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1. Confider whom thou art going to. 2. What thou ftandeft in need of to be prayed for.

3. Renew thy Refolutions against fin, Pfal. lxvi. 18.

4. Forgive whatsoever thou haft against any Perfon, Mar. vi. 14, 15. 1 Tim. ii. 8.

2. In Prayer.

1. Acknowledge thy fins agairft GOD, before thou askeft Mercies from him, Ezra ix. 6. Neb. i. 7. Dan. ix. 4. 5.

2. Ask Spiritual before Temporal Mer cies, as in the Lord's Prayer.

3. Let thy Thoughts go along with thy Tongue.

4. Remember others as well as thy felt in Prayer, 1 Tim. ii. 1. Eph. vi. 18. Fam. v. 16. Mat. v. 44.

5. Biefs GOD for what thou haft, as well as ask of him what thou wanteft, Phil. iv. 6.

6. Ask nothing but in the Name of Chrift, Eph. iii. 12. John xvi. 23, Qui recte invocat deum per filium invocat, & qui prope accedit per Chriftum accedit, Greg. Thaumat, GUV μὲν δέησιν, &c. ἀναπεμπλέον τῷ ἐπὶ πᾶσι θεῶ διὰ τὸ ἐπὶ πάντων ἀγγέλων ἰ ἀρχιερέως ἐμψύχε λόγο καὶ θεῖ. Orig. 7. Ask in Faith, Jam. i. 6. 1 Tim.ii. 8. Mark xi. 24.

8. If thou woul ft be fure to make a

right Prayer, amongst thy others
ufe that which Chrift him elf made
and appointed, Luke xi. 2.
3. After

3. After Prayer.

1. Confider how thou haft prayed.
2. What thou hast asked.

3. Expect a gracious anfwer, Pfal. v. 3. MOTIVES.

1. By Prayer, thou draweft nigh to GOD,
and enjoyeft Communion with him.
2. If thou call upon him, he will draw nigh
to thee, Pfal. cxlv. 18.

3. Call on him and he'll deliver you, Pfal.1.
15.

4. Thou haft a promise that he'll hear thee, Fob xxii. 27. Pfal. lxv. 2. 1 John v. 14, 15.

PSAL. lvi. 3.

What time I am afraid, I will trust

in thee.

WHen

Henfoever we are afraid of any evil, we are still to put our truft upon GOD.

I. What is it to put our truft in GOD?
1. To keep your Hearts from defponding or
finking down under any fears.

2. To comfort our felves in GOD.
3. To expect deliverance from him.

II. What is there in GOD we ought to put our trust in?

1. In his Promifes, Pfal. cxix. 42. Ifa. xliii. 2. Jer. xxxiii. 3.

2. His Properties. Pfal. xxxiii. 21.

1. His Power.

2. Wisdom.

3. Juftice.

4. Mercy, Pfal. lii. 8.
5. All-fufficiency.

III. Why should we in all our fears put our truft in GOD?

1. Because there is none else that can fecure us from our fears, Prov. xi. 28. Whereas, 2. There are no fears but GOD can fecure us from them, either by removing the thing feared, or by fubduing the fear of the thing, Job xi. 16.

USE.

Exhort. In all your fears ftill truft in GOD. 1. Are thy fears Spiritual?

2.

1. Delertions of GOD? Pfal. ix. 18. Lam. iii. 31. Ifa. liv. 8.

2. Temptations from Satan? Rom. xvi.

20.

3. Tranfgreffions committed by thee? Ifa.

xliii. 25.

4. Corruptions remaining in thee, Mic. vii.
19. Ezek. xxxvi. 27.
Temporal?

1. Poverty? Ifa. xiii. 5. Ifa. xliii. 20.
2. Difgrace? 1 Sam. ii. 30.

3. Enemies? Deut. xxviii. 7. Pfal. xviii. 3.
Ifa. xli. 11.

4. Lofs of Friends?

5. Sickness? Jer. xxx. 17:

6. Death? Pfal. xxiii. 4. Fob xiii. 15. MOTIVES.

I. This is the best way to allay thy fears,
Pfal. CXXV. 1, 2.

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2. 'Tis

2. 'Tis part of the Honour and Worthip thou oweft to GOD.

3. It is one end of GOD's bringing thee

often into fears.

4. To truft in GOD for deliverance is the best way to obtain deliverance from GOD, Pfal. xxxvii. 40. Pfal. cxxv.

I, 2.

Therefore is this Grace fo often promised,
Pfal. xl. 3.

Be merciful unto me, O God, he merciful unto me, for my foul truffeth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until thefe calamities be overpaft.

חנני אלה מחנני מ בך מפיה נפשי.

I. IN times of Calamity we must beg for Mer

cy.

1. To prevent it.

2. To preferve us in particular.
3. To fupport us under it.

4. To blefs and fanctifie it to us.
5. To deliver us from it.

II. We are alfo to truft on him alone. Pfal.

xx. 7.

1. What are we to truft in him for?

1. This Life, 1 Tim. iv. 8.

2. That to come.

2. What

2. What is requir'd to our trufting in GOD aright?

1. A thorough perfwafion that none else can do us good, Hof. xiv. 3.

2. Frequent meditations upon the goodness and greatness of GOD, Pfal. xxvi. 8. 3. A looking on him as our GOD, John. xx. 28. Pfal. xvi.. 2.

4. An experimental Knowledge of GOD, Pfal. ix. 10. 2 Cor. i. 9, 10.

5. Ufing all lawful means, 1 John iii. 3. 3. How may we be perfwaded to this Duty? 1. It is put for the whole Duty of Man, Pfal. cxv. 9, 10. .

2. GOD brings us into troubles on purpose to exercife our Truft on him.

3. This gives all glory to GOD.

4. It keeps the Soul in a calm and quiet eftate.

5. It endears GOD to us, and obligeth him to preferve us, Pfal. xvi. 1. Pfal. vii. 1. Pfal. Ivii. v.

III. We are to hide our felves in GOD 'till calamities be past.

Confidering,

1. No Calamity fo great but he can help us. 2. And will, if we truft on him, Pfal. xxxvii.

I, 6.

3. By this means our very Miferies will turn to our good:

USE. Truf now in GOD.

1. Nothing cando you hurt, fo long as you truft on him.

2. All things fhall do you good.

3. You will be happy whatfoever happens.