God's anger

1. All the other conclusions are easily granted: God may be angry, and angry very long, and angry with the whole people, and angry with his own people; all this because of their sins: But that he should be angry at their prayers, this is the wonder. He hath commanded us to pray, and will he be offended with us for doing his command? Angry against our prayer! He hath commended to us Prayer, as the only means to assuage his anger: and yet is he angry at our Prayer? ^aPhinehas prayed, and his anger was pacified: ^bAaron prayed, and the plague ceased: and will he now be angry with the people that prayeth? He is a God that heareth prayer: ^cO thou that hearest prayer, to thee shall all all flesh come: and does he now reject prayer? He hath so styled his own house; Oratorium, the house of prayer: and to them that pray unto him in his house, he hath promised peace; ^dIn this house will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. Peace and wrath are contraries: how should prayer procure peace, when God is angry at prayer? Prayer is so noble, that under it is comprehended the whole worship of God: ^eWhosoever calleth on the name of the Lord, shall be saved: and yet will God be angry at the prayer of his people? It is a great honour that God will vouchsafe to speak unto man: but a far greater honour, that man is allowed to speak unto God: the very Angels stand in admiration of it: and yet what comfort is there in that, when God is angry at the prayer of his people? What blessing is there, ⟨p. 26⟩which our prayers cannot infeoff us in? We send up Prayer to God with the same confidence, that Adoniah sent Bathsheba to Solomon, ^fthe King will deny thee nothing: and will God be angry at prayer? It is the only means we have to pacify him, Prayer: and shall our Prayer anger him? Alas, what hope is left us, when God is angry at Prayer? This hath often turned away his wrath, and does it now incense his wrath? If we should not pray, he would then be angry: and when we do pray, is he angry too? What, neither way pleased? What is the reason why there is so much empty cask in Gods cellar, but for want of prayer?