SECT. 5.
Obj. VVHy doe you endeavour to reclaime them if you can have no other?
Ans. They can doe no other during the time they are in their
Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht
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- Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht
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- Spittlehouse, John.
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carnall condition, but I hope the Lord hath many amongst them* 1.1 who belong unto him (albeit under that vaile of ignorance) whom my desire is to disswade from their errours; for other∣wise I am confident that it is no more possible for a Camell to passe through the eye of a Needle, or to make Hell, Heaven, then to reclaime the other, whose desperate resolutions are so appa∣rently manifest.
Now contrary to this Naturall man, there is a Spirituall man,* 1.2 who is of a quite contrary minde, and opinion, for whereas the carnall mans judgement is, that Prayer although invented by another, if but read over by them, or any other, is sufficient for the Service of God (as indeed it is to that God they worship) the Spirituall man he is of another judgement, for he saith, that true prayer is that which is dictated to the minde, by the Holy Ghost, and so maketh prayer the voyce of Gods owne Spirit, which ariseth from the regenerate part within us, being quick∣ned, and inlarged to pray, from the immediate help of the Holy Ghost, and such prayers (say they) are only acceptable to God, and no other.
Now to know whether of these opinions retaineth the truth, it* 1.3 is requisite to have them to the touch-stone of truth, viz. the Word of God, which is able to convince all errours, and to make them appeare in their naturall colours; to which purpose the Apostle Paul is very pertinent in his Epistles, as in Rom. 8. 26. where he speaking of the act of Prayer, (or ••ather the Spirit of God in him,) saith, That the Spirit helpeth our infirmities, and that we know not what to pray for as we ought, but that the Spirit it selfe maketh intercession for us with sighes, and groan••s which are unutterable; which he doth also thus further illustrate in the 27 ver. viz. And he that searcheth the heart knoweth the minde of the Spirit▪ because he maketh intercession for the Saints, according to the will of God.
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* 1.1
The d••spera••e resolutions of some Cava∣liers.
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* 1.2
The Spiritual mans humour in point of Prayer.
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Of the Spirit of God in prayer.