Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

But now if you would set your selves to the power of Godliness in Prayer, that is, when you come to Prayer, to meditate what an Infinite, and Glorious, and eternal God you have to deal withal in Prayer, I am now coming to tender up that high respect that I owe to the infinite God, that which the Creature owes to an infinite Creator, now I am coming to open my Soul to God, to search out all the corruptions of my heart, and I am now coming to bewail them in the presence of the infinite God, and to set my self before the Lord, as in my self a condemned Creature before an infinite Judg, I am coming now to plead with God for my life, for my Soul, for my eternal estate, I am now coming to engage my Soul to God, that as ever I expect mercy in the day of Christ, so I am willing to give up my self to God, here is some power of Godliness in this, now I would have you put your selves to this divine ease, the more a Gracious heart doth this, the more ease he hath in Prayer, as I will appeal to you; Take a carnal heart, such a one thinks he must pray, and so he comes in the morning, and speaks a few words, such words as he was wont to do, and such words as may be he hath heard other men speak when he joins with others in prayer, and he hears some expressions in prayer ⟨p. 654⟩from them, and he gets them, and comes in the morning and speaks them, and perhaps gets into his Closet, and barely speaks them over, now if it be one that hath true Grace, alas, he is in a troublesome condition all the day after, if he find not the power of Godliness in it, such a one hath no quiet in his Spirit all the day after, Why? because there hath not been the power of Godliness in his Duty, and therefore he is troubled all the day long. But now, let such a one come to Prayer to purpose in the morning, and stir up the life and power of Godliness in Prayer, worshipping God as a God, Oh! the ease and quiet that such a one hath all the day, he can go on in his work, and can sing at his work: So that the ease of a Gracious heart, comes from the power of Godliness in a Duty, and from the spiritualness that is in a Duty:

But now if you would set your selves to the power of Godliness in Prayer, that is, when you come to Prayer, to meditate what an Infinite, and Glorious, and eternall God you have to deal withall in Prayer, I am now coming to tender up that high respect that I owe to the infinite God, that which the Creature ows to an infinite Creator, now I am coming to open my Soul to God, to search out all the corruptions of my heart, and I am now coming to bewail them in the presence of the infinite God, and to set my self before the Lord, as in my self a condemned Creature before an infinite Judg, I am coming now to plead with God for my life, for my Soul, for my eternall estate, I am now coming to engage my Soul to God, that as ever I expect mercy in the day of Christ, so I am willing to give up my self to God, here is some power of Godliness in this, now I would have you put your selves to this divine ease, the more a Gracious heart doth this, the more ease he hath in Prayer, as I will appeal to you; Take a carnall heart, such a one thinks he must pray, and so he comes in the morning, and speaks a few words, such words as he was wont to do, and such words as may be he hath heard other men speak when he joyns with others in prayer, and he hears some expressions in prayer