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Two discourses showing, I. That the Lords ears are open to the prayers of…Two discourses shewing, I. That the Lords ears are open to the prayers of…
Two discourses showing, I. That the Lords ears are open to the prayers of the righteous. II. The dignity & duty of aged servants of the Lord. : Also, a preface in which the Congregational discipline of the churches in New-England is vindicated, with the authors dying testimony there-unto. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]Two discourses shewing, I. That the Lords ears are open to the prayers of the righteous. II. The dignity & duty of aged servants of the Lord. : Also, a preface in which the Congregational discipline of the churches in New-England is vindicated, with the authors dying testimony there-unto. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]
printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1716
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The Ears of the LORD are open to the Prayers of the Righteous.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. The Experience of the Saints of God has Confirmed the Truth of this Doctrine. It is not only true that God is a Prayer-hearing God, but He has always been so; He never was otherwise. Isai. 49 19. I have not said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain. One way or other, in whole or in part their Prayers have been Answered. The Lords People in general have seen this verified. And particular Saints have had Experience of it. Our Father Abraham had so. God ⟨p. 6⟩said to him, I have heard thee, Gen. 17.20. And Jacob had experience of it. He therefore built an Altar to God who Answered him in the day of his distress, Gen. 35.3. And David had the like experience. Psal. 34 4. I sought the Lord & he heard me, & delivered me from all my fears. And Verse 6. This poor man cried, & the Lord heard him, and has saved him out of all his troubles. Again, in another place he says, Verily God has heard me, he has attended to the voice of my Prayer, and blessed be God, who has not turned away my Prayer nor his Mercy from me, Psal. 66.19, 20. Ezra says of himself, and the Lords Servants who joined with him, We besought God, and he was entreated of us, Ezra 8.23. All the true fearers of God, that do indeed know what it is to Pray, have experienced this. Psal. 145.18, 19. The Lord is nigh to all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth; He will ⟨p. 7⟩fulfil the desire of them that fear him, be also will hear their cry & will save them. Thus has it ever been. To which of the Saints wilt thou t••• thee? Ask one, Have not you found the Lord to be an Hearer of Prayer? He will say I have found him to be so. Ask another, and he will say so. And another, and he will say the same. The Scripture says, Every one that is godly will pray,