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the_o seed_n which_o breed_v it_o and_o the_o nurse_n which_o feed_v it_o and_o give_v it_o suck_v it_o be_v call_v the_o word_n of_o faith_n not_o only_o because_o it_o be_v the_o object_n of_o faith_n that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v believe_v but_o also_o because_o it_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o faith_n and_o the_o food_n of_o faith_n faith_n must_v have_v a_o write_a word_n to_o lean_v upon_o else_o it_o die_v 5._o for_o the_o helmet_n of_o hope_n the_o word_n of_o god_n to_o the_o grace_n of_o hope_n be_v as_o the_o light_n to_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o body_n it_o be_v the_o cable_n of_o the_o anchor_n of_o hope_n the_o word_n lay_v the_o promise_n down_o upon_o which_o hope_n be_v ground_v the_o word_n show_v god_n faithfulness_n whereby_o hope_n be_v cherish_v the_o word_n be_v the_o fuel_n that_o keep_v it_o burn_v i_o have_v hope_v in_o thy_o word_n 6._o for_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n we_o can_v neither_o tell_v what_o to_o pray_v for_o nor_o how_o to_o pray_v aright_o without_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n we_o come_v to_o know_v what_o we_o want_v by_o the_o word_n of_o god_n we_o come_v to_o know_v what_o god_n have_v promise_v the_o word_n of_o god_n heat_v the_o affection_n to_o pray_v with_o zeal_n strengthen_v the_o heart_n to_o pray_v in_o confidence_n enable_v the_o spirit_n to_o pray_v with_o perseverance_n take_v away_o the_o fuel_n of_o the_o word_n and_o the_o fire_n of_o prayer_n will_v be_v abate_v if_o not_o quench_v lect_n xxiv_o march_n 20._o 1649._o use_v i._o information_n 1._o that_o it_o be_v a_o marvellous_a great_a mercy_n that_o god_n have_v be_v please_v to_o commit_v his_o mind_n to_o writing_n we_o may_v else_o have_v be_v to_o seek_v for_o this_o sword_n when_o we_o shall_v have_v have_v occasion_n to_o use_v it_o the_o church_n of_o god_n for_o about_o 2500._o year_n want_v this_o blessing_n the_o doctrine_n of_o god_n be_v preserve_v by_o the_o tradition_n of_o a_o lively_a voice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heb._n 1._o 1._o sometime_o by_o the_o immediate_a voice_n of_o god_n himself_o by_o the_o ministry_n of_o angel_n heb._n 2._o 2._o by_o dream_n by_o vision_n by_o urim_n and_o thummim_v but_o never_o in_o write_v till_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n then_o god_n be_v please_v to_o commit_v it_o to_o write_v for_o many_o cause_n first_o that_o by_o this_o mean_v it_o may_v be_v keep_v more_o pure_a and_o incorrupt_a we_o read_v how_o much_o soil_n the_o truth_n of_o god_n contract_v by_o pass_v through_o the_o hand_n of_o man_n while_o it_o be_v by_o tradition_n transmit_v from_o parent_n to_o child_n gen._n 35._o 2._o we_o read_v that_o even_o in_o jacob_n family_n there_o be_v idol_n find_v and_o so_o josh_n 24._o 14._o and_o the_o idol_n of_o egypt_n be_v among_o the_o israel_n of_o god_n though_o they_o be_v holy_a and_o religious_a yet_o be_v there_o much_o pollution_n cleave_v to_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o those_o day_n second_o for_o the_o help_n of_o man_n weak_a memory_n many_o of_o divine_a truth_n might_n in_o continuance_n of_o time_n have_v slip_v out_o of_o the_o leak_a vessel_n of_o man_n memory_n and_o so_o the_o church_n of_o god_n shall_v have_v suffer_v much_o loss_n three_o for_o the_o great_a stability_n and_o firmness_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o truth_n against_o all_o those_o who_o shall_v either_o deny_v it_o or_o corrupt_v it_o or_o infirm_a it_o vid._n luk._n 1._o 3_o 4._o by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o do_v secret_o innuere_fw-la propter_fw-la corruptelas_fw-la quorundam_fw-la qui_fw-la viuâ_fw-la voce_fw-la aliena_fw-la ab_fw-la evangelicâ_fw-la veritate_fw-la tradiderunt_fw-la opus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la accurato_fw-la scripto_fw-la rem_fw-la prout_fw-la gesta_fw-la fuit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la exponente_fw-la the_o church_n of_o god_n by_o this_o mean_n have_v a_o great_a certainty_n against_o the_o fraud_n and_o deceit_n of_o seducer_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n 4._o for_o the_o more_o facile_a propagation_n and_o spread_v of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o truth_n while_o it_o be_v deliver_v by_o tradition_n it_o be_v only_o consign_v among_o the_o jew_n and_o there_o be_v no_o probability_n that_o ever_o it_o shall_v spread_v any_o further_a than_o their_o coast_n but_o by_o the_o write_n of_o it_o it_o be_v divulge_v throughout_o the_o world_n it_o be_v a_o mercy_n to_o be_v acknowledge_v have_v not_o the_o word_n be_v write_v this_o sword_n will_v have_v be_v as_o a_o sword_n in_o the_o scabbard_n or_o armoury_n but_o by_o the_o write_n of_o it_o it_o be_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o sheath_n and_o make_v of_o much_o more_o use_n to_o we_o in_o the_o day_n of_o battle_n 2._o
arida_fw-la lectio_fw-la sine_fw-la meditatione_n infructuosa_fw-la 3._o the_o help_n of_o good_a commentary_n god_n have_v afford_v his_o people_n plentiful_a help_n of_o this_o nature_n turn_v over_o interpreter_n that_o you_o may_v see_v and_o find_v out_o the_o sense_n of_o scripture_n which_o be_v indeed_o the_o scripture_n non_fw-fr in_o verbiâ—_fw-la est_fw-la evangelium_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o sensu_fw-la non_fw-la in_o superficie_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o medullâ_fw-la non_fw-la in_o verborum_fw-la foliis_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o radice_fw-la rationis_fw-la 4._o a_o good_a digestion_n of_o the_o public_a sermon_n you_o hear_v in_o all_o sermon_n some_o place_n of_o scripture_n be_v open_v or_o explain_v these_o will_v be_v improve_v and_o lay_v up_o careful_o 5._o care_v to_o live_v answerable_a to_o that_o measure_n of_o knowledge_n you_o have_v receive_v mat._n 25._o 28_o to_o every_o one_o that_o have_v it_o shall_v be_v give_v 6._o frequent_a prayer_n cry_v after_o knowledge_n be_v the_o way_n to_o attain_v unto_o knowledge_n prov._n 2._o 3._o 7._o frequent_a enquiry_n of_o other_o especial_o the_o minister_n of_o god_n mal._n 2._o 7._o the_o priest_n lip_n shall_v preserve_v knowledge_n and_o they_o shall_v seek_v the_o law_n at_o his_o mouth_n the_o apostle_n when_o they_o meet_v with_o any_o thing_n they_o do_v not_o understand_v they_o use_v to_o come_v to_o christ_n for_o instruction_n mark_v 7._o 17._o lord_n teach_v we_o this_o parable_n we_o will_v not_o have_v you_o pin_v your_o faith_n on_o the_o minister_n sleeve_n but_o we_o will_v have_v you_o to_o repair_v to_o they_o for_o the_o untie_n of_o your_o knot_n 2._o make_v use_n of_o the_o word_n of_o god_n in_o the_o day_n of_o battle_n as_o the_o soldier_n do_v of_o his_o sword_n draw_v out_o this_o sword_n and_o strike_v down_o temptation_n by_o the_o power_n of_o it_o arm_v yourselves_o with_o it_o and_o then_o use_v it_o many_o christian_n be_v like_o some_o man_n that_o wear_v a_o sword_n but_o they_o let_v it_o rust_v in_o the_o scabbard_n through_o cowardice_n they_o be_v afraid_a to_o draw_v it_o many_o christian_n know_v well_o how_o to_o use_v the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o when_o they_o be_v assault_v they_o be_v so_o astonish_v that_o they_o make_v no_o use_n of_o it_o i_o beseech_v you_o cast_v off_o this_o sloathfulness_n and_o stir_v up_o yourselves_o and_o when_o you_o see_v a_o temptation_n arise_v thrust_v this_o sword_n present_o into_o the_o bowel_n of_o it_o and_o defend_v yourselves_o in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n you_o have_v these_o five_o thing_n that_o you_o may_v make_v much_o use_n of_o in_o the_o day_n of_o assault_n precept_n prohibition_n promise_n threaten_n example_n if_o the_o temptation_n be_v to_o take_v you_o off_o from_o any_o know_a duty_n urge_v the_o precept_n if_o the_o suggestion_n be_v to_o draw_v you_o into_o some_o act_n of_o sin_n draw_v out_o the_o prohibition_n and_o wave_v it_o off_o with_o it_o if_o satan_n seek_v either_o by_o himself_o or_o by_o any_o of_o his_o instrument_n to_o allure_v you_o into_o sin_n by_o fair_a promise_n this_o way_n he_o sometime_o take_v heb._n 11._o 37._o they_o be_v tempt_v etc._n etc._n all_o this_o will_v i_o give_v thou_o if_o thou_o will_v fall_v down_o and_o worship_v i_o then_o do_v you_o draw_v forth_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n and_o see_v what_o he_o have_v promise_v to_o obedience_n god_n promise_n will_v not_o only_a balance_n but_o over-weigh_a all_o the_o promise_n which_o satan_n and_o his_o instrument_n can_v make_v if_o satan_n and_o his_o instrument_n threaten_v then_o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o threaten_n of_o god_n and_o then_o for_o the_o example_n in_o scripture_n great_a use_n may_v be_v make_v of_o they_o the_o example_n of_o job_n he_o be_v assault_v and_o god_n rescue_v he_o paul_n he_o be_v buffet_v and_o god_n deliver_v he_o peter_n he_o be_v surprise_v and_o god_n rescue_v he_o etc._n etc._n if_o satan_n shall_v boast_v of_o his_o spoil_n and_o victory_n as_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n do_v by_o his_o general_n to_o king_n hezekiah_n isa_n 37._o 11_o 12_o 13._o if_o satan_n shall_v thus_o boast_v the_o example_n in_o scripture_n will_v help_v you_o to_o repel_v these_o boasting_n satan_n thou_o can_v not_o overcome_v job_n though_o god_n give_v thou_o a_o full_a blow_n at_o he_o thou_o can_v not_o overcome_v paul_n though_o god_n give_v thou_o leave_v to_o buffet_v he_o not_o once_o nor_o twice_o but_o often_o satan_n can_v devise_v any_o kind_n of_o temptation_n but_o the_o word_n of_o god_n will_v put_v a_o hundred_o answer_n into_o your_o mouth_n to_o oppose_v it_o and_o beat_v it_o back_o thus_o i_o have_v dispatch_v the_o six_o piece_n of_o the_o spiritual_a armour_n the_o sword_n of_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v the_o word_n of_o god_n lect_n xxv_o march_n 27._o 1650._o ephes_n 6._o 18._o pray_v always_o with_o all_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n in_o the_o spirit_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o these_o word_n we_o have_v the_o last_o piece_n of_o the_o spiritual_a armour_n which_o the_o apostle_n recommend_v unto_o christian_n for_o their_o safe_a stand_n and_o certain_a victory_n over_o satan_n and_o his_o temptation_n viz._n prayer_n and_o supplication_n some_o interpreter_n think_v this_o be_v no_o piece_n of_o armour_n because_o there_o be_v no_o expression_n of_o any_o piece_n of_o material_a armour_n to_o which_o it_o be_v resemble_v but_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v a_o special_a piece_n of_o armour_n both_o offensive_a and_o defensive_a and_o that_o the_o apostle_n forbear_v particular_o to_o resemble_v it_o to_o any_o one_o piece_n of_o material_a armour_n because_o no_o one_o piece_n do_v sufficient_o set_v out_o the_o excellency_n of_o it_o it_o be_v armatura_fw-la armaturae_fw-la have_v a_o influence_n upon_o all_o the_o other_o piece_n and_o therefore_o reserve_v to_o the_o last_o place_n as_o that_o without_o with_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v unserviceable_a in_o the_o whole_a verse_n we_o shall_v consider_v two_o thing_n 1._o the_o armour_n itself_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n 2._o the_o particular_a qualification_n of_o this_o duty_n this_o be_v express_v in_o these_o thing_n 1._o it_o must_v be_v constant_a pray_v always_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d according_a to_o opportunity_n 2._o we_o must_v use_v all_o kind_n of_o prayer_n with_o all_o prayer_n 3._o it_o must_v be_v in_o the_o spirit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 4._o we_o must_v watch_v unto_o the_o duty_n 5._o it_o must_v be_v with_o perseverance_n 6._o it_o must_v be_v charitable_a not_o for_o ourselves_o only_o but_o for_o all_o the_o saint_n though_o i_o may_v make_v many_o observation_n of_o these_o yet_o i_o shall_v only_o give_v you_o one_o which_o be_v the_o main_a in_o which_o i_o shall_v have_v occasion_n to_o open_v all_o these_o particular_n and_o it_o be_v this_o he_o that_o will_v stand_v in_o the_o day_n of_o temptation_n and_o be_v victorious_a over_o satan_n must_v be_v very_o careful_a to_o make_v use_n of_o the_o duty_n of_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n unto_o god_n or_o thus_o prayer_n and_o supplication_n to_o god_n be_v a_o excellent_a and_o special_a thing_n to_o help_v a_o christian_n to_o conquer_v and_o overcome_v all_o the_o temptation_n of_o satan_n and_o his_o instrument_n this_o be_v the_o way_n to_o stand_v this_o be_v the_o way_n to_o overcome_v in_o the_o handle_n of_o this_o doctrine_n i_o shall_v do_v these_o three_o thing_n 1._o open_v brief_o the_o nature_n of_o prayer_n 2._o show_v you_o what_o be_v the_o ingredient_n of_o a_o conquer_a prayer_n where_o i_o shall_v open_v those_o six_o thing_n which_o i_o name_v before_o 3._o how_o this_o duty_n of_o prayer_n help_v a_o christian_a in_o this_o spiritual_a war_n 1._o what_o prayer_n be_v there_o be_v two_o part_n of_o prayer_n large_o take_v petition_n thanksgiving_n i_o shall_v not_o at_o this_o time_n meddle_v with_o the_o latter_a but_o speak_v only_o of_o petitionary_a prayer_n which_o be_v chief_o mean_v in_o this_o place_n of_o which_o i_o lay_v down_o this_o description_n prayer_n be_v a_o religious_a invocation_n or_o call_v upon_o the_o true_a god_n in_o the_o name_n of_o jesus_n christ_n the_o mediator_n for_o the_o obtain_n of_o good_a thing_n necessary_a for_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o avert_v of_o evil_a thing_n that_o god_n may_v be_v better_o glorify_v i_o do_v purposely_o omit_v many_o thing_n in_o this_o description_n which_o be_v necessary_a and_o essential_a to_o prayer_n because_o they_o be_v particular_o express_v in_o those_o qualification_n and_o ingredient_n which_o will_v come_v to_o be_v handle_v in_o the_o next_o particular_a i_o shall_v brief_o open_v this_o description_n 1._o it_o be_v invocation_n or_o call_n upon_o god_n so_o the_o scripture_n use_v to_o express_v it_o zech._n 13._o 9_o they_o
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