Light in darkness, or, Deliverance proclaimed unto the church in the midst of all…

Pray observe, when the Lord intends to pour out the Vial of his Indignation, and to bring wrath upon a People, he presently stops all the sluices of Prayer, no more Prayer to be made. In Jer. 7. 16. Pray not for this People. God has not said so yet concerning England. Prayer is a powerful Orator for Mercy, and may cause Light to spring up yet. The Key of Prayer, oiled with Tears, and turned with the Hand of Faith, unlocks God's Bowels. Prayer, when 'tis importunate, it staves off Wrath from a Land. In Exod. 32. 10. Says God to Moses, Let me alone, that my Wrath may wax hot against them. Why, what did Moses do? He only Prayed. Fervent Prayer it overcomes the Omnipotent, as Luther says. Prayer it finds God Free, but it leaves him Bound. Haec Domina Mundi fructuat Solum.—

Pray observe, when the Lord intends to pour out the Vial of his Indignation, and to bring wrath upon a People, he presently stops all the sluces of Prayer, no more Prayer to be made. In Jer. 7. 16. Pray not for this People. God has not said so yet concerning England. Prayer is a powerful Orator for Mercy, and may cause Light to spring up yet. The Key of Prayer, oyled with Tears, and turn'd with the Hand of Faith, unlocks God's Bowels. Prayer, when 'tis importunate, it staves off Wrath from a Land. In Exod. 32. 10. Saies God to Moses, Let me alone, that my Wrath may wax hot against them. Why, what did Moses do? He only Prayed. Fervent Prayer it overcomes the Omnipotent, as Luther saies. Prayer it finds God Free, but it leaves him Bound. Haec Domina Mundi fructuat Solum.—

Prayer ties God's Hands: It staves off Judgment. This (my Brethren) lets in some dawning ⟨p. 31⟩of Light to this Land this day, in the midst of all our Clouds of Obscurity: Prayer is made for the Church. This gives us some ground to hope, that God will not wholly leave us.