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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
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Secondly, When the Lord hideth his face from a Nation, he hath no regard to their prayers and supplications, no not to their fasts and humiliations; that speaks sadly. Prayer is our best strength, it engageth the strength of God; by prayer we have our resort to God, and fetch all our help and succour in a day of trouble from his All-sufficiency. If once God say to a people, I will not hear nor answer your prayers, they are in a most forlorn condition. Thus God resolved against the people of Israel, (Jer. 14.12.) When they fast, I will not hear their cry: And as he would not regard their own prayers, so he forbade the Prophet to pray for them, (vers. 12.) The Lord said unto me, pray not for this people ⟨p. 744⟩for their good; yea, he tells them, he would not regard the prayers and intercessions of any others for them, (Jer. 15.1.) Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, (that is, should become Advocates in their behalf) yet my heart could not be towards this people, (that's a sure and a dreadful prognostic of ruin, as it followeth) cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Secondly, When the Lord hideth his face from a Nation, he hath no regard to their prayers and supplications, no not to their fasts and humiliations; that speaks sadly. Prayer is our best strength, it engageth the strength of God; by prayer we have our resort to God, and fetch all our help and succour in a day of trouble from his All-sufficiency. If once God say to a people, I will not hear nor answer your prayers, they are in a most forlorn condition. Thus God resolved against the people of Israel, (Jer. 14.12.) When they fast, I will not hear their cry: And as he would not regard their own prayers, so he forbade the Prophet to pray for them, (vers. 12.) The Lord said unto me, pray not for this people ⟨p. 744⟩for their good; yea, he tells them, he would not regard the prayers and intercessions of any others for them, (Jer. 15.1.) Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, (that is, should become Advocates in their behalf) yet my heart could not be towards this people, (that's a sure and a dreadful prognostick of ruine, as it followeth) cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.