A41527:190
Patience and its perfect work under sudden & sore trialsPatience and its perfect work under sudden & sore tryals
London: printed by S. Simmons for Rob. Duncomb, 1666
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.
§. His ENCOURAGEMENTS, That by seeking, a believer shall obtain, are drawn, first, from that gracious wont and disposition
§. HIs ENCOƲRAGEMENTS, That by seeking, a believer shall obtain, are drawn, first, from that gracious wont and disposition
Of God, that giveth to all men liberally, &c.
As being a God, 1. [That giveth to all men.] And this also is to be limitedly understood, ⟨p. 156⟩of all those men who thus do, have, or shall apply themselves 1unto God by faithful and importunate Prayer. For he had said first, Let him [ask] of God: And therefore Gods [Giving] here, must be supposed to be a giving to him that asketh. Again, although it be said, that Faith works Patience, yet it is prayer, that fetcheth and brings down the power from God into the heart, that works both Faith and Patience, and all. Prayer is the Midwife, by which, Faith the Mother, brings forth Patience in the heart.
As being a God, 1. [That giveth to all men.] And this also is to be limitedly understood, ⟨p. 156⟩of all those men who thus doe, have, or shall apply themselves 1unto God by faithful and importunate Prayer. For he had said first, Let him [ask] of God: And therefore Gods [Giving] here, must be supposed to be a giving to him that asketh. Again, although it be said, that Faith works Patience, yet it is prayer, that fetcheth and brings down the power from God into the heart, that works both Faith and Patience, and all. Prayer is the Midwife, by which, Faith the Mother, brings forth Patience in the heart.