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be_v a_o special_a service_n of_o god_n psalm_n 50.14_o 15._o offer_v unto_o god_n thanksgiving_n etc._n etc._n and_o so_o also_o call_v upon_o i_o say_v god_n not_o go_v to_o saint_n and_o angel_n for_o help_n esay_n 63.15_o 16._o look_v down_o from_o heaven_n say_v the_o church_n doubtless_o thou_o be_v our_o father_n though_o abraham_n be_v ignorant_a of_o we_o and_o israel_n acknowledge_v we_o not_o and_o in_o thou_o only_o the_o fatherless_a find_v mercy_n hos_fw-la 14.3_o in_o vain_a therefore_o it_o be_v to_o pray_v etc._n etc._n to_o saint_n and_o angel_n iii_o they_o must_v be_v in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n not_o of_o the_o saint_n etc._n etc._n john_n 14.13_o 14._o and_o 15_o 16._o and_o 16.23_o 24_o 26._o in_o my_o name_n i._n e._n through_o my_o mediation_n for_o my_o merit_n sake_n i_o will_v do_v it_o i.e._n i_o will_v hear_v and_o grant_v your_o request_n because_o i_o be_o able_a to_o perform_v it_o to_o who_o the_o father_n have_v commit_v all_o power_n 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they_o breathe_v out_o nothing_o but_o cruelty_n psalm_n 27.12_o .._o and_o thus_o in_o respect_n of_o ourselves_o and_o other_o there_o will_v be_v everlasting_a use_n of_o this_o armour_n and_o that_o in_o several_a kind_n 1._o prayer_n or_o appreciation_n for_o blessing_n 2._o supplication_n or_o deprecation_n against_o evil_n either_o feel_v or_o fear_v that_o they_o may_v be_v prevent_v or_o remove_v 3._o intercession_n for_o other_o 4._o to_o all_o which_o we_o must_v add_v thanksgiving_n in_o reference_n to_o all_o as_o occasion_n be_v offer_v and_o success_n come_v in_o as_o they_o be_v in_o part_n name_v here_o in_o the_o text_n and_o all_o of_o they_o conjoin_v 1_o tim._n 2.1_o 2._o in_o that_o serious_a exhortation_n of_o the_o apostle_n that_o first_o of_o all_o supplication_n prayer_n intercession_n and_o give_v of_o thanks_o be_v make_v for_o all_o man_n etc._n etc._n you_o have_v have_v reason_n from_o god_n ourselves_o and_o other_o 4._o now_o add_v a_o four_o reason_n 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against_o they_o and_o that_o i_o may_v consume_v they_o quest_n why_o what_o can_v moses_n do_v to_o hinder_v god_n or_o stay_v his_o punishment_n answ_n surely_n nothing_o by_o the_o prevail_a of_o humane_a force_n above_o divine_a but_o by_o condescend_v of_o divine_a grace_n to_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o godly_a as_o gen._n 32.24_o 25_o 26._o in_o jacob_n wrestle_v by_o powerful_a prayer_n hos_fw-la 12.4_o hence_o israel_n and_o the_o destruction_n of_o sodom_n gen._n 19.22_o nothing_o can_v be_v do_v till_o lot_n be_v go_v his_o presence_n and_o prayer_n prevent_v it_o ap._n oh_o how_o much_o be_v the_o wicked_a bind_v to_o the_o godly_a for_o their_o company_n and_o the_o godly_a to_o the_o lord_n for_o his_o benignity_n who_o spare_v they_o in_o such_o a_o comcom_a calamity_n as_o he_o do_v noah_n before_o see_v isa_n 65.8_o as_o the_o new_a wine_n be_v find_v in_o the_o cluster_n etc._n etc._n destroy_v it_o not_o for_o a_o blessing_n be_v in_o it_o so_o will_v i_o do_v for_o my_o servant_n sake_n that_o i_o may_v not_o destroy_v they_o all_o 1._o prayer_n be_v true_o style_v consolatio_fw-la slentium_fw-la cura_fw-la dolentium_fw-la &_o sanitas_fw-la aegroterum_fw-la a_o comfort_n for_o mourner_n the_o joy_n of_o the_o sorrowful_a and_o health_n for_o the_o sick_a 2._o prayer_n have_v a_o faculty_n of_o singular_a prevalency_n it_o be_v like_o the_o gift_n which_o be_v as_o a_o precious_a stone_n or_o a_o stone_n of_o grace_n eben-chen_a lapis_fw-la gratiae_fw-la arias_n mont._n in_o the_o eye_n of_o he_o that_o have_v it_o whether_o giver_n or_o receiver_n whether_o soever_o it_o turn_v it_o prosper_v it_o make_v room_n for_o a_o man_n i._n e._n it_o get_v he_o favourable_a audience_n and_o exalt_v he_o to_o honour_n prov._n 17.8_o and_o 18.16_o of_o these_o we_o have_v daily_a experience_n and_o the_o like_a we_o may_v say_v of_o prayer_n it_o prosper_v it_o moke_n room_n for_o and_o honour_v we_o this_o piece_n of_o armour_n be_v of_o admirable_a use_n viz._n prayer_n and_o that_o in_o the_o way_n of_o offence_n and_o defence_n i._o offence_n of_o which_o take_v a_o few_o instance_n by_o this_o it_o be_v that_o 1._o moses_n overcome_v amalek_n exod._n 17.10_o to_o 14._o 2._o and_o israel_n the_o canaanite_n and_o midianite_n judg._n 6.7_o etc._n etc._n 3._o by_o this_o david_n frustrate_v the_o council_n of_o achithophel_n 2_o sam._n 15.31_o and_o 17.23_o so_o may_v thou_o of_o the_o devil_n against_o himself_o and_o conquer_v his_o enemy_n often_o psalm_n 56.9_o 4_o abijah_n jeroboam'_v mighty_a army_n 2_o chron._n 13._o so_o that_o five_o hundred_o thousand_o choose_a man_n of_o israel_n be_v slay_v vers_fw-la 17._o 5._o and_o asa_n zerah_n the_o aethiopian_a with_o his_o host_n of_o a_o million_o 2_o
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so_o that_o to_o the_o wonder_v effect_v by_o prayer_n i_o shall_v only_o add_v a_o remarkable_a example_n or_o two_o record_v by_o the_o ancient_n in_o other_o history_n the_o first_o i_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o be_v 1._o the_o army_n of_o marcus_n aurelius_n antoniinus_n philosopher_n a_o great_a persecutor_n of_o christian_n in_o the_o second_o century_n be_v so_o distress_v five_o day_n together_o for_o want_n of_o water_n and_o otherwise_o in_o great_a danger_n be_v encompass_v with_o their_o enemy_n a_o precedent_n of_o the_o army_n acquaint_v the_o anxious_a emperor_n who_o be_v much_o trouble_v at_o these_o thing_n that_o there_o be_v nothing_o which_o christian_n can_v not_o obtain_v of_o god_n by_o prayer_n and_o that_o in_o the_o army_n there_o be_v a_o band_n of_o soldier_n all_o of_o they_o christian_n hereupon_o the_o emperor_n request_v their_o prayer_n which_o they_o do_v speedy_o perform_v and_o fall_v down_o upon_o their_o knee_n and_o pour_v out_o their_o prayer_n to_o christ_n upon_o a_o sudden_a a_o plentiful_a rain_n be_v send_v from_o heaven_n which_o abundant_o refresh_v the_o army_n but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n it_o terrify_v their_o wicked_a enemy_n with_o thunder_n lightning_z and_z hail_o ignis_fw-la specie_fw-la &_o similitudine_fw-la like_o fire_n upon_o this_o their_o success_n in_o prayer_n the_o emperor_n much_o amaze_v and_o astonish_v do_v high_o honour_v the_o christian_n and_o in_o perpetuam_fw-la rei_fw-la memoriam_fw-la for_o a_o everlasting_a memorial_n of_o the_o same_o he_o call_v that_o legion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fulminatricem_fw-la the_o thunder_a legion_n and_o afterward_o he_o write_v a_o epistle_n to_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n to_o certify_v the_o strangeness_n of_o the_o thing_n say_v semel_fw-la atque_fw-la se_fw-la humi_fw-la abjicerunt_fw-la deumque_fw-la precati_fw-la sunt_fw-la quem_fw-la ego_fw-la ignorabam_fw-la statim_fw-la &_o coelo_fw-la pluvia_fw-la delapsa_fw-la est_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o soon_o as_o the_o christian_n do_v cast_v themselves_o down_o upon_o the_o ground_n and_o pray_v to_o that_o god_n who_o i_o know_v not_o say_v the_o emperor_n but_o be_o ignorant_a of_o the_o rain_n come_v down_o abundant_o and_o hereupon_o he_o make_v and_o publish_v edict_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o christian_n alsted_n theol._n cat._n p._n 731._o and_o chronolum_fw-la p._n 179._o this_o befall_v in_o the_o second_o century_n cirum_fw-la annum_fw-la dui_o 170_o sims_n pag._n 23._o ii_o the_o second_o history_n that_o i_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o in_o this_o kind_n cent._n 4._o circ_n an._n 381._o theodosius_n magnus_n the_o great_a who_o have_v occasion_n to_o make_v war_n twice_o against_o regicide_n shall_v i_o call_v they_o or_o the_o murderer_n of_o good_a emperor_n the_o war_n be_v against_o maximus_n the_o tyrant_n and_o andragathius_n the_o captain_n of_o his_o army_n who_o slay_v gratianus_n the_o emperor_n and_o then_o as_o it_o be_v usual_a he_o usurp_v the_o empire_n 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