The Power.
The Belief of God's Power and All-sufficiency, is a second Reason to pray unto him. It were to no purpose to make a Petition to One who is not able to bestow what I desire. For be
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The Belief of God's Power and All-sufficiency, is a second Reason to pray unto him. It were to no purpose to make a Petition to One who is not able to bestow what I desire. For be
the Will never so ready, yo•• where Ability is wanting, th•• Petitioner is never the nearer t•• obtain his Request. But seein•• God is my Father, he canno•• want Will; and seeing he is a so my King, he cannot wan•• Power to give what I ask him Now seeing that the Bowels of Father, and the Arm of a Kin•• are both in him to whom my Sup¦plication is directed; I not onl•• may, but justly ought, to rel•• upon him for all things necessar•• for this Life, and the Life t•• come. And when I fail t•• place my whole and final De∣pendance on God, instead o•• honouring, I reproach him, when I acknowledge his Power.