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When God is said to incline his ear, it implies an intention to bestow the mercy desired: Take it therefore, thy Wisdom will be to receive, not sticking at thine own unworthiness. It is said, He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among Princes, and to make them inherit the thrown of glory. Again, He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth some needy Out of the dunghill, that he may set him with Princes, even with the Princes of his people. 1 Sam. 2. 8. Psal. 113. 7, 8.

When God is said to encline his ear, it implies an intention to bestow the mercy desired: Take it therefore, thy Wisdom will be to receive, not sticking at thine own unworthiness. It is said, He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among Princes, and to make them inherit the thrown of glory. Again, He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth some needy Out of the dunghill, that he may set him with Princes, even with the Princes of his people. 1 Sam. 2. 8. Psal. 113. 7, 8.

You see also, when God made a Wedding for his Son, he called not the great, nor the rich, nor the mighty, but the poor, the maimed, the halt, and the blind, (Mat. 22. Luk. 14.)