           ,
           may
           fully
           correspond
           to
           the
           true
           import
           of
           this
           argument
           ,
           and
           our
           
             hearts
             may
             not
             reproach
             us
          
           ,
           when
           we
           use
           it
           ,
           as
           only
           pretending
           God
           ,
           but
           meaning
           our selves
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           our
           
             carnal
             self
          
           ,
           the
           
             interest
             whereof
             alone
          
           ,
           can
           be
           in
           competition
           with
           
             that
             of
             Gods
             name
          
           ;
           and
           which
           ,
           while
           it
           prevailes
           in
           us
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           measure
           of
           our
           prayers
           for
           others
           also
           ;
           That
           the
           
             meaning
             of
             our
             words
          
           may
           not
           be
           One
           ,
           and
           the
           
             meaning
             of
             our
             hearts
             ,
             another
             ,
          
           that
           we
           may
           truly
           mean
           as
           we
           speak
           ,
           when
           we
           use
           the
           words
           
             for
             thy
             names
             sake
          
           .
           And
           that
           our
           hearts
           may
           bear
           us
           this
           true
           testimony
           ,
           that
           we
           desire
           nothing
           but
           in
           due
           subordination
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           name
           ;
           
             external
             favours
             ,
             with
             limitation
          
           ;
           only
           so
           far
           
             as
             they
             may
          
           ;
           and
           
             spiritual
             blessings
             ,
             absolutely
          
           ,
           because
           they
           
             certainly
             will
          
           ,
           admit
           of
           this
           subordination
           .
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           let
           it
           be
           considered
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             How
             unsutable
             it
             is
             to
             the
          
           condition
           of
           a
           creature
           ,
           
             that
             it
             should
             be
             otherwise
          
           .
           That
           were
           certainly
           ,
           a
           most
           
             uncreaturely
             prayer
          
           ,
           that
           should
           be
           of
           a
           contrary
           tenour
           .
           Let
           us
           but
           digest
           and
           state
           the
           case
           aright
           in
           our
           own
           thoughts
           .
           Admit
           we
           are
           praying
           ,
           with
           great
           ardency
           ,
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           a
           people
           to
           which
           we
           are
           related
           ,
           
           and
           who
           are
           also
           related
           to
           God.
           It
           can
           scarce
           be
           thought
           we
           are
           more
           concern'd
           for
           them
           ,
           than
           for
           our selves
           ;
           or
           that
           we
           love
           them
           more
           than
           we
           do
           our selves
           .
           Our
           love
           to
           our selves
           is
           the
           usual
           measure
           of
           our
           love
           to
           others
           .
           And
           that
           is
           higher
           in
           the
           same
           kind
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           measure
           of
           all
           besides
           ,
           that
           belongs
           to
           that
           kind
           .
           When
           therefore
           we
           are
           much
           concern'd
           for
           the
           
             external
             felicity
          
           of
           such
           a
           people
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           natural
           to
           be
           more
           deeply
           concern'd
           for
           our
           own
           .
           Now
           if
           the
           sense
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           prayer
           ,
           will
           not
           agree
           with
           the
           true
           import
           of
           these
           words
           ,
           
             for
             thy
             names
             sake
          
           ;
           because
           indeed
           ,
           we
           are
           more
           concern'd
           for
           our
           own
           carnal
           peace
           ,
           ease
           ,
           and
           accommodation
           than
           we
           are
           
             for
             the
             name
             of
             God.
          
           Let
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           have
           the
           matter
           more
           clearly
           in
           view
           ,
           put
           our
           request
           into
           such
           words
           ,
           as
           wherewith
           the
           sense
           of
           our
           hearts
           will
           truly
           agree
           ,
           and
           will
           it
           not
           be
           thus
           
             
               Lord
               ,
               whatever
               becomes
               of
               thy
               name
               ,
               let
               nothing
               be
               done
               that
               shall
               be
               grievous
               ,
               and
               disquieting
               to
               my
               flesh
               ,
            
             which
             is
             as
             much
             as
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Quit
               thy
               throne
               to
               it
               ,
               resign
               thy
               Government
               ,
               abandon
               all
               thy
               great
               interests
               for
               the
               service
               ,
               and
               gratification
               of
               this
               animated
               clod
               of
               clay
            
             ;
          
           And
           do
           we
           not
           now
           begin
           to
           blush
           at
           our
           own
           prayer
           ?
           We
           easily
           
             slide
             over
          
           such
           a
           matter
           ,
           as
           this
           ,
           while
           
             our
             sense
             is
             more
             latent
          
           ,
           and
           not
           distinctly
           reflected
           on
           ,
           but
           let
           us
           have
           it
           before
           us
           
             conceptis
             verbis
          
           ;
           let
           it
           appear
           with
           its
           own
           natural
           face
           ,
           and
           look
           ;
           and
           now
           see
           what
           horrour
           and
           detestableness
           it
           carries
           with
           it
           !
           And
           dare
           we
           now
           put
           up
           so
           treasonable
           a
           prayer
           ?
           It
           would
           puzzle
           all
           our
           Arithmetick
           ,
           to
           assign
           the
           
             quota
             pars
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             proportional
             part
          
           any
           of
           us
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           universe
           ,
           or
           the
           whole
           creation
           of
           God!
           And
           do
           I
           then
           think
           
           it
           fit
           ,
           that
           the
           heavens
           should
           roll
           for
           me
           ?
           or
           all
           the
           mighty
           wheeles
           of
           providence
           move
           only
           with
           regard
           to
           my
           convenience
           ?
           If
           a
           worm
           in
           your
           garden
           were
           capable
           of
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           because
           it
           is
           permitted
           to
           crawl
           there
           ,
           should
           think
           ,
           
             this
             garden
             was
             made
             for
             me
             ,
             and
             every
             thing
             in
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             ordered
             for
             my
             accommodation
             ,
             and
             pleasure
             ,
          
           would
           you
           not
           wonder
           that
           
             such
             insolence
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             disposition
             to
             think
             so
             extravagantly
          
           ,
           should
           be
           in
           conjunction
           with
           the
           
             thinking
             power
          
           ,
           or
           an
           ability
           to
           think
           at
           all
           .
           If
           we
           allow
           our selves
           in
           that
           far
           greater
           (
           infinitely
           more
           unbeseeming
           ,
           and
           disproportionable
           )
           petulancy
           ,
           Do
           we
           think
           when
           
             the
             roller
          
           comes
           it
           will
           scruple
           to
           crush
           us
           ,
           or
           have
           regard
           to
           our
           immodest
           ,
           pretenceless
           claim
           ?
           Let
           us
           consider
           what
           little
           minute
           things
           ,
           how
           next
           to
           nothing
           we
           are
           ,
           even
           compared
           with
           
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             world
          
           ;
           what
           are
           we
           then
           compar'd
           with
           the
           
             Maker
             and
             Lord
             of
             it
          
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           whom
           the
           whole
           ,
           is
           but
           
             as
             the
             drop
             of
             a
             bucket
             ,
          
           or
           
             the
             small
             dust
             of
             the
             ballance
             ,
             lighter
             than
             nothing
             and
             vanity
             !
          
           We
           should
           more
           contemplate
           our selves
           
             in
             such
             a
             comparison
             ,
             many
             comparing
             themselves
             with
             themselves
             are
             not
             wise
             .
          
           While
           we
           confine
           and
           limit
           our
           eye
           only
           to
           our selves
           ,
           we
           seem
           great
           things
           ,
           fancy
           our selves
           very
           considerable
           .
           But
           what
           am
           I
           ?
           VVhat
           is
           my
           
             single
             personality
             ?
             ipseity
             ,
             selfhood
          
           (
           call
           it
           what
           you
           will
           )
           to
           him
           who
           is
           the
           
             all
             in
             all
          
           ;
           whose
           being
           (
           actually
           ,
           or
           radically
           )
           comprehends
           
             all
             being
             ,
             all
          
           that
           
             I
             can
          
           conceive
           ,
           and
           the
           
             infinitely
             greater
             all
          
           ,
           that
           
             I
             cannot
          
           .
           If
           therefore
           I
           take
           in
           ,
           with
           my self
           ,
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           a
           people
           besides
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           concern'd
           for
           ,
           and
           admit
           that
           a
           generous
           love
           to
           my
           Countrey
           ,
           should
           make
           me
           prefer
           their
           concernments
           
           to
           my
           own
           ;
           or
           that
           upon
           an
           higher
           account
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           a
           people
           related
           to
           God
           ,
           I
           could
           even
           
             lay
             down
             my
             life
             for
             them
             .
          
           VVhat
           are
           we
           all
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           interests
           to
           that
           of
           his
           name
           ?
           And
           if
           we
           should
           all
           agree
           in
           a
           desire
           ,
           that
           our
           interest
           should
           be
           serv'd
           upon
           the
           dishonour
           of
           that
           name
           ,
           it
           were
           but
           a
           
             treasonable
             conspiracy
          
           against
           our
           common
           rightful
           Lord.
           And
           a
           
             foolish
             one
          
           ,
           being
           exprest
           in
           a
           prayer
           ;
           as
           if
           we
           thought
           to
           engage
           him
           ,
           
             by
             our
             faint
             breath
          
           ,
           against
           himself
           .
           VVe
           are
           to
           desire
           no
           more
           for
           them
           ,
           than
           they
           may
           for
           themselves
           .
           And
           if
           we
           have
           joyn'd
           in
           open
           sinning
           against
           him
           ,
           to
           that
           height
           that
           he
           shall
           judge
           he
           is
           obliged
           for
           the
           vindication
           ,
           and
           honour
           of
           his
           name
           ,
           (
           by
           which
           we
           have
           been
           called
           )
           of
           his
           
             wisdom
             ,
             holiness
          
           ,
           and
           
             punitive
             justice
          
           ,
           as
           openly
           to
           animadvert
           upon
           us
           ,
           can
           we
           gainsay
           ?
           
             If
             we
             knew
             of
             such
             a
             judgment
          
           nothing
           could
           remain
           for
           us
           but
           shame
           ,
           and
           silence
           ,
           conviction
           of
           ill
           desert
           ,
           and
           patienent
           bearing
           
             the
             punishment
             of
             our
             sin
          
           .
           And
           while
           
             we
             know
             it
             not
          
           ,
           yet
           
             because
             it
             is
             possible
          
           ;
           we
           ought
           no
           otherwise
           to
           deprecate
           such
           a
           procedure
           against
           us
           ,
           than
           as
           
             will
             consist
             with
             that
             possibility
          
           .
           To
           pray
           otherwise
           ,
           
             if
             we
             make
             no
             mention
             of
             his
             name
             ,
             is
             absurd
             presumption
             ,
          
           that
           we
           should
           wish
           ,
           or
           imagine
           ,
           he
           will
           prefer
           
             any
             concernments
             of
             ours
             ,
             to
             the
             steady
             order
             and
             decorum
             of
             his
             own
             Government
             .
          
           But
           
             if
             we
             do
             make
             mention
             of
             it
             ,
          
           't
           is
           a
           
             more
             absurd
             hypocrisie
          
           ,
           to
           seem
           concern'd
           for
           his
           name
           ,
           when
           we
           intend
           only
           our
           own
           external
           advantages
           !
           as
           if
           we
           thought
           he
           that
           
             could
             answer
          
           our
           prayers
           ,
           
             could
             not
             understand
          
           them
           .
           'T
           is
           surely
           very
           unbecoming
           creatures
           ,
           to
           bear
           themselves
           so
           ,
           towards
           the
           God
           that
           made
           them
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Consider
           ,
           that
           
             to
             have
             a
             sense
             in
             our
             hearts
             truly
             agreeable
             to
             the
             proper
             meaning
             of
             this
             argument
             for
             thy
             names
             sake
             ,
             is
             very
             sutable
             to
             the
             state
             of
          
           returning
           Creatures
           ,
           who
           are
           gathering
           themselves
           back
           to
           God
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           
             common
             apostacy
          
           ,
           wherein
           all
           were
           engag'd
           ,
           and
           combin'd
           against
           that
           great
           
             Lord
             and
             Ruler
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
           In
           that
           defection
           every
           one
           did
           principally
           mind
           and
           set
           up
           for
           himself
           .
           Each
           one
           would
           be
           a
           God
           to
           himself
           ,
           but
           all
           were
           ,
           by
           consequence
           ,
           against
           God.
           
             Whom
             to
             be
             for
          
           ,
           they
           were
           divided
           ,
           and
           of
           as
           many
           minds
           as
           there
           were
           men
           .
           
             Whom
             to
             be
             against
          
           ,
           they
           were
           agreed
           ,
           as
           if
           their
           
             common
             Lord
          
           ,
           was
           the
           
             common
             Enemy
          
           .
           For
           
             his
             interest
          
           ,
           and
           theirs
           ,
           were
           opposite
           ,
           and
           irreconcileable
           .
           They
           were
           sunk
           and
           lost
           in
           sensuality
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           other
           interest
           ,
           than
           
             that
             of
             their
             flesh
          
           .
           VVhen
           man
           hath
           made
           himself
           a
           brute
           ,
           he
           then
           thinks
           himself
           fittest
           to
           be
           
             a
             God.
          
           The
           interest
           of
           
             our
             soules
          
           must
           unite
           us
           with
           him
           :
           that
           of
           
             our
             flesh
          
           engages
           us
           against
           him
           .
           Some
           are
           thorough
           the
           power
           of
           his
           grace
           returning
           .
           VVhat
           a
           pleasure
           would
           it
           be
           to
           us
           to
           behold
           our selves
           among
           the
           reduces
           !
           those
           that
           
             are
             upon
             their
             return
          
           .
           That
           are
           ,
           again
           ,
           
             taking
             the
             Lord
             only
             to
             be
             their
             God
             ,
          
           and
           his
           interest
           for
           their
           only
           interest
           !
        
         
           3.
           
           Consider
           that
           
             our
             very
             name
             ,
             as
             we
             are
          
           Christians
           ,
           
             obliges
             us
             to
             be
             of
             that
             obedient
             ,
             happy
             number
             .
          
           For
           what
           is
           Christianity
           but
           
             the
             tendency
             of
             soules
             towards
             God
             ,
             through
             the
             mediation
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             conduct
             of
             Christ
             ?
          
           Therefore
           is
           the
           
             initial
             precept
          
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           entrance
           into
           that
           blessed
           state
           ,
           self-denyal
           .
           VVe
           answer
           not
           
             our
             own
             name
          
           ,
           further
           than
           as
           we
           are
           revolving
           ,
           and
           rolling
           back
           ,
           out
           of
           our
           
           single
           ,
           and
           separate
           state
           ,
           into
           our
           
             original
             ,
             most
             natural
          
           state
           ,
           of
           subordination
           to
           God
           ;
           wherein
           only
           we
           are
           capable
           of
           union
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           final
           blessedness
           in
           him
           .
           This
           is
           
             Discipleship
             to
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           the
           design
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           to
           be
           subdu'd
           in
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           wrought
           down
           into
           compliance
           with
           the
           divine
           will
           ,
           to
           be
           meek
           ,
           lowly
           ,
           humble
           ,
           patient
           ,
           ready
           to
           take
           up
           the
           cross
           ,
           to
           bear
           any
           thing
           ,
           lose
           any
           thing
           ,
           be
           any
           thing
           ,
           or
           be
           nothing
           ,
           
             that
             God
             may
             be
             all
             in
             all
             .
          
           This
           is
           our
           conformity
           ,
           not
           to
           the
           
             precepts
             only
          
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           
             example
             too
          
           ,
           of
           our
           great
           Lord.
           
             Who
             when
             he
             was
             in
             the
             form
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             thought
             it
             no
             robbery
             to
             be
             equal
             with
             God
             :
             made
             himself
             of
             no
             reputation
             ,
             and
             took
             upon
             him
             the
             form
             of
             a
             servant
             ,
             and
             was
             made
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             man
             ;
             And
             being
             found
             in
             fashion
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             ,
             humbled
             himself
             ,
             and
             became
             obedient
             unto
             death
             ,
             even
             the
             death
             of
             the
             cross
             .
          
           Phil.
           2.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           And
           hereupon
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           so
           entirely
           devoted
           to
           the
           honour
           ,
           and
           service
           of
           Gods
           great
           name
           
             (
             father
             glorifie
             thy
             name
          
           summ'd
           up
           his
           desires
           )
           
             therefore
             God
             highly
             exalted
             him
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             a
             name
             above
             every
             name
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Jesus
             every
             knee
             should
             bow
             ,
          
           &c.
           verse
           9.
           10.
           
           And
           when
           ever
           he
           shall
           have
           a
           Church
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           think
           it
           fit
           to
           own
           with
           visible
           ,
           unintermitted
           favours
           ,
           it
           must
           consist
           of
           persons
           formed
           according
           to
           that
           patern
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           by
           losing
           their
           
             own
             name
          
           and
           little
           interests
           for
           Gods
           ,
           they
           will
           find
           all
           recovered
           ,
           when
           their
           glorious
           Redeemer
           shall
           
             write
             upon
             them
             the
             name
             of
             his
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             name
             of
             the
             City
             of
             his
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             new
             name
             .
          
           Rev.
           3.
           12.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           Let
           it
           be
           further
           (
           in
           the
           last
           place
           )
           considered
           ,
           
             with
             what
             chearfulness
             and
             confidence
             ,
             we
             may
             then
             pray
          
           ;
           when
           our
           hearts
           are
           wrought
           to
           this
           pitch
           ,
           
           that
           we
           sincerely
           design
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           divine
           name
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           desireable
           thing
           ;
           and
           which
           name
           above
           all
           things
           we
           covet
           to
           have
           glorifi'd
           .
           For
           we
           are
           sure
           of
           being
           heard
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           the
           same
           answer
           ,
           which
           was
           given
           our
           Lord
           by
           a
           voice
           like
           that
           of
           thunder
           ,
           from
           heaven
           ,
           when
           he
           pray'd
           
             Father
             glorifie
             thy
             name
          
           ,
           Joh.
           12.
           
           
             I
             have
             both
             glorifi'd
             it
             ,
             and
             will
             glorifie
             it
             again
             .
          
           Our
           hearts
           are
           not
           right
           in
           us
           ,
           till
           we
           can
           count
           this
           a
           pleasant
           ,
           grateful
           answer
           .
           And
           if
           we
           can
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           fail
           of
           it
           .
           For
           we
           are
           told
           1
           Joh.
           5.
           14.
           
           
             That
             whatsoever
             we
             ask
             according
             to
             his
             will
             he
             heareth
             us
             .
          
           This
           will
           deliver
           our
           minds
           from
           suspence
           .
           When
           we
           pray
           for
           nothing
           
             whereof
             we
             are
             uncertain
          
           ,
           but
           
             with
             great
             deference
             and
             submission
          
           ,
           and
           for
           nothing
           absolutely
           ,
           and
           
             with
             greatest
             ingagement
             of
             heart
          
           ;
           but
           
             whereof
             we
             are
             certain
          
           .
           Upon
           such
           termes
           we
           may
           pray
           with
           great
           assurance
           ,
           as
           Daniel
           did
           ,
           
             O
             Lord
             hear
             ,
             O
             Lord
             forgive
             ,
             O
             Lord
             hearken
             and
             do
             defer
             not
             for
             thine
             own
             sake
             ,
             O
             my
             God
             :
             for
          
           thy
           
             city
             ,
             and
          
           thy
           
             people
             are
             called
             by
             thy
             name
             .
          
           ch
           .
           9.
           19.
           
           And
           tho
           an
           angel
           be
           not
           thereupon
           sent
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           as
           was
           to
           him
           ,
           
             so
             many
             weeks
             are
             determined
             upon
             [
             thy
             ]
             people
             and
             [
             thy
             ]
             holy
             City
          
           (
           so
           the
           matter
           is
           exprest
           ;
           as
           it
           were
           kindly
           giving
           back
           the
           interest
           in
           them
           to
           Daniel
           ,
           with
           advantage
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           before
           acknowledged
           unto
           God
           )
           
             to
             finish
             the
             transgression
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             make
             an
             end
             of
             sins
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             reconciliation
             for
             iniquity
             ,
          
           &c.
           yet
           we
           are
           assured
           ,
           of
           vvhat
           reasonably
           ought
           to
           be
           as
           satisfying
           ,
           that
           vvhatsoever
           shall
           befall
           
             our
             City
          
           ,
           or
           
             our
             people
          
           ,
           shall
           end
           in
           the
           eternal
           glory
           
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             City
             of
             God.
          
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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             apud
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             F.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A44689-e790
           
             
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               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
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               〈◊〉
            
             
               Sprevit
               contempsit
            
          
           
             Vulg.
             Lat.
             &
             Chald.
             Par.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             7.
             7.
             
             C.
             10.
             15.
             
          
           
             Maimon
             .
             Mor.
             Nevoch
             .
          
           
             
               Selden
               .
               de
               Diis
               Syris
               Synt.
            
             2.
             
             Cap.
             16.