An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

Further, When men desire new things out of distrust of ¹God, and make such conclusions of unbelief; Surely if God should not grant such and such things unto them then they are lost and undone, and there's no way in the world to help them, and their desires are put on by distrust: ⟨p. 554⟩Whereas (my Brethren) Gracious desires are put ²on by faith, it's the prayer of Faith that doth •ood, it is Faith that doth inflame gracious desires that are sent up to God, they are sent up by the strength of Faith, and not the strength of Unbelief: It is the strength of Unbelief that makes the desires of people so strong as they are, as thus; These people desired a King? Why? because they could not trust God to have but only Judges as they had before. Samuel was an old man & his sons were naught, and they see themselves in a hard condition; yea, but now seeing God had nor spoken to them about a new Government, they should have had it from God, if they had it at all, God should choose them one; but they thought that they must have one to go before them in their Battles, or else their Battles would miscarry, and they saw the Princes of the earth, they went before their Subjects in their Battles, and therefore they would be like unto them, and durst not trust God in that way that they were in before: and therefore it was in wrath that God gave them their desires.

Further, When men desire new things out of distrust of ¹God, and make such conclusions of unbeleef; Surely if God should not grant such and such things unto them then they are lost and undone, and there's no way in the world to help them, and their desires are put on by distrust: ⟨p. 554⟩Whereas (my Brethren) Gracious desires are put ²on by faith, it's the prayer of Faith that doth •ood, it is Faith that doth inflame gracious desires that are sent up to God, they are sent up by the strength of Faith, and not the strength of Ʋnbeleef: It is the strength of Ʋnbeleef that makes the desires of people so strong as they are, as thus; These people desir'd a King? Why? because they could not trust God to have but only Judges as they had before. Samuel was an old man & his sons were naught, and they see themselves in a hard condition; yea, but now seeing God had nor spoken to them about a new Government, they should have had it from God, if they had it at all, God should chuse them one; but they thought that they must have one to go before them in their Battels, or else their Battels would miscarry, and they saw the Princes of the earth, they went before their Subjects in their Battels, and therefore they would be like unto them, and durst not trust God in that way that they were in before: and therefore it was in wrath that God gave them their desires.