Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness

The innocent by lifting up pure hands of prayer believers the Island, as Eliphaz. speaks, Joh. 22.30. Yea, sometimes, a whole Country fareth the better for one wrestler with God, as all the land of Israel did, for the prayers of one Elijah, though he was a man subject to like passions as we are. Jam. 5. 17. 18. Yea, and a few godly men, may by their prayers procure and hasten judgement, upon those that are the subjects of Imprecation, that is to say, upon the implacable enemies of God, and of his Servants. We may see for this that Scripture, Rev. 16. 1, I heard a great voice out of the Temple, saying, to the ⟨p. 32⟩seven Angels, go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. Now the Temple was the place of prayer. It is prayer that pulls down confounding vials of vengeance upon the Antichristian generation. And woe to that man who ever •e be, that shall have many prayers of Gods Servants engaged against him. I tell you nay the Lord tells you, that though God may seem to forbear him long, vengeance shall come upon him speedily. And the true reason of all this which hath been spoken, is, because the omnipotent God himself is overcome by prayer? And then what cannot godly praying ones do, if omnipotency himself be over come by them? Thus do we read concerning Jacob, that by his strength he had power with God; yea, when he wept and made supplication to him, he had power over the Angel and prevailed, […] over the increated Angel of the everlasting Covenant, the Eternal Son of God, that Angel, who is the Lord of Hosts, the Lord is his memorial, Hos. 12. 3,4,5. In a word prayer doth as it were hold the Lords hands, when he is ready to strike his people, who have by their sins provoked him. Therefore the Lord said to Moses Let me alone that I may consume them, Exod. 32.10. A marvellous expression! it is as if the Lord had said, I would fain be at his people, and strike them a blow that should kill them suddenly, because they have suddenly departed from me; but thou ⟨p. 33⟩