Two sermons on the third of the Lamentations of Jeremiah preached at Hanwell in…Two sermons on the third of the Lamentations of Ieremie preached at Hanwell in…

Vers. 56. Thou hast heard my voice, stop not thine ears. 57. Thou drewest near, &c. Whence this doctrine ariseth:

Vers. 56. Thou hast heard my voice, stop not thine eares. 57. Thou drewest neere, &c. Whence this doctrine ariseth:

Doct. 3 That Gods children in their prayers and services,do mark and know how they speed: ¹so that they cannot only say, I thank God, at such and such a time I prayed, but O Lord thou diddest then hear my voice, then diddest thou draw near unto me: at such a time I was put to it, and thou deliveredst me out of great danger. This we see in the spouse, who when her beloved was departed from her, saith, In my bed night by night I sought him, ²whom my soul loveth, and found him not. She had not that joy and refreshing, as she was wont to have, from the use of the private means, and she knew it, and observed it full well. Then she went abroad, and there found as little success. Afterwards she comes to confer with Gods Ministers how she might recover her love to Christ, and the feeling of Christs love unto her, and yet there she had not that full success, as she expected. Then she goes a little further, that is, (as was before showed) waits patiently upon God, and then she found him whom her soul loved, and took hold of him; that is, faster hold then ever she had done before. She ⟨p. 52⟩had paid so dearly for her negligence, that she would be wary how she failed in her duty any more. So that when she sped well or ill, she knew how it went with her. This point is further proved unto us out of another verse of this Chapter of the Lamentation, ³where these words are used: When I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer: Not but that God took notice of it, and had a time to reward it: but for the present he gave them no answer.