Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness

Prop. 2. God is the only Object of Prayer. T his is intimated in the Text, since it is said, unto thee, h e unto thee O Lord, and unto thee alone shall the godly man pray. Daniel and the three Worthies would rather expose themselves to the worst miseries, that the malice and rage of their enemies could bring upon them, then be guilty of such Idolatry, as to pray unto any other God besides the Lord. He is the only Object of all religious Service, Psal. 76. 11. Bring presents to ⟨p. 7⟩him that ought to •e feared. When Men pray to God, then they fear him, and bring a present to him; and such presents are due to the Lord alone, Mat. 4. 10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only thou shalt serve. Prayer is a special part of that religious service which Men owe […] God, therefore he only is to be prayed unto. Prayer is a spiritual Sacrifice, 1 Pet. 2.5. Now Sacrifice may not be offe•e• unto any besides the only true God, Exod. 22. 20 Faith and Prayer are conjoined as having the same object▪ Rom. 10.14. How shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? Men may believe in him, whom they may c•ll upon or pray unto. They may trust in the object of Prayer, but God is the only object of Faith, Jer. 17.5. Cursed be the man that trusteth in man. Hence the Lord is styled the Prayer-hearing God. Psal. 65.2. That's one of his glorious titles and incommunicable properties. He alone is able to hear the Prayers of all men. The hearer of Prayer, must needs be […] and omnipresent. No finite being is able to hear millions praying to him at the same time, and these (some of them) ten thousand miles distant from one another. Nor can any one else answer Prayer. The chief things which we are to pray for, viz. Grace, the pardon of Sin, the eternal Salvation of our Souls, the Lord alone is able to bestow those blessings upon us. The Object of Prayer must needs be