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5. God may deny a thing in mercy, if thou didst too eagerly desire the mercy, and too affectionately set thine heart upon it; if thou lovest it too much in the expetition, thou wilt be excessive in the fruition: Rachel had better wanted Children, which she so impetuously desired; for she had a child and died in child-bed. God turns mercies too passionately desired into curses, and snares to us, or else takes them away from us. And so I have answered this second Question. And that is the third and last particular; I come now to application.

5. God may deny a thing in mercy, if thou didst too eagerly desire the mercy, and too affectionately set thine heart upon it; if thou lovest it too much in the expetition, thou wilt be excessive in the fruition: Rachell had better wanted Children, which she so impetuously desired; for she had a childe and died in childe-bed. God turnes mercies too passionately desired into curses, and snares to us, or else takes them away from us. And so I have answered this second Question. And that is the third and last particular; I come now to application.

Use. 1 Use 1. Consider this, oh all you wicked and ungodly men; Consider how far you are from having your prayers heard; What? will not a father hear his child, when he prays to him coldly and remissly, and will he hear a slave? If God will […] •eare the remiss prayer of a godly ma• […] dost thou think he will heart the prayers of a wicked man? If God will not hear his peoples prayers at all times, notwithstanding they are in a state of friendship, will God hear thy prayers, oh wicked man, that art in state of enmity against him? If God will not hear ⟨p. 24⟩the prayers of his own people, which are sometimes his delight, dost thou think he will hear thy prayers, which are always an abomination to him?

Use. 1 Use 1. Consider this, oh all you wicked and ungodly men; Consider how far you are from having your prayers heard; What? will not a father heare his childe, when he prayes to him coldly and remissely, and will he heare a slave? If God will eare the remisse prayer of a god ly ma dost thou thinke he will heart the prayers of a wicked man? If God will not heare his peoples prayers at all times, notwithstanding they are in a state of friendship, will God heare thy prayers, oh wicked man, that art in state of enmity against him? If God will not heare