Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness

And Prayer doth as it were jog his Almighty Arm, and cause him to awake unto Judgement against the Adversaries of his people when before prayers and cries went up to Heaven the Lord seemed as if he were asleep or unconcerned with the sorrows and distresses of his Servants Hence is that, Isai. 51. 9. Awake, awake, put on strength O arm of the Lord, awake as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. The cry of prayer, especially when many of his Servants, •o at the same time, and with the same heart cry unto him; it awakens the Lord so that he stirreth up himself, and his glorious Arm doth great things in answer unto those prayers and cries.

And Prayer doth as it were jogg his Almighty Arm, and cause him to awake unto Judgement against the Adversaries of his people when before prayers and cries went up to Heaven the Lord seemed as if he were asleep or unconcerned with the sorrows and distresses of his Servants Hence is that, Isai. 51. 9. Awake, awake, put on strength O arm of the Lord, awake as in the anti•nt dayes, in the generations of old. The cry of prayer, especially when many of his Servants, •o at the same time, and with the same heart cry unto him; it awakens the Lord so that he stirreth up himself, and his glorious Arm doth great things in answer unto those prayers and cries.

Consider, 7. The present times. The day we live in, is such as calleth upon every one that is godly to pray. Never more need of prayer then at this time. I may say this day as one of the Martyrs said, when he was going to die. Pray, pray, pray, never more need then now. Clouds and Thunders, Storms and Tempests, are ready to crack and break upon a sinful and miserable world, and will you not pray? shall we be worse then the old ungodly world? When they saw that the flood was indeed a coming did they not pray think you? Behold! we may see it at this day. The floods of great waters, are coming