The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

To come to some other notes of Sanctification, in the second place many parts of Holiness are undoubted signs of it.

To come to some other notes of Sanctification, in the second place many parts of Holinesse are vndoubted signes of it.

First, our intercourse with God by private and fervent Prayer of Faith, is the most infallible sign of all the rest. A singular fruit and testimony to a mans conscience, that he is regenerate: for this is the very mark which the Holy Ghost setteth upon profane men, They ^xcall not upon God: and the reason is plain and evident: for either Prayer will make men to leave sin, or sin will make men to leave to pray.

First, our intercourse with God by priuate and feruent Prayer of Faith, is the most infallible signe of all the rest. A singular fruit and testimonie to a mans conscience, that hee is regenerate: for this is the very marke which the Holy Ghost setteth vpon prophane men, They ^xcall not vpon God: and the reason is plaine and euident: for either Prayer will make men to leaue sinne, or sinne will make men to leaue to pray.

1. xPsal. 53. 5.

The wicked, though they seem to pray in secret, do it seldom, or never, with company to fill up the number, and for their credit sake; or for some worldly respect, they can be content to make one. But howsoever it be, their Prayers differ far from the properties of true Prayer, that are only to be found in Gods Children. Which properties, and wherein the wicked differ from them, may all be gathered out of that most absolute Prayer both for matter and form, which our Saviour himself hath taught us, and are these that follow,