A35535:1723
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Lord is ready to hear when we pray, ready to give when we ask.
As prayer is honourable and delightful to God, so fruitful to man. Ask and it shall be given you, seek and you shall find (Math. 7.7.) He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him. Prayer shall not be lost, nor vanish into air. There was never any faithful prayer lost; though the prayers of many have not been answered in kind, that is, they have not had the very thing they asked for; yet they have had an answer to their prayers; and though prayer be not always answered in our time, yet there is a time wherein all faithful prayers shall be answered; one age reaps the fruit of those prayers which another age hath sown. The seed time is one age, the harvest in another. Latter Generations get good by the prayers of the former. Though we who pray see not the fruit of it, yet many shall find the fruit of it; and how ⟨p. 426⟩often doth the fruit of prayer appear presently, how often doth the answer come in upon the very putting up of the request? (Isa. 65.24.) Before they call, I will answer, and while as they are yet speaking, I will hear. While the word is in their mouth, the mercy shall be put into their hand. While the Church (Acts 12.5.16.) was praying, Peter came in among them. As if God had said, there's your prayer. What the Prophet Elisha said (2 Kings 6.33.) of the messenger sent to apprehend him; Is not the sound of his Masters feet behind him? The same may we say sometimes of this messenger holy and fervent prayer, is not the sound of the mercy prayed for at the very heels of it? Thus close doth Elihu put the sick mans prayer and the answer of God, he shall pray unto God, And he will be favourable unto him.