A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

5. This is a Spirit of obedience, and that gives us good assurance of the hearing of our petitions, 1 Joh. 3.21. For as we hearken to God, so God hearkens to us, Prov. 28.9. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the Law, his prayer shall be abominable. But if you hearken to God, God will hearken to you, Judg. 9.7. If we say, Speak Lord, for thy servant heareth, 1 Sam. 3.5. then what we speak God will hear. An obedient Christian is a powerful petitioner, mighty in prayer.

5. This is a Spirit of obedience, and that gives us good assurance of the hearing of our petitions, 1 Joh. 3.21. For as we hearken to God, so God hearkens to us, Prov. 28.9. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the Law, his prayer shall be abominable. But if you hearken to God, God will hearken to you, Judg. 9.7. If we say, Speake Lord, for thy servant heareth, 1 Sam. 3.5. then what we speake God will hear. An obedient Christian is a powerfull petitioner, mighty in prayer.

6. From the root of confidence, which springs partly from Gods nature, partly from faith in Christ, partly from the unction of the Spirit; now for those things we see many promises belong to us, our adoption assures us of Gods Nature, that he is a merciful Father; our Father assures us that Christ is our Advocate; the unction of the Spirit breeds in us experience that we have the Son, that we are Sons; it assures us of our election, vocation, and salvation; and if it assure us of greater matters, then much more of the grant of our prayers,