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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64241	Jacob wrestling with God, and prevailing: or, a treatise concerning the necessity and efficacy of faith in prayer Wherein divers weighty questions and cases of conscience about praying in faith, are stated and resolved. For the comforting and satisfying of weak and scrupulous consciences: the conviction of formal hypocrites, and awakening of all saints, both weak and strong, great and small, to this great duty of prayer. By one who hath obtained mercy to be a minister of, and sufferer for, the gospel of Jesus Christ in this hour of temptation.	Taylor, Thomas, 1624 or 5-1700.	1663 (1663)	Wing T555; ESTC R222503	60,235	214

this prayer looking to the Word and Promise of God made to Abraham Isa●● and Jacob as his rule in asking and the glory of the Name of God as his great and ultimate end and by good argument and strength of reason shewing that to execute his fierce wrath in consuming his people would neither consist with his Covenant and Promise nor with the glory of his own great Name and therefore prayes the Lord to turn from his fierce wrath and repent of this evil against his people And by this prayer of Faith he prevails with God and delivers Israel from that consuming wrath and anger of God that was kindled against them so that they perished not in their iniquity as vers 14. And the Lord repented of the evil which hee thought to do unto his people Which famous prayer and intercession of Moses is recorded in the book of Psalms and mentioned as the onely means of Israels preservation from the consuming power of Jehovahs great wrath and fierce anger Psal 106 23. Therefore hee said that hee would destroy them had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach to turn away his wrath lest he should destroy them Oh the prevailing power and efficacy of Faith in prayer that by one prayer of Faith a whole Nation should be delivered from so great a ruine Instance 2 Thus also righteous Lot by one prayer of Faith delivered Zoar from the common destruction and over throw of Sodom Gomorrah that very morning when fire was ready to come down from Heaven to destroy those Cities Gen. 19.18 And Lot said unto them oh not so my Lord Behold now thy servant hath found grace in thy sight and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed unto mee in saving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain lest some evil take mee and I dye Behold now this City is near to flee unto and it is a little one O let me escape thither is it not a little one and my soul shall live This prayer of Lot was not without some visible tincture of humane frailty and weakness of Faith wherein hee offended in that hee accepted not the place which the Lord had appointed but chuseth another ascribing more to the place than to the power and good pleasure of God for his protection Nevertheless it being a prayer of Faith in which there was a real exercise of Faith in that hee beleeved God was able to spare Zoar and to make it a means of his preservation and more comfortable living than the desolate mountain and therefore prayes that the Lord would not send him to the mountain but rather let him flee to Zoar. In which prayer holy Lot was questionless guided by the Spirit of God to ask the preservation of that City which though visibly threatned and in danger to be destroyed with the rest yet was in respect of Gods secret will and purpose to be preserved and therefore the Lord did by his holy Spirit put it into the heart of his righteous servant Lot to ask that City In which request he is presently accepted and the life of that City granted at his petition vers 21. And hee said unto him see I have accepted thee concerning this thing that I will not overthrow this City for the which thou hast spoken Haste thee escape thither for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither therefore the Name of that City was called Zoar. Oh the infinite and admirable condescention of the great and holy God to the weakness of a poor frail man that Lot should not accept the mountain which the Lord appointed him and yet that the Lord should accept Lot and spare Zoar which he had spoken for yet such is the holy indulgence of the heavenly Father to his praying children that when through humane frailty they cannot come up to his terms hee out of divine pity stoops and comes down to theirs and such is the efficacy prevailing force of Faith in prayer that God is even overcome thereby to grant his poor praying servants even what they will vers 21. See I have accepted thee concerning this thing that I will not overthrow this City for the which thou hast spoken Oh well was it for Zoar that Lot spoke to God for it The prayer of one just Lot delivers this wicked City from the common calamity and destruction of their fellow-sinners 2. The Saints and servants of God have prevailed by Faith in prayer for the pulling down most speedy vengeance and just judgements of God upon their malicious and ungodly enemies Thus zealous Elijah by prayer brings down fire from Heaven upon the heads of his proud and malicious enemies two several Captains and their fifties who in the pride and heat of their spirits came to do violence to the good Prophet 2 King 1.9 10 11 12 until by these examples of Gods severity the rest of that wicked party were reduced to some submission and moderation towards his faithful servant who in prophecying the death of the King of Samaria had not offended but done that which he was commanded and allowed of God to do And the same holy man Elijah by prayer prevails with God to shut the Heavens that it rained not for three years and six months so that wicked Ahab Jezabel and the ten Tribes were for their Idolatry and persecution of Gods faithful servants justly plagued with a three years famine 1 King 17.1 compared with James 5.16 17. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much Elias was a man subject to like passions as wee are and hee prayed earnestly that it might not rain and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months Thus also the holy Prophet Elisha prevails with God by Faith in prayer for the smiting of the King of Syria's Army with blindness 2 King 6.18 And when they came down to him Elisha prayed unto the Lord and said Smite this people I pray thee with blindness And hee smote them with blindness according to the Word of Elisha Thus also the two faithful witnesses under the New Testament which the Lord raiseth up to prophesie and bear witness against Antichrist 1260 daies that is all the time of the beasts reign and tyranny for so long hee is to continue Rev. 13.6 have power to pull down vengeance upon their enemies and to open and shut Heaven and smite the earth with plagues as oft as they will Rev. 11.5 6. And if any man will hurt them fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies And if any man will hurt them hee must in this manner bee killed These have power to shut Heaven that it rain not in the daies of their prophecy and have power over waters to turn them to blood and to smite the earth with plagues as often as they will See here what great power the Lord hath given to his witness-bearing Saints and servants under the New

dust of the Land of Egypt into Lice at the word of his servant Moses which the Magicians could not do by their inchantments Exod. 8.19 This is the finger of God! Yet so it is that a hand-full of Gods praying Israel which come in Faith to enquire and ask of God concerning his Sons and Daughters may even command what they will may ask and have the greatest mercies the most signal deliverances and the most wonderful revolutions of providence that the hands i. e. the infinite power of God is able to produce and bring to pass As that was a most wonderful revolution of providence that caused even all the earth to stand amazed even the sudden and unexpected downfall of the mighty Kingdome of Babylon in order to the salvation and deliverance of Gods Church and people who there were holden in so strong captivity Isa 14. from the 3. v. to the 28. Oh ye precious praying-souls upon whom the Lord hath poured out the spirit of grace and supplication Zech. 12.10 11 12 that yee may see him whom yee have pierced and mourn and be in bitterness for your own sins and the sins of the Nation mourning even every family apart the men apart and their wives apart Oh know that if yee come with an humble sense of your own and the Nations sins and with Faith in God through Jesus Christ to plead his precious promises and ask of him things to come concerning his Sons and Daughters ye may even command what yee will if it be a work of Gods hands which hee hath decreed in Heaven and declared on Earth to bring to pass in due time Rev. 18.2 as hee hath the confusion of mystical Babylon and salvation of his spiritual Zion I say if it be a work of his hands i.e. within the power of his glorious arm and infinite wisdome to effect as most certainly all things prophesied and fore-told in the Word of God are then ye need not to stagger ye need not to hesitate about the matter either because of your own unworthiness or the great amazing difficulties in the way of the promise but come boldly to the throne of grace and ask in Faith and there is nothing in Heaven or Earth too good or too great for God to do for you ask and spare not yea speak the word and it shall be done command with an humble boldness and it shall be brought forth ask it in the Heaven above or in the earth beneath amongst all the glorious works and operations of Gods hands chuse where yee will ask what yee will and it shall be done for you Ask mee things to come concerning my Sons and concerning the works of my hands command yee mee The most precious and constant experiences of the Saints and servants of God in all ages and generations of the world do also abundantly declare the mighty prevailing power and efficacy of Faith in prayer 2 In the Saints experiences by which 1. They have prevailed with God for the turning away of his fierce wrath and anger from ungodly Nations who had provoked him greatly and yet perished not because some of Gods faithful servants stood up in the gap and made intercession for them Thus holy Moses prevaileth with God for Israel when they provoked him to wrath with their own inventions and turned the glory of God into the similitude of a Calf that eateth Hay Exod. 32.7 And the Lord said unto Moses Go get thee down for the people which thou broughtest out of the Land of Egypt have corrupted themselves they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them they have made them a molten Calf and have worshipped it c. And vers 10. Now therefore let mee alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and that I may consume them and I will make of thee a great Nation Here is an ungodly and unthankful Nation that have greatly provoked the Lord by their Idolatry and Apostacy after all those wonders of mercy which hee had wrought for them in Egypt and at the Red Sea which was a great aggravation of their wickedness that they so quickly forgat God their Saviour and turned aside to other Gods and gave the glory of all their deliverances and salvations which Jehovah had wrought for them unto a base detestable Idol the Image of a Calf that eateth Hay So vers 8. They have made a Molten Calf and worshipped it and have sacrificed thereunto and said These be thy Gods O Israel which have brought thee up out of the Land of Egypt And here wee have a jealous offended and provoked God appearing upon the Mount to Moses as consuming fire taking up thoughts of wrath and indignation against Israel even to their utter destruction and confusion Now therefore let mee alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and that I may consume them and I will make of thee a great Nation But withall behold a wonder of infinite condescention God stooping to man the great Jehovah courting and intreating a poor weak sinful man to be silent and let him alone in the progress and execution of his anger against Israel Let mee alone that my wrath may wax hot against them As if Moses's prayers did tye up the hands of God so that hee could not do any thing against Israel without Moses's leave Oh that a poor sinful man as Moses was should have such power with the great and holy God! yet such is the efficacy of Faith in prayer that God will not cannot do any thing against the prayers of his people when they ask in Faith But now doth Moses let God alone and cease to pray and make intercession for Israel is Moses content to accept the promised increase of his own private family with so great dishonour to the Name of God and the universal ruine of his Church and People No verily The Faith and Zeal of this holy man Moses like a mighty fire being a little restrained breaketh forth into the greater flames And hee sets upon the work of prayer and intercession for Israel with the more Faith and fervent Zeal vers 12 13. And Moses besought the Lord his God and said Lord why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy People which thou hast brought forth out of the Land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say for mischief did hee bring them out to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of this evil against thy People Remember Abraham Isaac and Israel thy servants to whom th●● swarest by thine own self and said unto them I will multiply your se● as the stars of Heaven and all this Land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed and they shal● inherit it for ever Oh here is a prayer of Faith indeed here is much Faith acted by Moses in