An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…

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Author: Joseph Caryl

An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655

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Fifthly and lastly, God gives us strength to pray to and plead our cause before him; he will not dazzle us with his glory, nor confound us with his Majesty when we come to plead with him, but he will put strength into us. In prayer we prevail with God, but the strength whereby we prevail with God, comes from God; yea he doth not only give us strength in prayer to act by, but he acts that strength in prayer. (Rom. 8.26.) Likewise the Spirit helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit it self maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Prayer is strong work, it calls forth the whole strength of the soul, nor doth the soul in any thing show its strength more then in prayer; praying is wrestling, and how can we wrestle without strength? Even the king of Nineveh gave this direction at his fast (Jon. 3.8.) Let them cry mightily. And our Lord Jesus Christ in the days of his flesh offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears (Heb. 5.7.) Now, the Spirit is the strength of God in us, for prayer: he helpeth our infirmities, and we are only a bundle of infirmities without his help. There is a threefold strength needful in prayer, and God by the Spirit puts these three strengths into us.

Fifthly and lastly, God gives us strength to pray to and plead our cause before him; he will not dazle us with his glory, nor confound us with his Majesty when we come to plead with him, but he will put strength into us. In prayer we prevaile with God, but the strength whereby we prevaile with God, comes from God; yea he doth not onely give us strength in prayer to act by, but he acts that strength in prayer. (Rom. 8.26.) Likewise the Spirit helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit it selfe maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Prayer is strong worke, it calls forth the whole strength of the soul, nor doth the soule in any thing shew its strength more then in prayer; praying is wrestling, and how can we wrestle without strength? Even the king of Ninevy gave this direction at his fast (

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