The Godly Man's Picture

9. A spiritual prayer is when we pray out of love to prayer; A wicked man may pray, but he doth not love prayer, Job 27. 10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? A godly man is carried upon the wings of delight; he is never so well as when he is praying; he is not forced with fear, but fired with love, Isa. 56. 7. I will make them joyful in my house of prayer.

9. A spiritual prayer is when we pray out of love to prayer; A wicked man may pray, but he doth not love prayer, Iob 27. 10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? A godly man is carried upon the wings of delight; he is never so well as when he is praying; he is not forced with fear, but fired with love, Isa. 56. 7. I will make them joyful in my house of prayer.

10. A spiritual prayer is, when we have spiritual ends in prayer: There is a vast difference between a spiritual prayer, and a carnal desire; the ends of an Hypocrite are secular and carnal; he looks asquint in prayer; it is not the sense of his spiritual wants that moves him, but rather lust, Jam. 4. 3. Ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. The sinner ⟨p. 125⟩prays more for food than Grace; this God doth not interpret praying, but howling, Hosea 7. 14. They howled upon their beds, they assemble for corn and wine. —Da modo lucra mihi.—¹

10. A spiritual prayer is, when we have spiritual ends in prayer: There is a vast difference between a spiritual prayer, and a carnal desire; the ends of an Hypocrite are secular and carnal; he looks asquint in prayer; it is not the sense of his spiritual wants that moves him, but rather lust,