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1. Possess thine heart with an lawful fear of the Almighty God. This was the ground of Davids importunity, as you may see, Psal. 5. vers. 3. he saith, My voice shalt thou hear in the morning—And in the 7 ¹verse, you will find this holy fear did lye at the bottom; Lut as for me, I will come into thine house, in the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear, will I worship towards thine holy temple. David came to duty, with a strong […] of Gods greatness and dreadfulness. ⟨p. 57⟩So it is the advice of the Apostle, that if we would serve God acceptably, we must do it with reverence and godly fear, Heb. 12. 28. That fore-cited Author, Vitus Theodorus ²writes, concerning Luther, That he prayed with so much confidence, as if he had been speaking with his friend and familiar; and yet with so much reverence, as one that considered the great distance between God and him. I may allude to that place, Isal. 60. 5. though the words are spoken to another purpose; Thy heart shall fear, and be enlarged. An holy fear, breeds an holy care. If a man once comes to this, that he is fearless of God, he will quickly be careless in prayer; Job 15. 4. Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. ³A man that doth cast off the fear of God, doth soon cease to pray unto God: He that fears God most, that man will certainly pray to God best. That is the first help.

1. Possesse thine heart with an lawful fear of the Almighty God. This was the ground of Davids importunity, as you may see, Psal. 5. vers. 3. he saith, My voice shalt thou hear in the morning—And in the 7 ¹