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lord_n	aaron_n	bless_v	magnify_v	66	3	10.3232	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91943	The fast friend: or A friend at mid-night. Set forth in an exposition on that parable Luke 11. 5.-11. Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at mid-night, &c. By Nehemiah Rogers, minister of the Gospel.	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1822; Thomason E953_1; ESTC R203374	432,120	516

the first concerns Infants and Children Danaeus in orat Dom. c. 4. Psal 8.2 and such as have not the use of Reason these cannot performe the Duty as yet and are excusable As for that of David Psal 8.2 Out of the mouth of Babes and Sucklings c. ●hat is to be understood of the might and power of God seen in them yet these must be taught as soon as they are able to Learn to lisp out Hosanna even in their tender years Eyf 1. Colos p. 15. these seeds of direction are to be sowen in their hearts even in their Infancy that so they may be in a better forwardnesse when they come to years of understanding Secondly This is not to be understood of all sorts of Prayers Publique as well as Private Vocal as well as Mental for Publique Prayer in the Congregation vocally pronounced and offered up belongs not to all but to those that are thereunto called a●●s the Pastor of the Chureh Acts 6.4 Jam. 5.14 Acts 6.4 Jam. 5.14 Nor are women permitted to speak in the Church as the mouth of the rest neither in preaching or praying further then in manifesting their Assent by closing up with Amen The grounds or Reasons of this Doctrine delivered are these First Prayer is a moral precept and all the Commandements of the morall Law binde the consciences of all men to obedience so long as they are in force and his morall precepts being perpetuall binde the consciences of all to obedience perpetually Secondly We are all Gods Creatures and bound to worship him as he is our Creator Psal 107. 147. Psal 107.147 Beasts Ravens in their kind call upon him and shall we be worse then they to whom God hath given the Use of Reason that we may serve him better then they Thirdly Nor is there any one amongst us but stands in need of some blessing or other and if we want then must we pray for it as you find in my Text Fourthly None but hold something of God and must pay this Rent we hold by Coppy what we have and owe to this Lord suite and service Obj. But if all are bound to pray then the wicked as well as good Esay 1.15 Psal 50.16 Prov. 15.8 Resp Acts 8.22 and if so why are they forbidden Esay 1.15 Psal 50.16 Prov. 15.8 There is no man so wicked but stands Charged with this Duty Acts 8.22 Simon Peter calls to Simon Magus to pray to God The second Commandement enjoyns the materiall part and imposeth the Duty on all Secondly Yet wicked men living in sin may not pray for that they sin in the formall part of prayer in the right manner of doing it and so take Gods name in vain in the performance thereof which is forbidden in the third Commandement These praying amisse without Faith Repentance Fear Fervency c. God counts their prayers abominable and rejects them Thirdly Though wicked men sin if they pray not and sin if they pray yet the sin of such is lesse who faile in the manner of praying then theirs who wholly omitt it for in the totall omission of this Duty there is a double a breach breach both of the second and third Commandements but in performance of the duty though sinfully the third Commandement is onely violated Fourthly Although God do not hear nor will he hear a wicked man that prayes in respect of his sin John 9.31 Yet such may be encouraged to the Duty John 9.13 as they are Gods Creatures though but Ravens nor will God withhold from them Common mercies but reward with Temporall blessings the very shaddow of goodnesse as he did Ahab 1 Kings 21.29 Use If this be a duty of generall Concernment 1 King 21.29 and belongs to all Let every one make Conscience of it none hath a dispensation for the omission thereof from the Throne to the footstoole It is not highnesse nor honour nor poverty nor sicknesse that will dispense with it Blesse the Lord O house of Levi Blesse the Lord O house of Aaron saith the Psalmist Psal 135. So here let the house of Judah Psal 133. Kings and Potentates of the earth blesse the Lord and call upon his name let them praise him and magnifie him for ever Let the Tribe of Reuben Nobles and Potentates of the Earth make Conscience of honouring that God who hath honoured them Let the Tribe of Dan Judges and Magistrates do the like calling on God for grace to execute Judgment without partiality Let not the Tribe of Gad forget it men of War and Martialists that God may teach their hands to War and fingers to fight The Tribe of Zabulon Sea-faring men and Marriners these have a great need to call upon God being in the mouth of daunger So the Tribe of Ioseph Students and Schollars The Tribe of Benjamin Traffiquers and Merchants And the Tribe of Ashur Citizens and Courtiers The Tribe of Isachar Country-men and Farmers every Tribe as well as the Tribe of Levi whose calling calls on them especially to be aboundant in this uDty All must pray every Tribe must call upon the Lord praise him and magnifie him for ever Revel 5.8 we read that every one had his harp and viall full of odours so ought Revel 5.8 this Duty to be performed by every mans own self and for himself The Just shall live by his own faith Hab. 2.4 saith the Prophet so he must look to get his living by his own prayers I might reprove the horrible prophannesse of most families who are without prayer and live in an ordinary neglect of this Duty Let such read those Texts Psal 97.6 Zeph. 3.1 Dan. 9.13 Ezek. 22.30 And of such as neglect this duty in private Psal 79.6 Zeph. 3.1 Dan. 9.13 Exek 22.30 especially great ones who have greatest cause to pray seldome shall you hear of a silk-stocken worn out at knees with praying The Lord amend us for we stand in great need of mending Thus much of the warrant now to the work it self Ask Seek Knock. Here are three Acts but the Duty is the same all is by Prayer albeit expressed by a kind of gradation in three several termes whereof the latter imports more vehemency then the former Some distinguish the words thus Bonavent in Loc. Ask by Prayer Seek by Living well and Knock by Perseverance and holding out unto the end And others thus Ask by Prayer Seek by Reading Knock by Repenting or ex parte petiti in respect of the thing sought thus Petite veniam Quaerite Gratiam Pulsate ad gloriam Ask forgivenesse Seek for Grace Knock to enter into Glory Aug. In short for so Austin concludes it To Ask is the Labour of the mouth To Knock is the Labour of the hand And to Seek is the Labour of the Heart so that the whole man is to be occupyed and all the members of the Body and powers of the soul are to be employed in this Duty of Prayer