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8. Consider this for thy comfort, that thy person may be accepted and thy prayers heard, and yet the thing thou prayest for not granted to thee. An instance of this you have in Christ himself, he prayed, Father if it be possible let this cup pass from me, Mat. 26. ¹yet this cup did not pass from him, but he did drink of it, and yet it is said that Christ was heard in all that he prayed for, Heb. 5. 7. ²Deut. 3. ver. 23. I be sought the Lord at that time (saith Moses) and ver. 26. But the Lord ³was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, let it suffice thee, speak no more to me of this matter. Moses did importunately desire that he might see the Land, and go over Jordan to possess it. Moses was a godly man, and here he prays for this mercy, but yet God was angry with him, & bad him pray no more. God bad him go up into the Mount and see the Land, but told him he should not go over. So when thou askest a particular mercy at the hand of God, God may deny ⟨p. 99⟩them that mercy, and yet hear their prayers and accept their persons.

8. Consider this for thy comfort, that thy person may be accepted and thy prayers heard, and yet the thing thou prayest for not granted to thee. An instance of this you have in Christ himselfe, he prayed, Father if it be possible let this cup passe from me, Mat. 26. ¹yet this cup did not passe from him, but he did drink of it, and yet it is said that Christ was heard in all that he prayed for, Heb. 5. 7