Israels prayer in time of trouble with Gods gracious answer thereunto, or, An explication…

Hence, hence (Beloved) is the miscarriage of all our Prayers. If we would seek gods Kingdom, we are promised other things by way of overplus and Accession, as he that buyeth a Treasury of Jewels hath the Cabinet into the Bargain. But when we place our Kingdom in outward comforts, and let our daily bread shut out all the other five petitions out of our prayers; no wonder if the promises of this life, which are annexed unto Godliness, do not answer those prayers wherein godliness is neglected. It were preposterous to begin the building of an ⟨p. 58⟩house at the Roof and not at the Foundation Piety is the foundation of prosperity. If you would have your children like plants & like polished stones, your Garners full, your Cattle plenteous, no complaining in your streets^*; If you would have the King happy, and the Church happy, and the State happy, and peace and prosperity flourish again; Let our chief prayer be, Lord make us a happy people by being our God. Give us thy self, thy grace, thy favour, give us renewed hearts, and reformed lives; let not our sins confute, and outcry, and belie our prayers, and pray them back again without an Answer: And when we seek thee and thy Christ above all, we know that with him thou wilt freely give us all other things. The spiritual good things which we beg, will either remove, or shelter and defend us from the outward evil things which we suffer.

Hence, hence (Beloved) is the miscarriage of all our Prayers. If we would seek gods Kingdom, we are promised other things by way of overplus and Accession, as he that buyeth a Treasury of Jewels hath the Cabinet into the Bargain. But when we place our Kingdom in outward comforts, and let our daily bread shut out all the other five petitions out of our prayers; no wonder if the promises of this life, which are annexed unto Godliness, do not answer those prayers wherein godliness is neglected. It were preposterous to begin the building of an ⟨p. 58⟩house at the Roof and not at the Foundation Piety is the foundation of prosperity. If you would have your cheldrin like plants & like polished stones, your Garners ful, your Cattel plenteous, no complaining in your streets^*