4. To pray in the name of Christ, is not rudely and customarily to say these words, Through Jesus Christ our Lord, &c. but in the confidence of the merits and intercession of Christ, to call on our heavenly Father, Dan. 9. 17. Since the fall of man, none are called to come to God, or have a promise to speed, but in the name of a Mediator, Joh. 14. 6. Heb. 4. 16. 1. Tim. 2. 5. 1. Joh. 2. 1. Rom. 8. 33. Hebr. 7. 25. in Christ alone we have access to the throne of grace, Eph. 2. 18. and 3. 12. Angels or Saints departed do not present our prayers before God: for Christ only is our Mediator and high Priest, who getteth our prayers acceptance before God, Heb. 1. 3. and 4. 14. Reu. 8. 3. and to present our prayers before God, and to procure them acceptance with God, is in phrase of Scripture all one. Dan. 10. 12. Act. 10. 4. 31.
4. To pray in the name of Christ, is not rudely and customarily to say these words, Through Iesus Christ our Lord, &c. but in the confidence of the merits and intercession of Cerist, to call on our heauenly Father, Dan. 9. 17. Since the fall of man, none are called to come to God, or haue a promise to speed, but in the name of a Mediator, Ioh. 14. 6. Heb. 4. 16. 1. Tim. 2. 5. 1. Ioh. 2. 1. Rom. 8. 33. Hebr. 7. 25. in Christ alone we haue accesse to the throne of grace, Eph. 2. 18. and 3. 12. Angels or Saints departed doe not present our prayers before God: for Christ onely is our Mediator and high Priest, who getteth our prayers acceptance before God, Heb. 1. 3. and 4. 14. Reu. 8. 3. and to present our prayers before God, and to procure them acceptance with God, is in phrase of Scripture all one. Dan. 10. 12. Act. 10. 4. 31.
