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1. HE doth answer many times in giving the very thing we ask, So Solomon did ask wisdom, and the Lord gave it. So Hanna prayed for a Son, and the Lord gave her a Son: So also Acts 10. 30, 31. Dan. 9. 19, 20, 21. Acts 12. 13, 14.
2. The Lord doth answer the prayers of his people in giving them faith to believe, and patience to wait the Lords leasure, till he doth give the mer∣cy prayed for, So Heb. 5. 7. 2 Cor. 12. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
3. The Lord doth many times answer our pray∣ers, although he doth not give us the very thing we ask, but a better in the room of it, Gen. 17. 18, 19. Psalm 35. 13.
4. He doth answer our prayers many times in giving as full Satisfaction to the soul, in the absence of the mercy prayed for, as if it had received it: Hab. 2. 3.