True, must be earnest, fervent, iv. 463 ; must use much diligence to work our hearts to the duty, ib. ; not only by the qualification of the duty, but of the person, to be regarded, 464 ; infirmities do not hinder the success of, when the heart is upright, 469.
A cure for murmuring, v, 311.
The last refuge when things are otherwise irremediable, v. 394.
Accepting and granting, great difference between, vi. 249.
Without the heart is babbling, vii. 123 ; with half heart when it is a fruit of memory and invention, ib. ; when it is rather with the coi^- science than the affections, ib. ; when the affections are devoted to carnal things, and the comfortable part of spiritual things, ib.
Should be earnest, vii. 250; confident, ^6. ; evangelically confident, ib.; its impelling principle a strong bent to please God, 251; a desire to enjoy him, ib.
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Affliction should put us on, viii. 99 ; it is with God we have to do, ib. ; he alone can help and relieve us, either by removing the trou- ble or supporting us under it, ib. ; should seek that we may know his mind in all his providences, 100 ; that we may have strength to bear it, ib. ; wisdom to improve our chastisements, ib. ; deliverances and freedom from the trouble, ib. ; must not give over, though afflictions be ever so great and many, 101 ; nothing too hard for God, ib. Vrayer and praise, the two great sacrifices required of us, viii. 108.
A duty very kindly to the saints, viii. Ill ; as soon as they are con- verted to God, they will fall a-praying, ib.
A holy vehemency and fervour required in, ix. 37 ; we may cry, ib. ; we must cry, ib. ; the Spirit of grace given us for this end, ib. ; the saints have all done so, ib. ; their cries are heard and answered, ib. ; other prayers are not comely ib. ; this crying consisteth in the ear- nestness of the affection, not in the loudness of the voice, 38 ; not the earnestness of the carnal affections, ib. ; not a mere natural fervency, ib. ; defects in, 39 ; children of God conscious to them- selves of much deadness in, ib. ; causes, ib. ; want of sense, ib. ; sin and carnal liberty, 40 ; want of spiritual desire, ib. ; want of re- verence to God, ib. ; want of faith, ib. ; signs of holy fervency in, 41 ; when the heart worketh, ib. ; when we follow the suit, and will not give over praying, ib. ; when deaf to disappointments and discouragements, ib. ; when we are argumentative, and plead with God, ib. ; way to get fervency, 42 ; sincerity in, noteth seriousness, ib. ; a hearty desire, 43 ; the prevalency of these affections, ib. ; a universal care to please God in all things, ib. ; persuasion to pray with our whole heart, ib. ; directions, 44.
For deliverance, should be accompanied with serious purposes of obed- ience, ix. 65 ; because this is the best expression of gratitude and thankfulness, ib. ; it is a sign the rod hath done its work, ib. ; it shows a true notion of deliverance as an engaging mercy, ib. ; a gracious heart desires deliverance for this very end, that he may be in a better condition to keep God's commandments, ib.
Secret, arguments for, ix. 68 ; all the precepts of prayer include closet prayer, ib. • God's end in pouring out the Spirit, that we may pray apart and mourn apart (Zech. xii. 10-14), G9 ; the practice of the saints, ib. ; our own private necessities, which can- not be so feelingly spoken to by others, ib.
Is oftener from our memories than our consciences, and oftener from our consciences enlightened than hearts renewed by grace, ix. 187.
A great stay in afflictions, xii. 225 ; the appointed means of comfort in distress, safety in danger, relief in want, and strength in weakness, ib. ; we know not what to pray for as we ought without the Spirit's enlightenment and direction, 226 ; the manner of this help and assistance, ib. ; the virtue of true prayer doth not consist in the number and artifice of words, ib.
A special means by which the Holy Ghost helpeth us in trouble and affliction, xii. 231 ; troubles are sent for this end, ib. ; a spe- cial means to ease the heait of burdensome cares and fears, ib. ; of acknowledging God as the fountain of our strength and the author of our blessings, ib. ; exhortation to prayer, 232 ; the prayers of the godly come from the Spirit of God, ib. ; the Spirit's gracious operations are specially manifested in prayer, ib. ; three
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things concur in prayer — the spirit of a man, the new nature, and the Spirit of God, ib. ; the manner in which the Spirit concurreth in the prayers of the faithful, 233 ; the necessity of this help and assistance, 235 : the order and economy of the divine persons re- quireth it, ib. ; that prayer may be proportionable with our other duties, ib. ; because of our irapotency, ib. ; and with respect to ac- ceptance, 236; cautions against abuses and mistakes in prayer, ib. ; not to be understood as if the matter and words of prayer were to be immediately inspired, ib. ; nor that we should never pray till the Spirit moveth us, ib. ; want of freedom of utterance no evidence of absence ol spirit, 237 ; all that pray graciously have not the spirit in like measiire, nor the same persons always in the same measure, ib. ; gifts more necessary when we join with others, but the spirit of most use when we are alone, 238 ; the kind of helps we have from the Spirit of God in prayer, ib. ; it is his office to quicken our aifections and desires, 239 ; the motions of the Spirit a help, but not the rule or reason of prayer, ib. ; cautions to be observed, 240 ; what kind of prayers come from the Spirit, 241 ; exhortations to the spirit of prayer and supplication, 242. Frayer, reasons why, when made according to the will of God, must be acceptable to him, xii. 257.