Christian religion

That we are to come with confidence of obtaining our suites and desires:¹ as young children desire to come unto their fathers bosom, or to sit upon the knee or in the mothers lap; so we by prayer, do as it were creep into the Lords bosom, and, as it were, do stand between the Lords legs; as to our merciful ⟨p. 207⟩father, whose bowels are larger in pitiful affection then any parents, yea,² then the mother towards the tenderest child, if we come with faith: for if parents will give good things to their children when they ask them, much more will the Lord give his spirit to them that ask it of him without doubting.

That wee are to come with confidence of obtaining our suites and desires:¹ as young children desire to come vnto their fathers bosome, or to sit vpon the knee or in the mothers lap; so we by prayer, doe as it were creepe into the Lords bosome, and, as it were, do stand betweene the Lords legs; as to our mercifull ⟨p. 207⟩father, whose bowels are larger in pitifull affection then any parents, yea,² then the mother towards the tenderest child, if we come with faith: for if parents will giue good things to their children when they aske them, much more will the Lord giue his spirit to them that aske it of him without doubting.

1. 1Deut. 33.3.
2. 2Matth. 7.