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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62883	A brief testimony to the great duty of prayer shewing the nature and benefit thereof. To which is added, above one hundred eminent and select instances that God did answer prayer. Collected out of the record of Holy Scriptures. By J.T. one of the people call'd Quakers. With a postscript by J.F.	Tomkins, John, ca. 1663-1706.; Field, John, 1652-1723. Earnest perswasive, by way of postscript, for all to mind and receive God's Holy Spirit in their hearts.	1695 (1695)	Wing T1831; ESTC R222215	22,136	114

this great Duty they pray amiss having not a sense of what they pray for I say true Prayer is not only words the best of words for the Essence and Life of Prayer is that divine sense which is received thro' the preparation of the Heart by the Spirit of God and it is this sort of Prayer I recommend in this short Discourse and if People would be serious and kind to themselves as to consider how little they receive of that they ask for and how much they are daily found in a Contradiction to their own Prayers they would easily see how much they are out of the right way of true Prayer Our Lord commanded Watch and Pray therefore they that would pray aright must watch they that watch must wait And what must they wait for that God would please by his Spirit to prepare their Hearts to worship him acceptably Therefore no Man can prescribe Forms to the Holy Ghost For as the Holy Spirit begets sense of wants so many times wants beget words and such words have a Spirit and Life with them this is praying in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ to wit in his Divine Power and Authority and therefore successful and that in all Ages as the following instances do evidence and illustrate Jacob wrestled with the Angel he wept and made (p) Gen. 32.25 Hos 12.3 Supplication and by his strength he had power with God and prevailed like a Prince (q) Ja. 5.17 God shut up Heaven at Elias Prayer for the space of three years and an half that there was a great Famine he prayed again and the Heavens gave Rain and the Earth brought forth Fruits At the Prayer (r) Josh 10.12 of Joshua the Sun and Moon stood still for the space of a whole day Samuel prayed and the Lord (s) 1 Sa. 7.9 10. discomfited his Enemies with a terrible Thunder Abraham prayed and obtained Promises of a Son (t) Gen. 15. to be his Heir and of the Land of Canaan for an Inheritance with the innumerable increase of his Seed Jacob prayed and escaped the edge (u) Jen. 32. and 33. Chap. of the Sword for he was greatly afraid of his Brother Esau but God turned the Heart of Esau that he imbraced him kindly and parted so Gideon in great weakness prayed (w) Judg. 6. to the Lord and was made strong and confirmed by signs and became a deliverer of Israel out of their Bondage Isaiah the Prophet and Hezekiah the King prayed (x) 2 Kings 19. because of the Threats and Blasphemy of Rabsheka General of the King of Assyrias Army and the Lord heard them and opened the mouth of his Prophet to foretell good unto Israel and sent his Angel who slew in one night 185000 Men of the Assyrians and Israel was delivered at that time At the Prayer (y) Gen. 20.17 of Abraham God healed Abimelech the King his Queen and Family At the intreaty (z) Gen. 25.21 of Isaac after twenty years Marriage God gave him two Sons Rebecca and Hannah both besought God concerning Children and their Prayers were answered Moses Aron and Phineas were lively (a) Gen. 25.22 1 Sam. 1.27 Types of our Lord Jesus the one Mediator between God and Men and were as Saviours to the People often making intercession and attonement for them when the Anger (b) Exod 32.11 ●4 Numb 25.13 and 16 43 to 50. of the Lord was kindled against them Christian Reader much might be said upon this Subject and many more Examples brought out of the Holy Scriptures of those wonderful things wrought by Prayer and Faith particularly of the many Supplications made to our Blessed Lord Jesus when on Earth upon which he raised (c) Mat. 9.25 the Dead healed (d) Mat. 8.5 to 13 verse the Sick and forgave (e) Luk 7.47 Sins To which Examples the Apostle James might allude when he exhorted the Primitive Christians to Prayer And if any be Sick let him call for the Elders of the Church and let them pray over him and the (f) Ja. 5.14 Prayer of Faith shall save the Sick and the Lord shall raise him up and if he have committed Sins they shall be forgiven him But I shall say the less intending to annex hereunto above an Hundred Instances Collected out of the Holy Scriptures whereby in a short time one may see for incouragement those miraculous things wrought in former Ages which otherwise we cannot find in much reading being mixed in Scripture among other matters I thought to conclude here but must take notice of another great inducement we have to this Duty and it is the greatest Example of all that can be brought to wit Our Lord Jesus he who commanded us to Watch and Pray set us himself for a Pattern And tho' the Father always (g) Joh. 11.41 42. heard him yet for the sake of others He cried with a loud voice It is said in another place tho' he was (h) Heb. 5.7 a Son yet in the days of his Flesh he offered up Prayers and Supplication with strong Crying and Tears unto him that was able to save him from Death and was heard in that he feared He sought (i) Luk. 4 4● and 5.16 solitary places praying (k) Mat. 14.23 Luk. 9.18 alone unto the Father until (l) Mark 6.48 midnight yea sometimes (m) Luk. 6.12 all night For what were these things done and the Records thereof preserved till now but for our Learning We have great need of it for we can have nothing but what we receive and tho' God be good and a full fountain of all Blessings he will be sought unto for these things Therefore let us be faithful in doing what is his will and refusing whatsoever is contrary thereunto and we need not doubt but God will hear us when we call upon him as the Scripture saith If any Man be a Worshipper (n) Joh. 9.31 of God and doth his will Him he heareth London 29 11. Month 1654 5. John Tomkins INSTANCES OF THE Answer of Prayer 1. ABraham the Father of the Faithful being Childless prayed unto the Lord for an Heir complaining that Eliezer the Steward of the House was like to be his Heir And the word of the Lord came to Abraham promising he whom he supposed should not be his Heir but he that shall come forth out of his own Bowels shall be thine Heir whose Seed he promised should be for number like the Stars in the Firmament Gen. 15.2 3 4 5. 2. Abraham Prayed for Ishmael his Son and God answered him and repeated the abovesaid Promise of giving him a Son by his Wise Sarah and said as for Ishmael I have heard thee behold I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly twelve Princes shall he beget and I will make him a great Nation Gen. 17.18 19 20 which was fulfilled see Gen. Chap. 25.13 14 15 16 18. 3.