Discourses upon the Existence and Attributes of God

4. Hence is a strong encouragement for Prayer. My King was the strong compellation David used in Prayer, as an argument of comfort and confidence, as well as that of My God. Psal. 5, 2. Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God. To be a King, is to have an Office of Government and Protection. He gives us liberty, to approach to him as the Judge of all. Heb. 12.23. i. e. As the Governor of the World; we pray to one that hath the whole Globe of Heaven and Earth in his hand, and can do whatsoever he will. Though he be higher than the Cherubims, and transcendently above all in Majesty, yet we may soar up to him with the wings of our Soul, Faith, and Love, and lay open our cause, and find him as gracious, as if he were the meanest subject on Earth, rather than the most sovereign God in Heaven.

4. Hence is a strong encouragement for Prayer. My King was the strong compellation David us'd in Prayer, as an argument of comfort and confidence, as well as that of My God. Psal. 5, 2. Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God. To be a King, is to have an Office of Government and Protection. He gives us liberty, to approach to him as the Judge of all. Heb. 12.23. i. e. As the Governour of the World; we pray to one that hath the whole Globe of Heaven and Earth in his hand, and can do whatsoever he will. Though he be higher than the Cherubims, and transcendently above all in Majesty, yet we may soar up to him with the wings of our Soul, Faith, and Love, and lay open our cause, and find him as gracious, as if he were the meanest subject on Earth, rather than the most soveraign God in Heaven.

He hath as much of tenderness, as he hath of Authority, and is pleased with Prayer, which is an acknowledgement of his Dominion, an honouring of that, which he delights to honour: For Prayer, in the notion of it, imports thus much, that God is the Rector of the World, that he takes notice of humane affairs, that he is a careful, just, wise Governor, a store-house of blessing, a fountain of goodness to the indigent, and a relief to the oppressed. What have we reason to fear, when the sovereign of the World gives us liberty to approach to him, and lay open our case? That God who is King of the whole Earth, not only of a few Villages, or Cities in the Earth, but the whole Earth; and not only King