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Here follow sundry most effe∣ctuall Prayers for distressed men, howsoeuer their trials conti∣nue or increase.
When thou saydest, Seeke my face, my heart answered, Thy face, O Lord, will I seeke,
IT appeareth by this resolution of godly Dauid, that hée was moued by the Spirit of God in his troubles, to séeke aide from aboue, and not in the Earth; of God, and not of Man. And to the end that Dauids true affection which he bare towards the good of all Posterities, and especially the loue of God towards his Children, might be recorded to their perpetuall en∣couragement, it is continued euen vnto vs, that wée that are euen now afflicted, should sée, and as in a glasse behold the good will of God, wherein hée willeth vs to séeke his face: which importeth a most swéet encourage∣ment, that all men troubled should séeke aide at God, who to the end that