Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

And this use we should further make of it, that if the Lord hear when humiliation is not found, what will he do when our prayers are fervent and sound, when our humiliation is perfect? This is a thing that we ought to take notice of that when the Lord is so ready to hear, we should be encouraged to pray, and to seek unto him. For when the Lord shall do as he hath done with us, when he shall stay the plague; when he shall say to it, as he doth to the raging sea, thus far thou shalt go, and no further, when we look upon this, and observe this dealing of the Lord, we should have a store house of such experiments as these, that we may learn thereby to know the Lord, and to trust him; that we may be encouraged thereby to seek unto him: For when such actions as these are slighted, we take his name in vain, and the Lord will not hold us guiltless if we take his Name in vain: no more will he if we pass by these actions of his without taking notice. Therefore it is well that such a day as this is set apart, that we may remember it, and consider what answer the Lord gives our prayers, and acknowledge it: but I will not stand to enlarge this.

And this use we should further make of it, that if the Lord hear when humiliation is not found, what wil he do when our prayers are servent and sound, when our humiliation is perfect? This is a thing that we ought to take notice of that when the Lord is so ready to hear, we should be encouraged to pray, and to seek unto him. For when the Lord shall do as he hath done with us, when he shall stay the plague; when he shall say to it, as he doth to the raging sea, thus far thou shalt go, and no further, when we look upon this, and observe this dealing of the Lord, we should have a store house of such experiments as these, that we may learn thereby to know the Lord, and to trust him; that we may be encouraged thereby to seek unto him: For when such actions as these are slighted, we take his name in vain, and the Lord will not hold us guiltless if we take his Name in vain: no more will he if we pass by these actions of his without taking notice. Therefore it is well that such a day as this is set apart, that we may remember it, and consider what answer the Lord gives our prayers, and acknowledge it: but I will not stand to enlarge this.