1 John v. 16. Pray for a brother that sinneth.

CLXXXIX. Instances of such prayers. Ps. li. 18. Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of thy Jerusalem.

lxxx. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and behold and visit this thy vine.

cxviii. 25. O Lord, I beseech thee, send prosperity.

cxxii. 7. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

cxxxii. 9. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.-Ver. 16. I will also clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

Amos vii. 2. O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise, for he is small?

Heb. iii. 2. O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

Matt, vi. 10. Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth, &c.

See in Command. 5th, the duties of ministers and people, &c. to pray one for another.

CXC. For enemies. Jer. xxix. 7. Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it. Ezra vi. 10.

Matt. v. 44. Pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you.

Matt. vii. 7. Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, &c. John xvi. 24.

Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

James iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

CXCIII. God promiseth that he will hear prayer. Deut. iv. 7. What nation hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is, in all things that we call upon him for?

Ps. lxv. 2. O Thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

lxxxvi. 5. Thou art good, and ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. Rom. x. 12.

Isa. xxx. 19. He will be gracious; at the voice of thy cry he will answer thee.

lxv. 24. Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hear, saith the Lord.

Jer. xxix. 12. Ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. xxxiii. 3. Thus saith the Lord, Call upon me, and I will answer thee.

Joel ii. 32.

Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be delivered. Rom. x. 13. Zech. xiii. 9. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. Matt. vii. 8. Every one that asketh receiveth. Ver. 11.

Rom. x. 12. The Lord is rich in mercy to all that call upon him. See Rev. v. 8.-viii. 3, 4.-Exod. xxii. 23. 27. 2 Chron. vii. 14, &c.

Acts vii. 60. Stephen prayed for them that put him to death, saying, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.

2 Tim. iv. 16. Paul, being forsaken by Christians in his distress, said, I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

See more instances of such prayers: Abraham for Abimelech, Gen. xx. 7. 14. 17. Moses for Pharaoh, Exod. viii. 8. -ix. 28.-x. 18. Job for those who wronged him, Job xlii. 8, 9. David for his enemies, Ps. xxxv. 12, 13, 14.-cxli. 5.

CXCII. Motives to prayer. It is a commanded duty. Ezek. xxvi. 36. Thus saith the Lord, I will be inquired of by the house of Israel. вь

CXCIV. Declarations of God that he hath heard prayer. 1 Kings ix. 3. The Lord said to Solomon, I have heard thy prayer. See Kings xx. 5. 2 Chron. vii, 12. Isa. xxxviii. 5.

2 Kings xix. 20. Thus saith the Lord to Hezekiah, That which thou hast prayed against the king of Assyria, I have heard. Ch. xxii. 19. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 27.

Isa. xlix. 8. In an acceptable time I have heard thee. 2 Chron. vi. 2.

CXCV. The testimony of God's people that their prayers were heard. Deut. ix. 19. Moses said, The Lord hearkened to me. Ch. x. 10.

xxvi. 7. We cried unto the Lord God of our fathers; the Lord heard our

xvii. 9. Keep me from my deadly enemies.

xviii. 3. I will call upon the Lord; so shall I be delivered from mine enemies. Ver. 4, 5, 6. 40.

xxvii. 11, 12. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over to the will of mine enemies. xxx. 1. Thou hast not made my foes to rejoice over me: I cried unto the Lord. Ver. 8. Lord be thou mine helper. Ver. 10.

xxxi. 11. I was a reproach among all mine enemies. Ver. 15. 18. Ps. xxxviii. 19. 21.-xli. 5. I said unto the Lord, Deliver me from the hand of mine ene

mies.

xliv. 4. O God, command deliverance for Jacob. Ver. 5. 23.

lv. 1. 3. Give ear unto my prayer, O God; because of the voice of the enemy.-Ver. 18. He hath delivered my soul from battle that was against me.

lvi. 9. When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back.

lix. 1. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God. Ps. cxliii. 9.

cxliii. 1. Hear my prayer, for the enemy hath persecuted my soul.

Acts iv. 18. The rulers of the Jews commanded the apostles not to speak nor teach in the name of Jesus.-Ver. 24. The disciples prayed and said, Lord, behold their threatenings, and grant unto thy servants, that with boldness they may speak thy word.-Ver. 31. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were as sembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and spake the word of God with boldness.

Rev. vi. 9, 10. Under the altar in heaven, John saw the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood upon them that dwell on the earth. See also, Ps. ix. 13.-x. 1. 24.-xiii. 2, 3, 4. -xxv. 2. 19.-xxxv. 19.-xxxvi. 11.xlii. 9, 10.-xliii. 2.-lxi. 3.-lxiv. 1.lxvi. 12. 17. 19.-lxix. 12, 13. 18.-lxxi. 10. 12.-lxxiv. 3. 10. 18.-lxxx. 6.lxxxiii. 16.-lxxxvi. 17.-lxxxix. 42.cii. 8.-cix. 1.-cxix. 98.-cxxxix. 157. -cxxxviii. 7.

CCII. Prayer in thereof. Neh. ix. 32.

the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us.

Ps. iv. 1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast heard me in distress.

xx. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble.

xxii. 11. Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is no man to help me.

xxv. 17. The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distress.-Ver. 22. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

xxx. 7, 8. Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled: I cried unto the Lord. Thou hast girded me with gladness. Ver. 11.

xxxi. 9, 10. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. My life is spent with grief.

xl. 1. I waited for the Lord: he brought me out of a horrible pit. Ver. 2. 1. 15. Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee.

Ix. 11. Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man.

lxi. 2. I will cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed.

lxix. 17. Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble.

lxxi. 20. Thou hast shewed me great and sore troubles: thou wilt quicken me again.

lxxvii. 2. In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord.-Ver. 14. Thou art the God that doest wonders.

lxxxi. 7. Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee.

lxxxvi. 7. In the day of trouble I will call upon thee; for thou wilt answer

me.

Ps. cxx. 1. In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

cxxx. 1, 2. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

cxxxviii. 3. In the day when I cried thou answeredst me.-Ver. 7. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me.-Ver. 8. Forsake not the work of thine own hands.

cxlii. 2, 3. I poured out my complaint; I shewed before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path.

cxliii. 11. For my righteousness' sake, bring my soul out of trouble.

Isa. xxvi. 16. O Lord, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

xxxiii. 2. O Lord, be gracious unto us be thou our salvation in time of trouble.

Jer. xiv. 8. O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land? Ver. 20.

Lam. iii. 55, 56. I called upon the name of the Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou heardst my voice.

Jonah i. 6. The ship-master in danger said unto Jonah, Arise and call upon thy God.

CCIII. Of prayerless persons; or of not praying. Job xxi. 15. The wicked say, What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have if we pray unto him? Mal. iii. 14.

xxxvi. 13. Hypocrites cry not when he bindeth them.

Ps. x. 4. The wicked through the pride of his countenance will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. xiv. 4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as bread, and call not upon the Lord. Ps. liii. 4.

before the Lord our God; that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us.

Hos. vii. 7. There is none among them that calleth unto me.

Ver. 13, 14. Woe unto them for they have fled from me. They have not cried unto me, when they howled upon their beds.

Zeph. i. 4. 6. I will cut off them that turned back from the Lord, and those that have not sought the Lord, nor inquired after him.

James iv. 2. Ye have not, because ye ask not.

CCIV. The prayers of hypocrites. Ps. lxxviii. 34. When God slew them then they sought him, and inquired early after God.-Ver. 36, 37. Nevertheless they flattered him with their mouth: Their heart was not right with him. Ps. 1. 16.

Ezek. xxxiii. 31. With their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. Isa. xxix. 14. Jer. xii. 2.

Matt. vi. 6. When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.

xv. 8, 9. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

xxiii. 14. Woe unto you hypocrites, for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers. Mark xii. 40.

CCV. Prayers of the wicked not acceptable to God. Job xxxv. 13. God will not hear vanity.

Ps. lxvi. 11. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

cix. 7. Let the prayer of the wicked become a sin.

Jer. x. 25. Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name. Ps. lxxix. 6.

Dan. ix. 13, 14. All this evil is come upon us, yet made we not our prayer

me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.Ver. 29. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord.

xv. 8. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. Ch. xxi. 27. Isa. i. 4. Ah! sinful nation, a people

Jer. vi. 19, 20. Behold I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts; because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. Ch. vii. 20, 21, 22. Amos v. 22, 23.

xi. 10, 11. They are turned back to the iniquities of their fore-fathers, which refused to hear my words. Therefore thus saith the Lord, I will bring evil upon them, and though they cry unto me I will not hearken unto them.

Ver. 14. Pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. See Ch. xiv. 11, 12. Ezek. viii. 18. Mic. viii. 4. Zech. vii. 13. Job xxvii. 9. Lam. iii. 42. 44. Matt. xv. 8, 9. John ix. 31.

The prayers of the wicked answered with reproofs and threatenings. Ps. 1. 16. Jer. xxxii. 16 to 25. 44.-xxxvii 3. to 6. -xlii. 2 to 9. Zech. vii. 2. 4 to 14.

OF PRAISING GOD. CCVI. Praise and thanks due unto God, and required by him from the righteous. Exod. xv. 11. Who is like unto thee, O Lord, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders.

1 Chron. xvi. 25. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. Ps. xlviii. 1. Ps. xlvii. 7. God is King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding.

1. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows to the most High. Ver. 23. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me.

Ixvi. 2. Sing forth the honour of his name; make his praise glorious.-Ver. 4. All the earth shall sing to thy holy

name.

lxix. 30, 31. I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. This shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock.

xcii. 1, 2. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High. To shew forth thy loving kindness every morning, and thy faithfulness every night. Ps. cxxxv. 3.

xcvi. 2. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name, shew forth his salvation from day to day.

cvii. 32. Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

cxlv. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable. Ps. xcvi. 4.

cl. 6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

Isa. xlii. 8. My glory will I not give to another, nor my praise to graven images.

Ver. 10. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth. Ch. xliii. 21. Jer. xx. 13.

Phil. iv. 6. In every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Col. ii. 7. Abounding in faith, with thanksgiving.

iii. 15. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which ye are called; and be ye thankful.

1 Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen generation, to shew forth the praises of him that called you.

PRAISE.

CCVII. Praises from the wicked unacceptable to God. Amos iv. 2. The Lord will take you away with hooks.-Ver. 5. Offer a thanksgiving with leaven: for this liketh you.-Ver. 6. I have given you cleanness of teeth, and want of bread, &c.

v. 22. Though ye offer burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, I will not accept them.-Ver. 24. But let judgment run down like waters, &c.

Luke xviii. 11. The Pharisee said, God I thank thee, that I am not as other men:-yet he went not to his house justified.