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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

Perswasive By way of POSTSCRIPT For all to Mind and Receive Gods Holy Spirit in their Hearts That thereby they may be taught True Prayer And be thoroughly Qualified for the Right Performance of all other Religious Duties Ephes 5. v. 18 20. Be not Drunk with Wine wherein is Excess but be filled with the Spirit giving Thanks always for all Things unto God even the Father in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ By JOHN FEILD POSTSCRIPT BY the foregoing Testimony and Instances it plainly appears That Prayer is of great Use and Benefit and hath been greatly Answered and wonderfully Encouraged by the Lord. And it is natural to all those that God by his Word hath begotten unto a lively Hope in Christ his Son and hath sent forth his Spirit into their Hearts for them to cry Abba (a) Gal. 4.6 Father It s their Duty to make their Supplications unto him that hath begotten them because it 's by the Spirit of his Son in their Hearts that they see their Wants and the Sufficiency and Willingness there is in him to supply them who is a God that heareth Prayer It 's Gods Spirit that makes sensible of Wants begets Desires and raises Cries in the Soul to him and is therefore principally to be minded and waited in Whosoever slights Gods Spirit neglects to wait in it and disregards the Work and Motion of it in their own Hearts can never rightly and sensibly know their Wants nor what to ask or pray for or perform that Duty of Prayer as they ought It 's my tender Council and Advice in great Love and much good Will to all that believe this is the Gospel-day long since (b) Joel 2.28 prophesied of And that own the time is come wherein the Father hath according to Christ's Prayer whom he always hears sent the Comforter even the Spirit of Truth which is the Holy (c) John 14.26 Ghost and that Credit what the Apostle saith who declares a Manifestation of the Spirit is given to (d) 1 Cor. 12.7 every one to profit withal To such I say 1. Prize O prize the great Love of God and Christ herein 2. Be humbly thankful unto God for this unspeakable Gift 3. Answer the End for which he hath given this blessed Spirit receive it wait in it hearken to it turn at its Reproofs and give up to be led by it that ye may be the Sons of God 4. And then you thereby will not only like the Publican (e) Matth. 18.13 see your Conditions be moved to Pray in a Sense of your Wants but be enabled to serve God acceptably through Jesus Christ and taught thereby to worship and live to him and know his Things and understand the Mysteries of his heavenly Kingdom Therefore I earnestly be-beseech all sligh not grieve nor (f) 1 Thess 5.19 quench the Motions of it neglect not this Gift nor your diligent waiting upon God in it at all Times and in all Places in all Services and Religious Duties wait in it to be fitted by it and neither pray nor sing without it for the true Praying (g) 1 Cor. 14.15 is with it and true Singing in it And there is no Access unto God nor Admittance to the Throne of his Grace to receive Help in the time of Need but through (h) Ephes 2.18 Rom. 5.2 Jesus Christ and by this Spirit And altho' the World that lies in Wickedness hates and grieves this Spirit mocks and derides at it and those that direct to it and are guided by it yet this Spirit convinceth (i) John 16.8 them of their Sin and Unbelief of their Righteousness and Judgment which is not given them nor wrought in them by this Spirit and therefore it reproves them thereof Oh therefore tender Reader love receive wait in joyn to obey and follow this Holy Spirit and then it will open your Understandings quicken your Souls to God make you alive and beget you anew to him wash and sanctifie your Hearts purge your Consciences from dead Works and bring you to serve the living (k) Heb. 9.14 God who is a Spirit in the Spirit and Truth and enable you to walk in newness (l) Rom. 7.6 of the Spirit and out of the oldness of the Letter and beget encrease and continue Love in your Hearts and Souls to God and Christ to his Church and People to his Law and Testimony and to the Holy Scriptures which the Holy Men of God wrought as they were moved by this Holy Ghost or Spirit which Spirit I am commanding and recommending unto you to be your Conductor and Leader your Guide and Instructer in your Pilgrimage through this low World and Vale of Tears that so you may pass the time of your sojourning (m) 1 Pet. 1.17 here with Fear and give your selves to Reading the Holy Scriptures and to Waiting upon God in this Spirit and Praying to him in it and Asking of him Wisdom and Meditating in his holy Law that converts (n) Psal 19.7 the Soul and regarding his Testimony that makes wise the Simple and do not content your selves only to hear of God and Christ and those Memorable Things and Noble Acts of the Righteous recorded in Holy Writ and that plenteous Redemption eternal Life and Salvation they were Witnesses and Partakers of nor with saying over Words compiled and put together by the Wisdom of Men called Prayers but through Receiving and Obeying this Holy Spirit and believing in God and Christ from whom it proceedeth may know and partake of that Life and Understanding it gives be born of it baptized (o) 1 Cor. 12.13 by it washed sanctified and justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit (p) 1 Cor. 6.11 of our God and also taught and assisted thereby to pray to him which is the sincere Desire and hearty Supplication of your well-wishing Friend Who once more earnestly entreats you not to quench this Spirit neither disregard the inward and secret Convictions Reproofs and Counsel of it in your Hearts For it is that Spirit that searcheth (r) 1 Cor. 2.10 all Things yea the deep Things of God and God by this is certainly reproving and counselling the Children of Men in this Age and Generation as in days past and shews and Reproves them for their evil Thoughts wicked Words ungodly Deeds and execrable Oaths and by this Spirit is certainly counselling People to think on him to consider their Ways to amend their Doings to speak in his Fear And to Refrain from Oaths and Cursing and all ungodly Speaking and to Crase to do Evil and Learn to do well that he might wash away their Sins and pardon their Offences for Christs sake Therefore have a care Oh! have a care I beseech you for your never-dying Souls sake for your present Peace and future Happiness-sake that you do not like them of old set at nought all (s) Prov. 1.24 to the end Gods Counsel nor slight his Reproofs for then know assuredly God will laugh at your Calamity and mock when your Fear cometh like Defolation and your Destruction like a Whirlwind when Affliction and Anguish shall come upon you Then O then if you call upon him he will not answer if you seek him early you shall not find him because you hated Knowledge and did not chuse the Fear of the Lord therefore you shall eat of the Fruit of your own ways and be filled with your own Devices But whosoever obeyeth Gods Holy Spirit and is guided by it shall be quiet (t) Prov. 1.33 from Fear of Evil become his Son and have a Place in his eternal Kingdom for evermore Therefore love and obey it saith Thy Real and Well-wishing Friend JOHN FEILD FINIS

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 the Holy Scriptures By J. T. one of the People call'd Quakers With a Postscript by J. F. Watch and Pray Matt. 26.41 Col. 4.2 And and things whatsoever ye ask in Prayes believing ye shall receive Mat. 21.22 And prove me now herewith saith the Lord of Hosts if I will not open you the Windows of Heaven and pour you out a Blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it Mal. 3.10 LONDON Printed for Tho. Northcon in George-Yard in Lombard-street 1695. A BRIEF Testimony c. WAtch and Pray was the Command of our (a) Mat. 26.41 Lord Jesus the Holy Author of the Christian Religion He gave a good reason for this Command That ye enter not into Temptation And knowing how uncapable Man is to perform any good of himself promised to pray (b) Jo. 14.16 the Father to send the Comforter that he may abide with us for ever even the Spirit of Truth whom the World cannot receive and in the 26 v. saith but the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost which my Father will send in my Name He shall teach you all things then certainly Prayer so great a Duty to God and beneficial to our selves is included Our Lord puts Watching before Prayer that we may have due regard to and wait upon his Holy Spirit to feel its leadings and assistance therein As Paul advised Timothy in both his Epistles not to neglect the (c) 1 Tim. 4.14 2 Tim. 1.6 Gift of God which was in him For waiting upon the Lord in the Gift of his Spirit is necessary for all to be found in who desire to perform this Duty aright or indeed any other work which is acceptable unto God if we go about Prayer and take not this advice we begin wrong for from (d) Mat. 15.19 within as our Lord said proceedeth all Evil. Therefore we have need to apply our selves to within to find the Remedy where the Disease is and as we wait in true silence ceasing from our own Thoughts and willings with our Minds stayed and fixed upon the Lord trusting in him we shall be made sensible of our Wants and Infirmities and the Sin which doth most easily beset us thus as the state of our Souls is opened to us shall see our own Nothingness and Inability to resist any appearance of Evil of our selves God will not despise such who are poor in their own Eyes but will direct them by his Holy Spirit how to ask not only inclining their wills to Prayer but opening their Understandings also what to ask for And inasmuch that we know not at what time the Devil our (*) 1 Pet. 5.8 Adversary who goes continually about seeking whom may he devour will assault us nor with what Temptation he will come therefore can there be any set time or from of words prescribed which we must use to God when we implore his Succour and Relief otherwise than we feel the drawings and motions of his Spirit in our Hearts which will not be wanting to incline and assist us upon every occasion yea very often not only when we are tempted but at other times also Various were the Methods both as to time and words as well as place which the Holy Men of Old sought the Lord. Daniel and David (†) Dan. 6.10 Psal 55.17 sometimes prayed three times a day David also (e) Psal 119.164 praised God seven times a day Paul besought the Lord (f) 2 Cor. 12.8 thrice upon one occasion and the Primitive Christians were commanded to pray (g) Luke 18.1 1 Thes 5.17 always If we diligently watch and are brought into a right frame of mind and moved of the Lord to Pray we need no more doubt of the assistance of the Holy Spirit to teach us what we shall pray when we approach before God than when we are called before Magistrates for the sake of Christ which was promised the Holy Ghost (h) Mark 13.11 shall teach us the same hour what to say The Primitive Christians knew not how to pray as they ought but as the (i) Rom. 8.26 Spirit helpeth their Infirmities then surely we have great need to be diligent in the application of our Minds to the same holy Principle that thereby we may be made fit to offer unto God an acceptable Sacrifice an Offering seasoned with his Grace from whence God may smell a sweet favour and accept it from us The Holy Spirit is the mystical Salt whereof the outward Salt under the Law (k) Levit. 2.13 was a Figure where it is said Neither shalt thou suffer the Salt of the Covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy Meat-Offering with all thine Offerings thou shalt offer Salt This Salt was to season and purifie every Sacrifice yea and every Sacrificer too in this Dipensation for our Lord Jesus brought it nearer when he said every one must be salted (l) Mark 9.49 with Fire and every Sacrifice shall be salted with Salt Without which our Offerings will be of no more acceptance with the Lord than was the Prayers and Oblations of the Jews of Old whom God reproved thus saying (m) Isa 1.12 When ye come to appear before me who hath required these things at your hands But if we keep the Conditions upon which the promises are the Lord will certainly keep his word Who said seek and ye shall find ask and it shall be given knock and it shall be opened unto you Not such Petitioners as the Apostle James speak of (n) Ja. 4.3 who ask'd but receiv'd not because they ask'd amiss but seek in Faith and Humility believing God is present and able to do all things Our Lord promissed all things (o) Mat. 21.22 whatsoever ye ask in Prayer believing ye shall receive The Parable of the unjust Judge (p) Luke 18.1 to 8. and importunate Widow and the Man who call'd up his (q) Luk. 11.5 Neighbour at midnight to supply him with Bread to feed his travelling Friend And of Parents giving good things to their Children (r) Luke 11.11 are great inducements to us to be found in the frequent practice of this excellent Duty And tho' the despised People of God call'd Quakers have been evilly traduced and grosly misrepresented as if they denied this great Ordinance or Duty of Prayer I have not heard of any People upon Earth who own Prayer more truly and whose Spiritual Interest it is so to do 1st They own it truly because they believe and declare it unto others as a fundamental Truth that God in his Mercy hath given unto all Men thro' Jesus Christ his dear Son (s) 1 Cor. 12.7 a measure or manifestation of his Spirit to profit withal without which as hath been already said we