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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15504	Some helpes to faith Shewing the necessitie, grounds, kinds, degrees, signes of it. Clearing diuerse doubts, answering obiections, made by the soule in temptation. By Iohn Wilson, preacher of Gods word in Gilford.	Wilson, John, d. 1630.	1625 (1625)	STC 25769; ESTC S103081	44,436	242

which should bee full in you till he hath fulfilled in you all the good pleasure of his goodnesse Hee is able to doe exceeding abundantly aboue all that wee aske or thinke Ephes. 3.19.20 The desires of the righteous shall bee granted Obiection X. I haue prayed as I am able and sought the Lord in his ordinances I finde not Gods answere to my comfort which makes me call my right in God into question and feare my case Answere First God is knowen by hearing prayers Psalm 65.12 Thus Manasseh knew him 2 Chron. 33.13 Israel halting betweene two opinions was confirmed by the answer of Elias prayer that the Lord hee is God 1 Kings 18.37 38. Dauid gathers Gods approbation of him and his loue to him by receiuing and answering his prayer Psal. 66.17 18 19. Psal. 116.1.2 and so calles his soule to rest verse 7. Some vpon their hauing answere that their prayer was heard and the effect should follow haue worshipped in thankefulnesse before they saw it come so to passe as was promised 2 Chro. 20.18 19. The example of one heard in his prayer addes to the hope of godly men that they shall not seeke him in vaine Psalme 32.6.34.5 6. He hath not commanded vs in vaine to seeke him Esay 45.19 Secondly as the spirit makes requests which wee cannot expresse but God knoweth the meaning therof Rom. 18.26 So may it giue answere whereto through anguish of spirit wee little attend as Exodus 6.9 Thirdly though God answere the prayers of his seruants when it is onely in their purpose before they pray perceiuing that they will aske Psalm 32.5 Esay 65.24 Sometimes while they are speaking Dan. 9.21 Or vpon the ending of their prayer Act. 4.11 Hee holdes some longer sometimes many yeeres in suspence yet answeres when his glory shines most in the grant Luke 1.13 He will take notice of men praying Ananias must to Paul and giue him comfort for behold hee prayeth Act. 9.11 First hee deferres vs sometime for our humbling wee are not low enough yet for his exalting of vs. 2. Chron. 33.12.13 Hee prayed humbled himselfe greatly and prayed and God was intreated Secondly or to prooue vs. Deut. 8.2 Wicked men will not attend long but quarrell with God for not answering and leaue off praying Mala. 3.14 Esay 58.3 Godly men feele strife of flesh Lam. 3.8.24 Yet the spirit that wrought doeth maintaine the desire and vpholdes the soule in the strife and thus makes the victory of faith recompense the deferring of our desire as in the woman of Syrophoenissa who striuing with three great lets Silēce which the flesh might interpret a negatiue answere Particularitie I am not sent but to c. thirdly Vnworthinesse called a dogge vnmeete for the childrens bread held her faith vnto her great praise obtained her desire to her great comfort Matth. 15.28 Iacob was deferred yet would not cease wrestling till hee had the blessing there God spake with vs He obtained so shall wee vsing like faith and constancie in our striuing with God in prayer Hos. 12.4 God that requires vnweariednesse and will heare his crying day and night Luke 18.1 7. doeth in stead of present answere glorifie himselfe by his supporting grace 2. Cor. 12.8.9 Thirdly he sits vs vnto due estimation of his gift and care to hold that fast which wee came so hardly by Fourthly he hath put to euery worke a conuenient time which wee are no fit iudges of Iohn 2.4 Mine houre is not yet come Different measures of grace are giuen at diuerse times Iohn 13.36 Now thou canst not thou shalt hereafter follow me Fiftly sometimes it may be it is because wee aske amisse either in our end Iames 4.3 Or that wee are amisse in not ioyning indeauours we are to pray in the spirit but with all to build vp our selues Iud. 20. Wee must pray in temptation but we arme our selues also Ephes. 6.11 Fourthly it may comfort vs that wee haue the grace of prayer though our desired answere appeare not it is a signe of a gracious estate Zach. 12.10 The spirit of prayer is the spirit of adoption and makes requests for the Saints Rom. 8.15.27 Such prayer as a good worke furthers our account in the day of Christ Math. 6.6 If wee know hee heares vs wee know wee haue the petitions that wee aske of him 1. Iohn 5.15 God will accept of no other language in prayer but that which the spirit ioyns with making our voyce to bee heard aboue in prayer that is alway needefull the Lord bee with thy spirit In all worshippe of God priuate or publike God seekes such as worship him in spirit and trueth Iohn 4.23 in their spirit sanctified and gouerned by his Obiection XI My prayers in respect of distractions and inability to vary matter are such as I feare my praier is not as Iob saith of his pure Answere First the holy spirit assists no man in this life in any good worke so as to free it wholly from mixture of sinne when we would do good euill is present with vs. In praier seing our lusts are but in part mortified they draw our thoughts to attend vpon them and distract our attention and affection from the things we pray for that our hearts are not held in meete eleuation to God and the deuill taking aduantage of our carnalitie will hinder vs what he can in a worke so much against his kingdome we are apt to be tyed to things by our senses from which diuine things being so farre remooued we cannot without much watching and trauaile of soule stay our spirits vpon them long Secondly A godly man hauing much of the flesh in him is sometimes onely sensible of the operations of it when yet the spirituall part is willing to doe the worke according to God Gods breathing in vs is at his liberty and no more to be let then the wind sometime wee feel motion but we know not whence it comes because we suspect the flesh There be helpes to know when it is of God First When with vprightnesse we propound to our selues the seruice of God in praier and with strife of heart labour to worship him with our faith trust hope reuerence humilitie of heart bewailing our want herein Secondly when at other times we are conscionable of our doing Gods will as we are in praier desirous that he should doe ours Psal. 66.18.19 Ioh. 9.31 1. Ioh. 3.12 That praier which is out of a good conscience with strife to go forward in duty though farre of it is of Gods spirit who makes requests for them whom he hath sanctified Rom. 8.27 Thirdly When wee are brought into Gods presence with loue and desire our prayer not merely forced by necessitie but an effect of our filiall affection to God who inspires in the weakest motion of faith teacheth to go and holds by the armes such as submit to the cōmandement with some pleasure in it Fourthly When we can deny our owne wills