Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

6. The Lord writes down the prayers of his People, Jonah 2.7. Prayer, though it be not Vocal, only Mental, is Recorded, 1 Sam. 1.13. Hannah spake in her Heart. That prayer God did write down and Answer; God was better to her than her prayer; ⟨p. 143⟩she prayed for a Son, and God gave her a Prophet. When the heart is so full of grief, that it can only groan in Prayer; yet a Groan is sometimes the best part of a Prayer, and God writes it down, Psalm 38.9. Lord, my Groaning is not hid from thee. If we cannot speak with elegance in Prayer, if it be only lisping and chattering, God puts it in his Book of Remembrance, Isa. 38.14. Like a Crane, so did I chatter: yet that prayer was heard and registered, Ver. 5. I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy Tears.

6. The Lord writes down the prayers of his People, Ionah 2.7. Prayer, though it be not Vocal, only Mental, is Recorded, 1 Sam. 1.13. Hannah spake in her Heart. That prayer God did write down and Answer; God was better to her than her prayer; ⟨p. 143⟩she prayed for a Son, and God gave her a Prophet. When the heart is so full of grief, that it can only groan in Prayer; yet a Groan is sometimes the best part of a Prayer, and God writes it down, Psalm 38.9. Lord, my Groaning is not hid from thee. If we cannot speak with elegancy in Prayer, if it be only lisping and chattering, God puts it in his Book of Remembrance, Isa. 38.14. Like a Crane, so did I chatter: yet that prayer was heard and registred, Ver. 5. I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy Tears.