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

Wherefore there is required hereunto, a Prospect of God by Faith as on a Throne of Grace, as exalted in Christ to show Mercy unto Sinners. So is he represented, Isa. 30. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, ⟨p. 99⟩that he may be gracious; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have Mercy. Without this we cannot draw nigh to him or call upon him with Delight as becometh Children, crying Abba Father. And by whom is this discovery made unto us? Is this a fruit of our own Fancy and Imagination? So it may be with some to their ruin. But it is the Work of the Spirit, who alone in and through Christ revealeth God unto us, and enableth us to discern him in a due manner. Hence our Apostle prays for the Ephesians, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, would give unto them the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him, that the Eyes of their understanding being enlightened, they might know what is the hope of his Calling, and what the Riches of the Glory of his Inheritance in the Saints. Chap. 1. 17, 18. All the Acquaintance which we have with God in a way of Grace, is from the Revelation made in us by his Spirit. See Col. 2. 1. 2. By him doth God say unto us, That, Fury is not in him, and that if we lay hold on his Arm, that we may have peace, we shall have peace, Isa. 29. 4, 5.

Wherefore there is required hereunto, a Prospect of God by Faith as on a Throne of Grace, as exalted in Christ to shew Mercy unto Sinners. So is he represented, Isa. 30. 18. Therefore will the Lord wait, ⟨p. 99⟩that he may be gracious; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have Mercy. Without this we cannot draw nigh to him or call upon him with Delight as becometh Children, crying Abba Father. And by whom is this discovery made unto us? Is this a fruit of our own Fancy and Imagination? So it may be with some to their ruine. But it is the Work of the Spirit, who alone in and through Christ revealeth God unto us, and enableth us to discern him in a due manner. Hence our Apostle prays for the Ephesians, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, would give unto them the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation in the knowledge of him, that the Eyes of their understanding being enlightned, they might know what is the hope of his Calling, and what the Riches of the Glory of his Inheritance in the Saints. Chap. 1. 17, 18. All the Acquaintance which we have with God in a way of Grace, is from the Revelation made in us by his Spirit. See