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woman_n	church_n	keep_v	silence_n	2,518	5	9.9816	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15114	Some helpes to stirre up to Christian duties Wherein is explained the nature of the dnty [sic] of stirring vp ourselves. Instances are given in the most necessary Christian duties. Some questions about this subiect are profitably resolved. By Henry Whitfeld B D. preacher of Gods word, at Ockley in Surrey; Some helpes to stir up to Christian duties.	Whitfield, Henry, 1597-1660?	1634 (1634)	STC 25410; ESTC S101726	62,257	254

as having to deale with God with such faith and ● pe as speaking with hi● Father or his friend In vit Luth. pag● 142 our great desire to be heard of him God is of such Majesty as he looks for all earnestnesse in our petitions and the excellency together with the great need of the things desired should move intention of all our powers in seeking them from God S. Iames y Jam. 5.16 saith that effectual prayer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deprecation incitated driven with motion and force vehement fervent with great affection of devotion z Diligent prayer and the committing of sinne wil not stand together for if prayer cannot make a man cea●e from sinne yet his sinn●ng will make him leave off praying Mert. lib. t. page 61. hath great force with God to obtaine that which wee desire a Acts 26.7 Paul speaketh of the twelue Tribes that they instantly served God day and night the word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with intention of Spirit This is sometime called b 2 Kin. 19.4 lifting up of a prayer It is recorded to the great praise of Iacob that c Gen. 32.26 28 Hos 12.3 4 by his strength hee had great power with God yea he had power over the Angell and prevailed he wept and made supplication unto him hee found him in Bethel and there hee spake with us In which is set downe both the favour of God to Iacob vouchsafing the manifestation of himselfe and speech with him and the faith and piety of Iacob propounded to be imitated by us as belonging to our confirmation who holding fast the promise made him at Bethel wrestled strongly by the faith of it and found that hee had not beleeved in vaine at Bethel againe was the Promise renewed unto him Section 5. Of stirring up our selves in prayer for others SO when we seeke to him by prayer for his goodnesse to others it is our duty to quicken and enkindle in our selves strong affections d Gen. 18.13 Abraham was earnest and importunate with God for wicked Sodom especially for such as are neare and deare unto us as the c Mat. 15.22 23. woman of Syrophenissa obtained her request in the behalfe of her child But most especially wee should put forth all the strength of our spirits in the behalfe of the Church and people of God Yee chat bee Lords Remembrancers f Isa 62.6 7 saith the Prophet Isaiah keepe not silence and give him no rest nor hold thy peace day nor night til he establish and make Ierusalem a praise in the earth When Gods people were driven into great streights by reason of Pharaoh his pursuing them behinde and having the Red Sea before them the Lord asked Moses g Exo. 14.15 Num. 14. 12 20 Why cryest thou unto me Ah! Moses could not hold his peace but must burst out into strong prayers and cryes Aaron also bestirred himselfe when the plague brake forth amongst the people h Num 16. 46 47 He ranne quickly stood betweene the dead and the living and made attonement for the people So interposing and as it were exposing himselfe to the wrath of God for the people It was not so much the Incense as the strong prayers of Aaron that prevailed with God to stay the plague So when Peter was in prison it is i Acts 12.5 sayd that Prayer was made of the Church without ceasing for him the word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 earnest and stretched-out prayer the Church was so earnest with the Lord that hee was faine to take him out of prison unloose his chaines and bring him to them and set him before them as if the Lord had sayd there hee is your importunity hath k Deus ipse quinullu cont●● se virilus superaripotest pr●cibus v●ncitur Hiero overcome me O the power of fervent-conjoyned prayers These bee the * Prece● sunt Bombard● instrument●●ell● a Chritian rum uther Arius the heretike was b●ou●ht to ●onf●● o● by th p●●●ers of Alexander the good Bishop of Constantinople and 〈◊〉 ●eath w● precationis opus non morbi Socra lib. 1 cap 15. scaling-ladders that are set up to heaven and these doe lay siege to the Throne of God and encompasse him round and will not depart till they have that they came for Section 6. Of stirring up our selves in praysing God VVHen we draw neare to prayse him for blessings received having therein a comfortable taste of Gods love to us that he is our God and we his people it is our duty to stirre up our selves in all the heights and elevations of our hearts that possibly we may Hence have proceeded those high straines of speech and l Ebullit Cor. Psal 45.1 ebullitions of the hearts of Gods servants m Iudg. 5.12 Deborah to her due praysing of God calls upon her selfe to awake to sing a song and the redoubling of the word Awake awake Deborah awake awake to utter a Song implyeth her care to doe it with all her might So David n Psa 57 7 8 My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed which noteth the addicting of himselfe with constant purpose of minde to the duty of praysing God and also his alacrity wherewith he comes to it not only opposed to hypocrisie but to torpor and spirit-lesnesse kindled with zeale he shoo● off all impediments to bee attentive to this voluntary Sacrifice which the verse following declares Aw●ke up my glory awake up Lute and Harpe expressing the vehemency of his heart and burning desire hee stirres up his tongue and joynes the helpe of Instruments to fire himselfe the more In another Psalme he stirres up o Psal 101 1 Habet e●sonum Cor Aug. ad loc all that is within him he cals as it were a Council assembles all his powers and p Zeph. 3.14 Zach. 9.9 faculties of soule understanding will affections in their full strength to this duty of praysing God It falls out sometimes that when the soule is in serious contemplation of Gods mercies past present and to come that the fire secretly kindleth and a man bursts out into high prayses of God finding his tongue to come far short of his heart and his heart infinitely too narrow to comprehend either the multitude of so many mercies or the great love of him that is the bestower of them and so he is swallowed up in that Sea which hath neither banke nor bottome but is faine to cry out O the depth the depth the depth and can goe no farther and this is the highest manner of praysing God though one can speake never a word more Section 7. Of stirring up our selves in standing for God and his honour IN our standing for God promoting his honour and exalting his name it is our duty to stirre up our selves and that not onely by spreading the knowledge of him in our owne hearts and setting him up as glorious there making al things within