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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.
Quest. How may we judge concerning that? What are the signs of a Prayer that will be surely Answered and not return in vain?
Ans. 1. If the Spirit of God helps us to believe as well as pray; such a Prayer does not use to miscarry, Jam. 5.15. The Prayer of Faith shall heal the sick If it is indeed Faith and not Presumption or Delusion it will have a blessed effect. David when greatly ⟨p. 31⟩afflicted could say, I have believed therefore have I spoken, Psal. 116.10. He believed that God could & would deliver, therefore did he speak accordingly, not to others only, but to God in Prayer. We often hear him expressing his Faith: Psal. 4.3. The Lord will hear when I call unto him. And, 6.9. The Lord will receive my Prayer. When Asa believed and relied upon God, that Prayer of Faith was more powerful than a Million of Armed Men. A Prophet some time after when he was too diffident & unbelieving, put him in mind of his former Faith. 2 Chron. 16 8. Were not the Ethiopians a huge host, yet because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand. The Believer by Faith takes hold on the Almighty arm of God. And then what can he not do? What Evil can he not prevent? What Mercy can he not obtain? Isai. 27.5. Let him take hold of my strength that he ⟨p. 32⟩may make peace with me, and he shall make peace with me.
Ans. 1. If the Spirit of God helps us to believe as well as pray; such a Prayer does not use to miscarry,