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1. If God hath returned thy prayers, see that thou beest more frequent in prayer then thou wast formerly. This was the purpose of holy. David, Psal. 116. Because ¹the Lord hath heard my prayer, therefore I will call upon him as long as I live. So let it be your care, to set your self more solemnly, and seriously to seek God then ever you have dove.

1. If God hath returned thy prayers, see that thou beest more frequent in prayer then thou wast formerly. This was the purpose of holy. David, Psal. 116. Because ¹the Lord hath heard my prayer, therefore I will call upon him as long as I live. So let it be your care, to set your self more solemnly, and seriously to seek God then ever you have doue.

1. 1Psal. 116.

2. See that you be more in praises to ⟨p. 107⟩¹God then you have been. Those mercies that thou hast won by prayer, are to be worn by thankfulness, Psal. 145. 10. All thy ²works praise thee, O Lord, and thy Saints do bless thee. All Gods works do praise him; The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handy work. That is, they are all the passive monuments of Gods power in creating them: But the Saints they are agents in praising God. Blessing is more then praising: A picture praiseth him that made it; but it doth not bless him. The Saints, they bless God in a peculiar manner; their mouths are full of the praises of God: They have a principle within them of praising God; they are agents in setting forth his praise. And therefore it is very fit that you should bless God.