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grace_n	prayer_n	spirit_n	supplication_n	3,599	5	11.3996	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68217	The history of the woman of great faith Recorded by Saint Matthew, ch. 15. v. 22. &c. and by Saint Mark, ch. 7. 24. where three very strong encounters are beaten back by her vnmatchable faith. Treatised and expounded for some help to the weake in faith. By Robert Horn, a Minister of Iesus Christ.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.	1632 (1632)	STC 13822; ESTC S116726	104,742	350

been so strange as it was strange for a Cananite to shew such a faith one effect whereof is here shewed in the humble gesture shee vsed comming to Christ for she fell at his feet so low she was so humbly she came vnto him which teacheth Doctr. that they who come in nature of Petitioners to God must come humbly to him as vpon both knees when wee come to worship before his face we must kneele before the Lord our maker Psal 95.6 the godlie will enter with reuerence Dauid was vncouered before the Arke 2 Sam. 6.20 and men like Dauid will be bare headed speaking to God In this matter the Publican to shew a deiected minde stood afarre off Luke 18.13 where the Pharise not humbled pearched higher Ezechiel prophecying fell downe vpon his face Ezek. 11.13 so did the foure and twentie Elders in heauen Apoc. 4.10 5.8 a president for vs on earth The reasons Reasons In such the heart must be humbled 1 Chr. 17 16 17 18.19 and where that goes low the bodie cannot but goe low with it it being the mouing wheele of the bodie and of the whole man where it bends the knee will bend and both fall downe and we vpon both Secondly he is worthie for as the foure and twentie Elders said Apoc. 4.11 hee made knees and all and can wee giue him lesse than his owne Christ therefore fell on his face Matth. 26.39 or as Marke reades fell on the ground when hee prayed Marke 14.35 Christ gaue so much to his Father and shall we giue lesse or if wee fall vpon the knee to a mortall Prince shall wee not fall downe flat before the Lord that made vs The vse is for taxation of some proud Vse and vnciuill beggers in Gods house who pray sitting and couered to whom I say as one once well said if euerie knee were of gold it could not be too good to be giuen to him euen vnto the dust of the ground who filleth this house Wee will not speake to a great man and our hats on how dare we then be couered speaking in prayer to the great God if we had him in any reuerence the knees would doe reuerence that come before him therefore of Saint Iames it is written that his knees became hard as a Camels hoofe with often and long kneeling in prayer but it may be written of some in the booke of their shame that their tender knees cannot endure to touch the hard ground when they should bow downe to pray if they vncouer the head that 's all they neither fall on their faces nor downe on their knees in worshiping I speake of those that are young and haue able bodies for all are not such and they that be not may stand vp which is a fit gesture in prayer and vsed by the godly Patriarchs Isaac Iacob and others the Pharise stood praying and is not reproued for that Luke 18.11 and so did the Publicane who went home iustified more than hee 13.14 But the humbler the heart is the lower will the bodie goe in prayer therefore in signe of humilitie children aske blessing vpon their knees we are not worthie to gather vp those crummes of grace that fall from our Lords table and are wee too good to aske them on our knees and bare headed Indeed God requireth the heart the knee doth litle seruice and the hat off as litle reuerence yet as out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh Matth. 12.34 So from an humble heart proceeds the humbling of the bodie the humble bending of the knees and our humble vncouering before that Arke of presence at Church Hypocrits are prodigall enough this way in their double diligence and Iudas kisse but all that which they doe with such an outwardnesse and farre from the heart haue no thanks from God but where Christians doe as much vnder as they ouer it argueth saue where necessitie giues the Law a proud and vnhumbled soule So much for that the woman did what she said followeth She besought him Or according to S. Matthew Cried vnto him IN these words wee haue the manner of this womans petition and in the words following the matter for the manner she besought Christ not coldly but by crying vnto him Christ called not to her She cried to him so strōgly did her faith work Common beggers when they would haue an almes will cry for it but this cry was of an other nature stirred vp another way euen by the renewing of the holy Ghost shed on her abundantly or richly through Christ Tit. 3.5 6. and this made her to crie in the Spirit Doct. as well as with tongue and voice By this meanes shee was strong in faith strong in prayer and so wee learne that powerfull faith causeth powerfull prayer Iacob was a man of singular faith therefore hee made strong and preualent prayer Gen. 32.26.28 Moses one that saw God face to face was a great beleeuer and he also is said to make crying prayer when no voice was heard Exod. 14.15 Hanna likewise prayed with a troubled spirit but in no voice of words her faith spake her tongue said nothing 1 Sam. 1.12.13 and the Prophet that had within a fire of faith brake forth into a flame of words he beleeued and therefore could not but speake Psal 116.10 Ichosaphet prayed powerfully his faith had made him a good Oratour 2 Chr. 20.6 7 8 9 12. Daniel in the captiuitie was not behinde him his feruent faith gaue him a hot breath in prayer Dan. 9.2 3 5 19. and zealous prayer such as Elijah made is called by S. Iames the prayer of faith Iam. 5.15.17 18. the reasons Reasons Prayer is a fruit that groweth vpon the stalke of faith called therefore as was said the prayer of faith and therefore what the tree of it is such is the fruit of more or lesse earstnesse as wee more or lesse beleeue Therefore as our faith is so are our prayers warme faith hot prayer litle faith small prayer no faith no prayer they increase or decay together Secondly they that haue faith with power are more spirit than flesh which none are but they that haue the spirit in a good measure which is the spirit of grace and of supplications Zechar. 12.10 and then how can they but make strong prayer that haue the spirit of prayer all that haue faith with power haue this power and therefore powerfull faith powerfull prayer for this faith is resembled to fire and vnto life the greater fire the greater heat the more of life the stronger motion The vse is for the right triall of our faith Vse where we may iudge of it by our prayers they that pray coldly haue but a weake faith or small fire within but they that otherwaies are of great faith runne a spirituall descant with Daniel in their prayers Dan. 9.19 their heart is prepared and they are not as the dull and sloathfull in their deuotions