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A66029	A discourse concerning the gift of prayer shewing what it is, wherein it consists, and how far it is attainable by industry, with divers useful and proper directions to that purpose, both in respect of matter, method, and expression / by John Wilkins, D.D. ; whereunto may be added Ecclesiastes, or, A discourse concerning the gift of preaching by the same authour.	Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.	1653 (1653)	Wing W2180; ESTC R7133	129,988	242

themselves Lord have not we preached in thy name and cast out Devils c. they did all this in his Name that is they were by him both outwardly called and gifted for these services Such as have onely the second of these may sometimes exceed those that have the third whence it comes to passe that men of very ordinary parts in respect of any acquired abilities may be more ready and copious in this service then those who in respect of other knowledge are much beyond them But then only is this Gift compleat when there is a joynt concurrence of all these three ingredients when the heart is sanctified and the natural abilities improved by industry That is a very apposite text to this purpose and does treat particularly concerning this subject Prayer under the notion of a Gift Rom. 8.26 The Spirit helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit it self maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered The cheif Scope of that place may be comprized in these three Propositions 1. That of our selves we are very ignorant and impotent in this businesse of Prayer having many infirmities not knowing what to pray for as we ought Not but that a meer natural man upon the sence of any present want or danger may apply himself unto this duty for remedy as the Mariners in Ionah this being a common instinct of nature But to performe it acceptably either for the matter what we should pray for or the manner as we ought this is a businesse of much greater difficulty because 't is required to be according to the will of God vers 27. And the natural man understands not the things of God neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned But is disobedient and unto every good work reprobate 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 void of judgement being alienated from the life of God through the blindnesse that is in him There is naturaly in every man both an impotency of judgement an enmity and aversnesse of desire towards all holy duties in general and particularly to this of Prayer We cannot order ●ur speech to God by reason of darknesse saith Eli●u and therefore the Disciple upon their first conversion being sensible of their own disability in this kinde they made their addresses to our Saviour that he might teach them how to pray 2. The Spirit of God must be our guide and assistance in this duty He must help our infirmities and make intercession for us Not that the Holy Ghost is our Mediator of intercession that is properly the office of the Sonne who is therefore stiled our Advocate There is one Mediator betwixt God and Man the Man Christ Jesus 'T is He onely that in respect of his merits and sufferings does make intercession for us Rom. 8.34 But now because the Spirit of God does excite our hearts to prayer and infuse into us holy desires stirring us up and instructing us in this duty therefore is he said to intercede for us So Gal. 4.6 there the Spirit is said to cry Abba Father God hath sent the spirit of his Sonne into your hearts crying Abba Father and yet vers 15. of that forecited place 't is said We have received the spirit of Adoption whereby we cry Abba Father In which places being compared the Spirit is said to cry Abba Father because it makes us to do so So is he said to pray for us because he does informe and quicken us to pray for our selves 'T is one of his peculiar titles to be stiled the Spirit of Supplication because of that special influence which he hath in the bestowing of this gift He must open our lips before our mouths can shew forth his praise Not that the other persons of Trinity are excluded from a joynt concurrence in this work Opera Trinitatis ad ex●ra sunt indivisa All the actions of the blessed Trinity excepting onely those that are of intrinsecall ●elation being the undivided works of all the three But now because our grosse understandings are not able to conceive of this Trinity without some distinction of their offices and operations in reference to us therefore does the Scripture condescend so farre to our capacities as to speak of these common works by way of appropriation Thus Power and Creation is commonly ascribed to the Father Wisdome and Redemption to the Sonne Goodnesse and all habituall graces or gifts to the Holy Ghost These general operations of the Spirit are usually distinguished into two sorts Either 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Grace 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gift Or in the common expression of the Schooles there is 1. Gratia gratum faciens which referres to those gifts of Sanctification that do more especially concerne our own happinesse 2. There is gratia gratis data which concernes gifts of Edification whereby we are made usefull to others according to our severall stations Of the first kind are all those spiritual Graces Faith Repentance Humility c. infused into us in our regeneration Unto the other are reducible all kinde of secondary endowments or abilities whatsoever that belong to the reasonable soul excepting onely those first faculties that flow immediately à principiis speciei and are in all men alike I say all kinde of abilities or good habits are reducible under this head Whether or no they are by extraordinary and immediate infusion as were those gifts in the Primitive times of tongues miracles healing c. 1 Cor. 12. Or whether they are naturall abilities arising from mens severall tempers and dispositions as strength of judgement quicknesse of fancy warmnesse of affection readinesse of speech Or else whether they are intellectuall habits which are acquired and perfected by Education Industry Experience as when men become skilfull in any particular Art or profession That skill of Bezaliel and Aholiab for those curious artificiall works of the Tabernacle to work in gold and silver and brasse and cutting of stones and carving of wood was from the Spirit of God Exod. 35.31 The secular policy of Achitophel The natural wisdome of Solomon The skill of the Plowman both in sowing and threshing does proceed from the same Spirit from whom every good and perfect gift does come In breif when men become skilfull and expert in any faculty whether Disputing Oratory Preaching Praying c. each of these does proceed from the Spirit of God as the principall Author of them dividing to every man severally as he will All other helps whether from nature or industry being but secondary subordinate Aides which are by Him made effectual for the accomplishing of these ends That Question of the Apostle being fitly applyable unto all preheminences of this kinde Who made thee to differ from another And what hast thou that thou hast not received 1 Cor. 4.7 So then all kinde of good habits or abilities and particularly this gift

thee 2 An expression of our desire to fly utterly out of our selves to renounce all our own righteousnesse How should man be just with God if he should contend with us we could not answer for one of a thousand If thou shouldst be extreame to mark what is done amisse O Lord who may abide it but there is mercy and forgivenesse with thee that thou mayest be feared thou knowest our frame and considerest that we are but dust frail infirme creatures and therefore thou dost not expect perfection from us if we could have no sin we should have no need of a Redeemer we are of our selves altogether impotent and unclean and our righteousnesse as filthy rags 3. A promise of amendment for the future Renuing our Covenant with God by fresh resolutions of astrict and holy conversation Professing our desire to fear his name and to be engaged to him by an everlasting Covenant never to depart from him again O that my wayes were so directed that I might keep thy Commandments alwayes O that thou would'st inable us to repent and be converted that our sins may be bletted out when the times of refreshing shall come It is the desire of our soules to walk more holily and humbly before thee for the future to keep a stricter watch over our own hearts and wayes 4. A brief application unto our selves of such mercies and promises as belong to those that believe and repent Though we have not expressed the dutiful affections of children yet God cannot renounce the tender compassions of a Father and if earthly Parents can give good things to their children will not he be much more ready to be gracious to his With the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption And we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous who is the propitiation for our sins He hath promised to hear and grant the requests that are put up in faith that he will have respect to those of an humble and contrite heart that those who do not hide their sins but confesse and forsake them shall finde mercy That he delighteth not in the death of a sinner but rather that he should be converted and live That the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit a broken and contrite heart he will not despise And now O Lord thou art that God and thy words be true and thou hast promised such mercies unto thy servants therefore now let it be unto us according to thy word We desire to lay hold on that word of promise that thou wilt heal our backslidings and love us freely that thou wilt not turn away from us to do us gond but wilt put thy fear into our hearts that we shall not depart from thee O think upon thy servants as concerning this word of thine wherein thou hast caused us to put our trust Truly our hope is even in thee 'T is the desire of our souls to seek after thee and to come unto thee and thou never failest them that se●k thee Of those that come unto thee thou puttest away none O be pleased to establish this word of thine unto thy servants and let them not be disappointed of their hope Though the wages of sin be death yet this is our comfort that the gift of God is eternall life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Scripture is very copious in other pertinent expressions for each of these heads and to some of these the most proper matter for Transition is reducible CHAP. XVI Conrerning Deprecation of evill with several Arguments to back our requests of this nature THe chief heads of matter for Petition are summarily comprehended in the Lords Prayer as hath been shewed before All Petition is either for Our selves Deprecation Comprecation Others Intercession In petitioning for our selves the first thing to be explained is Deprecation which concerns the prevention or removal or lessening of evill The first evill to be prayed against is that of sin and therein we should deprecate both the Guilt Power 1. The guilt of sin is that imputation whereby we are obliged to the wrath of God and all the curses of the Law and therefore we have great need to pray that he would forgive us our debts That he would blot out our Transgressions as a cloud That he would open unto us the fountain for sin and for uncleannesse That he would have compassion upon us subduing our iniquities and casting our sins into the depths of the sea That we may be justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ That he would cleanse us from all filthinesse both of flesh and spirit That he would blot out the hand-writing that is against us and take it out of the way nailing it to the Crosse of Christ. Of this kinde we have sundry Deprecations in Scripture So David Remember O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses for they have been ever of old Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions for thy names sake O Lord pardon mine iniquity for it is great Lord be merciful unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against thee Have mercy upon me O God according to thy loving kindnesse according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions wash me throughly from mine iniquities and cleanse me from my sin Purge me with Hysope and I shall be clean wash me and I shall be whiter then Snow Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities O remember not against us our former iniquities help us O God of our salvation for the glory of thy name Deliver us and purge away our sins for thy names sake Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name Take away all our iniquities and receive us graciously Heal our back-slidings and love us freely Now because this is one of the chief wants against which we should petition therefore we should endeavour to back our requests in this kinde with such Arguments as may serve to stir up our fervency and strengthen our faith in this desire 1. From the mercy of God who desires not the death of a sinner but at what time soever he shall truly repent hath promised to forgive him He hath commanded us to ask daily pardon as well as daily bread shewing thereby that as the best man shall continually need pardon so he is more ready to give it then we are to ask it He has intreated us to be reconciled unto him He does invite and call us when we are impenitent and therefore he will be much more ready to embrace and accept of us when we desire with repentance to return unto him He would not have us send our neighbour away empty when that which he

will without Gods restraining or renewing grace at some time or other dispose us unto And herein more particularly the blindenesse of our understandings our wicked imaginations and fleshly reasonings the perversnesse of our wills the hardnesse and earthinesse of our affections the insensiblenesse of our consciences the depravation of all our faculties 2. The malice and subtilty of the Devil who as a roaring lyon walks about seeking whom he may devour and is still provoking us to those evils which are most suitable to our particular occasions and dispositions Watching for advantage against us desiring to fift and winnow us as wheat and therefore we had need to pray that we may be sober and vigilant having upon us the whole armour of God whereby we may withstand the wiles of the Devil that we may constantly resist him being stedfast in the faith taking heed of the depths of Satan That we do not fall into reproach and the snare of the Devil That the God of Peace would bruise Satan under our feet 3. The allurements or terrours of the world either by profits pleasures honours on the one hand or losses dangers troubles disgrace persecution on the other The rain descending the floods coming the windes blowing and beating upon us The evill customes and examples of the generation wherein we live the slavish hopes and fears of men Besides these kindes of temptation we are likewise to pray against the degrees of it suggestion consent practice delight habitual custome and necessity That God would enable us always to watch and pray lest we fall into temptation And because every man hath some particular sin or temptation to which he is more especially exposed belonging either to his age temper calling therefore he should endeavour to observe and finde out and more fully to inlarge himself in his deprecation against that 3. The last sort of evil to be prayed against is that of Punishment The kindes of which were mentioned before under the head of Confession and are likewise reducible under that other head concerning Protection and therefore it will be needlesse here to make any particular recital of them In the general we are to pray against all those judgements which may be inflicted upon us either in our bodies friends names estates Against those more eminent miseries of Sword Famine Pestilence which three being of a publike nature concerning the Nation and community in which we live may be more particularly insisted upon under the head of Intercession against distraction and sorrow of minde trouble of conscience the losse of Gods holy Ordinances and eternal damnation That no evil may befal us neither any plague come nigh our dwellings That he would not rebuke us in his anger neither chasten us in his displeasure That he would not cast us away from his presence nor take his holy Spirit from us Those judgements ought to be more particularly deprecated with which we are at any time frighted or afflicted CHAP. XVII Of comprecation for spiritual good things The sanctification of our Natures the obedience of our Lives NExt to Deprecation against evil may succeed Comprecation for that which is good Now because good things may be wanting either in whole or in part or in respect of Duration and some intermissions therefore we should petition not onely for the things themselves but also for the increase and continuance of them Good is either Spiritual Temporal In asking of spiritual good things the first and chief matter to be prayed for is the sanctification of our natures That Gods Kingdome may come into our hearts That he would give unto us a new heart and put a new spirit within us That he would take from us our stonie heart and bestow upon us hearts of flesh That he would put within us the law of the Spirit of life which may make us free from the law of sin and death That we may put on the new man which after God is created in righteousnesse and true holinesse That we may be regenerate and become new creatures being born again of that incorruptible seed the Word of God That God would grant us according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inward man That he would establish our hearts unblameable in holinesse before God even our Father at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ with all his Saints That the Spirit of Christ may dwell in us That we may continue in the grace of God and in the faith grounded and setled and may not be moved away from the hope of the Gospel Of this kinde is that Petition of David for himself Create in me a clean heart O Lord and renew a right spirit within me And the Apostle for others The God of Peace sanctifie you throughout that your whole spirit and soule and body may be preserved blamelesse unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here we are more particularly to insist on the renovation of our several Faculties Parts answerable to what we did acknowledge concerning the Depravation of them in the Confession of our Original sin As first for our faculties 1. That we may be transformed by the renuing of our mindes that we may be able to have a spiritual discerning of the things of God being wise to that which is good but simple and harmlesse to that which is evil 2. That he would purge our consciences from dead works to serve the living God that they may be tender of his glory and our own good truly performing the offices which belong unto them both in accusing and excusing us according to several occasions 3. That he would circumcise our hearts that we may set our affections on things above and not on earthly matters that we may not be deceived with false appearances but may approve the things that are most excellent 4. That he would reforme and sanctifie our wills that we may in every thing submit them unto his delighting to do his will Not seeking our own wills but the Will of him that sent us 5. That he would rectifie our memories making them more faithful in retaining all such holy Lessons as we shall learne in recalling them to minde according to several opportunities that we may be alwayes ready to stir up our mindes by way of remembrance that we may never forget God And so for our Parts or outward man that we may become the Temple of God where his Spirit may dwell That we may present our bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable to God which is our reasonable service That all our parts and members may be instruments of righteousnesse unto holinesse In which desires we may strengthen our faith with such arguments as these 1. God only is able for this great work In us dwelleth nothing that is good It is he that must

work in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure 'T is not in our power to regenerate our selves for we are not borne of blood nor of the Will of the flesh nor of the Will of man that is not of any natural created strength but of God And he is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think 'T is as easie for him to make us good as to bid us to be so 2. He is willing and hath promised to give unto us a new spirit To put his law into our inward parts to write it in our hearts And if men that are evil know how to give good gifts to their children how much more shall our heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that aske him He hath professed it to be his own Will even our sanctification And he cannot deny us the performance of his own Will He hath promised that those who hunger and thirst after righteousnesse shall be filled And therefore if he hath in any measure given us this hunger we need not doubt but he will give us this fulnesse likewise He hath said that he delights to dwell with the Sons of men and what reason have we to doubt the successe of our desires when we do beg of him to do that which he delights in 2. The next thing to be prayed for is the obedience of our lives answerable to that in the Lords Prayer Thy will be done one earth as it is in heaven And here likewise we are to petition for spiritual grace and ablities both to perform and to continue and to increase in all holy duties 1. For the Performance of them that he would lead us into the paths of righteousnesse That with simplicity and godly sincerity we may have our conversation in this world That denying all ungodlinesse and worldly lusts we may live soberly righteously and godly in this present world That God would give us grace whereby we may serve him acceptably with reverence and godly feare That we may not any more be conformed unto this world That being dead unto sin we may live unto righteousnesse Not any longer spending the rest of our time in the flesh to the lust● of men but to the Will of God That the time past of our lives may suffice to have served divers lusts That for the future we may walk as obedient children not fashioning our selves according to the former lusts of our ignorance but as he that hath called us is holy so we may be holy in all manner of conversation To this purpose is that desire of David O that my wayes were directed to keep thy statutes and in another place Teach me to do thy Will for thou art my God let thy good Spirit lead me into the land of uprightnesse and elsewhere Shew me thy wayes O Lord and teach me thy paths lead me in thy truth and teach me for thou art the God of my salvation Teach me thy wayes O Lord and I will walk in thy truth unite my heart to feare thy name 2. For our continuance in them That we may serve him without fear in holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our lives Being stedfast and unmoveable alwayes abounding in the work of the Lord Holding faith and a good conscience Patiently continuing in well doing without wearines as knowing that in due time we shall reap if we faint not Holding fast the profession of our faith without wavering that our hearts may be established with grace that amidst all outward changes and losses we may still hold fast our integrity Thus the Apostle prayes for the Thessalonians that God would stablish them in every good word and work 3. For our Increase in them That God would make all grace to abound towards us That we alwayes having alsufficiency to all things may abound to every good work That we may be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Being filled with the fruits of righteousnesse unto the glory and praise of God That forgetting those things which are behinde and reaching unto those things which are before we may continually presse towards the mark for the price of the high calling of God Thus doth the Apostle pray for the Hebrews The God of peace make you perfect in every good work to do his will working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight And Epaphras for the Collossians that they might stand perfect and compleat in all the will of God CHAP. XVIII Of the several graces and duties injoyned in the first Commandment THe graces that we should pray for are many of them briefly summed up together in several Scriptures But for our more full and distinct apprehension of them they may be more particularly considered according to their distinct relations either to the Law Gospel The duties enjoyned by both these may be easily collected from those vices and failings mentioned in our Confession The first Table in the Law doth concern our duty to God The first Commandment doth enjoyn us to have Jehovah alone for our God that is in all respects to behave our selves towards him as our God So that by this we are directed to pray for these graces and duties viz. Knowledge and Belief of him Trust and Hope in him Love towards him Zeal for him Rejoycing in him Gratitude towards him Patience under him Obedience to him Fear of him Being humble before him Because it is not good that the soul should be without knowledge we should therefore pray that he would be pleased to incline our ears unto wisdome and apply our hearts to understanding That he would open our eyes to behold the wonderous things of his Law That he would give unto us the spirit of wisdome and revelation in the knowledge of him that the eyes of our understandings being inlightened we may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints and what is the exceeding greatnesse of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power That he would enable us to be more inquisitive after those sacred truths revealed in the Word more diligent to acquaint our selves with his holy attributes and works more mindefull of his Holinesse Justice Truth Power Omnipresence that he is about our paths and beds and acquainted with all our wayes He does search and know us understanding our thoughts afar off all things being naked and open in his sight That we may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisedome and spirituall understanding that we may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing being fruitfull in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God that we may follow on to know the Lord.

That he would sanctifie to us the knowledge we have already attained that it may not be idle and ineffectual but may produce in our lives answerable obedience that we do not with-h●ld any truth in unrighteousnesse That he would open our hearts to believe all those truths revealed in his Word that he would inable us to take diligent heed lest there should be in any of us an evill heart of unbelief in departing from the living God That we may firmly assent unto his promises and threats and as we do professe our selves to believe in God so we may be carefull to maintain good works That we may not rely on such outward means as cannot help us but in all our wants and troubles we may place our chief confidence on him as knowing that he is infinitely wise powerful merciful both able and willing to succour us that when we know not what to do our eyes may be upon him That in our greatest exigences when we are in a state of darknesse and can see no light we may then trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon our God That we may still cast our burden upon him and abide under the shadow of the Almighty Committing our wayes unto the Lord Being careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplications make our requests known unto God who careth for us and will never leave or forsake us That we may labour to stirre up and strengthen our hope in him such hope as may be well grounded and will not make us ashamed of which we may be alwayes able and ready to give answer to every man that asketh us a reason That we may look more at the things which are not seen then at those things which are seen That in times of fear and danger we may fly for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us which hope may be as an Anchor of the soul both sure and stedfast That no condition or temptation may make us cast away our confidence That we may give all dilligence to make our callings and elections sure To clear unto our selves the evidences of our own everlasting well-beings That we may love the Lord our God with all our heart with all our soul and with all our might so farre above that natural affection which we do bear to those other things whether father or mother wife or children brethren or sisters yea and our own lives also that we may be said to hate and despise them in comparison of him That our love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgement that we may approve the things that are excellent That we may delight in all those holy duties whereby we may enjoy communion with him That we may earnestly long and thirst after the enjoyment of him when we shall come and appear before him That he would make us Zealous and fervent in all holy duties resolute and couragious in standing to the truth not to be deterred by hopes or fears Not wronging any good cause either by our cowardize or indiscretion Not resting our selves in a luke-warm profession being neither cold nor hot but being valiant for the truth and fervent in spirit Alwayes zealously affected in a good thing Not being ashamed of the Gospel of Christ which is the power of God to salvation considering what he hath said That if we shall be ashamed of him in this adulterous generation he also will be ashamed of us when he comes in the glory of his Father with his holy Angels That we may rejoyce and glory in the LORD placing our chief happinesse in a spiritual communion with him Serving him with joyfulnesse and gladnesse of heart Delighting greatly in his Commandments Finding more happinesse in the light of his countenance then in the increase of corn and wine preferring his loving kindnesse before life it self That he would make us more heartily sensible of those many great favours which are continually multiplied upon us That he would draw up our hearts to heaven in the acknowledgement of his bounty and goodnesse that our souls may blesse him and our desires may be alwayes towards him that we may be ready to talk of his loving kindnesse and to speak good of his name endeavouring to expresse our gratitude by the readinesse and cheerfulnesse of our obedience Seeking to glorifie his name by bearing much fruit unto him That we may be patient under his afflicting hand as considering that he is the Author as well of the evil we suffer as of the good we enjoy And shall we receive good from the hand of God and shall we not receive evil The greatest judgement that can befal us in this life is farre lesse then our deserts 'T is the Lords mercies that we are not consumed because his compassions faile not And then besides he hath promised that all things shall work together for the good of them that love him And though the cup may be bitter yet it proceeds from the hand of a Father That we may count our selves happy in what we suffer for righteousnesse sake because the Spirit of God and the Spirit of glory resteth upon us That we may rejoyce and glory in our tribulations as knowing that tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed Reckoning with our selves that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us That in all our sufferings we may trust in the living God committing our souls unto him who is their faithfull Creatour and righteous Judge That we may accept the punishment of our iniquity waiting upon God in the way of his judgements Being willing to put our mouths in the dust rather then to open them in murmuring against him Considering how unjust and unreasonable it is for a living man to complaine a man for the punishment of his sins And that it is rather meet to be said unto God I have borne chastisement I will not offend any more that which I see not teach thou me if I have done iniquity I will do no more I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him He does punish us lesse then our iniquities deserve Not dealing with us after our sins nor rewarding us according to our iniquities and we have no reason to repine at kinde and moderated corrections Though in some respects he hath chastened us sore yet he hath not given us over to death He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men and therefore we have great reason totally to submit and resigne up both our selves and affaires to be governed by his wise providence and to let the Lord do with us what