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That we may put forth this holy violence in prayer, it is requisite there be a renewed principle of grace. If the person be graceless, no wonder the prayer is heartless. The body while it is dead hath no heat in it: while a man is dead in sin, he can have no heat in duty.

2. That we may be the more violent in prayer, it is good to pray with a sense of our wants. A beggar that is pinched with want, will be earnest in craving an alms. Christian, review thy wants; thou wantest an humble spiritual frame of heart; thou wantest the light of Gods countenance; the sense of want will quicken prayer. That man can never pray fervently, that doth not pray feelingly. How earnest was Sampson for water, when he was ready to die, Judg. 15. 18. I die for thirst.

2. That we may be the more violent in prayer, it is good to pray with a sense of our wants. A begger that is pinched with want, will be earnest in craving an alms. Christian, review thy wants; thou wantest an humble spiritual frame of heart; thou wantest the light of Gods countenance; the sense of want will quicken prayer. That man can never pray fervently, that doth not pray feelingly. How earnest was Sampson for water, when he was ready to die, Judg. 15. 18. I die for thirst.

3. If we would be violent in prayer, let us beg a violent wind. The Spirit of God is resembled to a mighty rushing ⟨p. 42⟩wind^*