The fourth (and last) volume of discourses, or sermons, on several scriptures

Why now here First, Grace and §1Glory are promised absolutely; ¹it is that we are commanded all of us to seek after, and therefore here can lie no mistake ⟨p. 398⟩upon us while we beg these, for there is no doubt while we pray for Grace and Glory, but we do it according to the Will of God: Here we may be earnest and importunate that God would sanctify and save our Souls; and while we ask this, and make this the matter of our Requests, we are under an impossibility of asking amiss; yea, and the more violent we are, and the more resolute to take no Denial at the Hands of God, the more pleasing is this holy Force, since it shows a perfect conformity and concurrence in our Wills unto his Will, who hath told us, It is his Will, ²even our Sanctification, 1 Thes. 4.3. This was one part of that violence that our Saviour saith, the Kingdom of Heaven suffered in the Days of John the Baptist. It is an Invasion that is acceptable unto God, when we storm Heaven by Prayers and Supplications, with strong Cries and Tears, when we plant against it unutterable Sighs and Groans, this is such a Battery that those eternal Ramparts cannot hold out long against it. We may pray absolutely for Grace and Glory.

Why now here First, Grace and §1Glory are promised absolutely; ¹it is that we are commanded all of us to seek after, and therefore here can lie no mistake ⟨p. 398⟩upon us while we beg these, for there is no doubt while we pray for Grace and Glory, but we do it according to the Will of God: Here we may be earnest and importunate that God would sanctifie and save our Souls; and while we ask this, and make this the matter of our Requests, we are under an impossibility of asking amiss; yea, and the more violent we are, and the more resolute to take no Denial at the Hands of God, the more pleasing is this holy Force, since it shews a perfect conformity and concurrence in our Wills unto his Will, who hath told us, It is his Will,