A75287:2240
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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SECT. 6. The first Case: Suppose I have prayed, how may I assuredly know that God hears, and will answer in his own time?
WE may resolve this case, by some observations before prayer, in prayer, and after prayer.
VVE may resolve this case, by some observations before prayer, in prayer, and after prayer.
1. Before prayer: When God prepares the heart to pray, when he pours upon a man a Spirit of Grace and Supplication, a praying disposition; when he puts in motives, suggests arguments and pleas unto God, as materials for prayer; all which ⟨p. 318⟩you shall find to come in readily, and of themselves; and that likewise with a quickening heat, and enlargement of affections, with a lingering, and longing, and restlessness of spirit, to pour out the soul unto God: This is a sign that God lends his ear, and will return answers: Thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; 1q. d. Thou fashionest the heart, and composest it into a praying frame, and that is a sign, Lord, that thou meanest to hear.
1. Before prayer: When God prepares the heart to pray, when he pours upon a man a Spirit of Grace and Supplication, a praying disposition; when he puts in motives, suggests arguments and pleas unto God, as materials for prayer; all which ⟨p. 318⟩you shall finde to come in readily, and of themselves; and that likewise with a quickning heat, and inlargement of affections, with a lingring, and longing, and restlesness of spirit, to pour out the soul unto God: This is a sign that God lends his ear, and will return answers: Thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;