Quest. 1. HOw oft or how long must we perseuere in prayer,* 1.1 before we giue ouer?
Answ. Noe certaine and stint time can bee limitted. Some things are continually to bee prayed for as long as we liue, namely those things which wee stand in neede of all the daies of our life, whether they respect soule or bo∣dy, and those things which shall not bee accomplished so long as wee liue; as a ioyfull resurrection and eternall sal∣uation. These are to bee prayed for in our ordinary pray∣ers continually. Other things for which especially perse∣uerance in prayer is needfull, require a more particular and present answere of God, as a temptation, sicknesse, or any distresse which hangeth ouer our heads, or lieth vpon vs, or such blessings as we stand in present neede of: these are to be prayed for till wee obtaine our desire, as Iaakob would not let the Angell goe till he had blessed him: or till wee haue some better thing in liew thereof, as Paul