A discourse of the work of the Holy Spirit in prayer with a brief…

In like manner if it be enquired, why it ⟨p. 94⟩is said, that he who searcheth the Heart knoweth the mind of the Spirit, which plainly refers to some great and secret Work of the Spirit in the Heart of man, if the Intercession of Christ be intended; nothing is offered but this Paraphrase, And then God that by being a searcher of Hearts, knoweth our wants exactly, understands also the desire and intention of the Spirit of Christ. But these things are [Greek or Hebrew]; and have no dependence the one on the other. Nor was there any need of the mentioning the searching of our Hearts, to introduce the Approbation of the Intercession of Christ. But to return:

In like manner if it be enquired, why it ⟨p. 94⟩is said, that he who searcheth the Heart knoweth the mind of the Spirit, which plainly refers to some great and secret Work of the Spirit in the Heart of man, if the Intercession of Christ be intended; nothing is offered but this Paraphrase, And then God that by being a searcher of Hearts, knoweth our wants exactly, understands also the desire and intention of the Spirit of Christ. But these things are 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; and have no dependance the one on the other. Nor was there any need of the mentioning the searching of our Hearts, to introduce the Approbation of the Intercession of Christ. But to return:

That is wrought in the Hearts of Believers in their Duty, which is pervious to none but him that searcheth the Heart. This frame in all our Supplications we ought to aim at, especially in time of Distress, Troubles and Temptations, such as was the season here especially intended, when commonly we are most sensible of our own infirmities. And wherein we come short hereof in some measure, it is from our Unbelief or carelessness and negligence, which God abhors. I do acknowledge that there may be, that there will be more earnestness and intention of mind and of our natural ⟨p. 95⟩