Medicines for the Plague, Collection of sermons · Sermon 2
THE SECOND SERMON vponupon the inſcription. To him that excelleth. A Pſalme of Dauid.
THat I might proſecute that argument which I began the laſt day, as you heard, wee want not examples in the Scripture for the practiſe of this dutie,Example of thoſe that hauehave deſired others to pray for them. 1. Sam. 1.6. in the faithful ſeruants of God, men and women of al ſorts, who hauehave wel ſeene in how great need they hauehave ſtood of the prayers of others, and hauehave accordingly deſired the ſame. Hannah the wife of Elkanah a very godlie woman (as appeareth in her ſtorie) being barren, and thereby being vpbraided of her aduerſarie, was troubled in her minde, and prayed vntounto the Lord, and wept ſore, and ſhe prayed for a manchild, not ſo much for her ſelf, as for the glory of God (for ſhe vowed him vntounto God in her prayer):Hannah deſired Hely to pray for her. Hely the Prieſt ſitting in the Temple before her, and perceiuing her lips onelyonly to moue, but not hearing a word, thought ſhe had been drunken, and told her ſo: but ſhe ſaid no, and told him what ſhe did: then Hely prayed God to heare her prayers,Verſ. 17. ſaying, Goe in peace, and the God of Iſrael grant thy petition, that thou haſt asked of him: Then ſhe ſaid againe, Let thine handmaid finde grace in thy ſight: that is, I beſeech thee pray for me ſtill, as now thou haſt done, that God would grant me my petition: for what grace or fauour elſe could ſhe meane, ſeeing that in other things, as for the ill opinion hee had conceiued of her, ſhe had ſatisfied him before? and ſo God heard them both, as appeareth in the ſequell of that ſtorie. The Iſraelites alſo being in feare of the Philiſtims,So did the Iſraelites deſire Samuel to pray for them. Chap. 7.8. came to Samuel the Prophet, and deſired him, that as hee had prayed for them alreadie, ſo hee would not ceaſe to doe it ſtill; ſaying, Ceaſe not to crie vntounto the Lord our God for vsus, that hee may ſaue vsus out of the hand of the Philiſtims: and he did ſo, and the Lord heard him,Verſ. 10. and thundred with a great thunder that day vponupon the Philiſtims, and ſcattered them: ſo they were ſlaine before Iſrael. Here many ſeeke to one for his prayers, then much more may one ſeeke to many for theirs.
When Rabſhakeh was ſent by the King of Aſhur with a great hoaſt againſt Ieruſalem, and came vp to the walles of the citie, and ſpake blaſphemouſly againſt the Lord, and againſt his annointed: Hezekiah the King came into the houſe of the Lord, and prayed;2. King. 19.1. Hezekiah deſired the prayers of Iſaiah. and ſent meſſengers vntounto the Prophet Iſaiah, deſiring him that he would pray for them, ſaying, Lift thou vp thy prayer for the remnant that are left: and he did ſo, and God heard him for them, and the ſame night the Angell of the Lord went out, Verſ. 35.and ſmote in the campe of the Aſſyrians an hundreth, foureſcore and fiue thouſand. Paul alſo the Apoſtle (as we hauehave heard alreadie) deſireth the Romanes to pray for him, ſaying, Brethren, I beſeech you for our Lord Ieſus Chriſts ſake, Rom. 15.30. And Paul of the Romanes and Corinthians. 2. Cor. 1.10.and for the louelove of the Spirit, that yee would ſtriue with mee by prayer to God for me. And ſo doth he to that end intreate the Corinthians with theſe words: God hath deliuered vsus from a great death; in whom we trust, that yet hereafter hee will deliuer vsus, ſo that yee labour together in prayer for vsus. This holy man, who was often in prayer for himſelfe, and for all Churches, deſireth others to pray for him. Thus the beſt ſeruants of God, as they hauehave not neglected this benefit of prayer from their brethren, ſo they had the fruit and comfort of it in great meaſure: and truly if wee beleeue rightly the Communion of Saints, and that God hath appointed one to doe good to another by the graces that hee hath beſtowed vponupon them; why ſhould wee not thinke, that part of the communion conſiſteth in this, that wee communicate in the ſpirit of prayer, as well as in the ſpirit of counſell or of comfort: and that this way we may giuegive and receiue helpe one from another, as well as any other way? Hester that noble and vertuous Queene, who as it ſeemeth had vſed often to pray her ſelfe,Heſter deſireth the Iewes to faſt and pray for her. and with her maides, elſe ſhe could not hauehave promiſed that for them, which ſhe did; in a matter that greatly concerned the glorie of God, and the good of his Church, doth not onelyonly pray her ſelfe with her ſeruants three daies and three nights,Heſt. 4.16. and that with faſting, but doth deſire that all the Iewes that were in that citie would doe the like for her. So that ſometimes wee had need not onelyonly to deſire others to pray for vsus, but euen to faſt and pray for vsus.
The wicked hauehave bin conſtrained to deſire the prayers of others, and hauehave gotten great good by them.And truly the vertue and power of the prayer of one man is ſo auaileable for another, that the very wicked hauehave ſeene it, and been driuen to acknowledge it, and ſo hauehave deſired the ſeruants of God to pray for them, and hauehave had great benefit thereby. Then if the vngodly and prophane men of the world, who are not at all acquainted with prayer, yet hauehave thought that the prayers of others might doe them good; then they that know what prayer doth meane, and that hauehave accuſtomed themſelues to prayer, and hauehave obſerued the fruite of it in themſelues, may bee aſſured, that the prayers of others ſhall be of like or a great deale more force for them. If they whoſe conſciences tels them, that for their vngodlineſſe they are altogether out of Gods fauour, and ſo they had no heart to pray to him themſelues, neither had any hope that hee would heare them; yet hauehave had ſome hope, that God might heare ſome others for them, and ſo hauehave ſought vntounto them for their prayers: then how much more they, who liuing in a good courſe, hauehave hope that God is wel pleaſed with them in Chriſt, may be perſwaded that God will moſt willingly heare others for them, and ſo in great faith deſire their prayers? And to conclude, if they that are not of the Church of God, but are aliants and ſtrangers from it, hauehave been of opinion, that if any of the faithfull ſeruants of God in his Church would pray for them, that God would be mercifull vntounto them for their ſakes: then how much more they that are the true members of the Church of God may verely beleeue, that God will heare their fellow brethren for them? For as in a familie if ſtrangers can hope, that if ſome ſeruant of ſpeciall account doe ſpeake to the maſter for them, hee will doe ſome thing at their requeſt; then they that are of the ſame houſe may bee aſſured much more that the intreatie of their fellow ſeruants ſhall doe them much good: So in the houſe of God,Ephe. 2.12. if they that are ſtrangers from the couenant of promiſe, and hauehave no hope, and are without God in the world, yet thinke that his ſeruants ſhall be heard for them; then how much more may they that are of the houſehold of faith themſelues beleeue, that God will heare their fellow ſeruants for them, ſeeing that he hath not onelyonly giuen them leaue, but commanded them to ſpeake, and intreate one for another, and themſelues are ſuch alreadie, as hee meaneth to doe good vntounto?
And this is that that we reade of in the perſon of Pharaoh King of Egypt,Pharaoh often deſired Moſes and Aaron to pray for him. who though he could not abide Moſes and Aaron, yet when the hand of God was heauie vponupon him, hee was many times compelled to ſeeke to them for their prayers; and his owne conſcience did tell him, that the Lord might happely heare them for him, though himſelfe was vnworthie once to bee regarded of him. As when himſelfe and his land was puniſhed with frogs, hee called for them, and ſaid, Pray yee vntounto the Lord, Exod. 8.8.that hee may take away the frogges from me, and from my people: and afterwards, when they were puniſhed with great ſwarmes of flyes, ſo that the earth was corrupt with them: he ſaid, I will let you goe, Verſ. 28.that yee may ſacrifice vntounto the Lord your God in the wilderneſſe, but goe not farre away, pray for me: and thirdly, when the Lord ſent thunder, and haile, and lightning, ſo that the fire was mingled with the haile, he ſent, and called for them, and ſaid vntounto them;Chap. 9.27. I hauehave now ſinned, the Lord is righteous, but I and my people are wicked; Pray ye vntounto the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mightie thunders, and haile, and I will let you goe, and ye ſhall tarie no longer. Where at the laſt hee confeſſeth himſelfe and all his people to bee wicked, and to hauehave deſerued theſe plagues, but he prayeth theſe his ſeruants to pray to God for them, and they doe ſo; and at their prayers the Lord remoueth theſe ſeuerall plagues. Thus this wicked man when he was in the middeſt of his deſerued puniſhments, and had no heart in them to goe to God himſelfe, yet ſought to others that he was well perſwaded of, and receiued great good often by their prayers.
Ieroboam deſired the Prophet to pray for him when his hand was withered.So did that wicked man Ieroboam King of Iſrael (of whom it is often ſaid to his ſhame, that hee cauſed Iſrael to ſinne) when the man of God came out of Iudah (at the commandement of the Lord) vntounto Beth…el, where hee ſtood by his idolatrous altar to offer incenſe, and reproued for his idolatrie, and cried out againſt the altar; he hearing it ſtretched out his hand, and ſaid, Lay hold on him: but his hand which he put out againſt him dried vp, and he could not pull it in againe to him. Then the King ſaid vntounto the man of God,1. King. 13.6. I beſeech thee pray vntounto the Lord thy God, and make interceſſion for me, that mine hand may be restored vntounto me. And the man of God beſought the Lord, and the Kings hand was reſtored, and became as it was afore. So though he could not pray himſelf, and ſay, I beſeech thee my God, with hope that God would heare him; yet hee deſireth the Prophet to pray to his God, and thought that another might be heard for him, and ſo he was. Thus did Zedekiah King of Iudah, though neither himſelfe, nor the Princes could abide Ieremy the Prophet,Zedekiah deſired the prayers of Ieremy. neither did they reuerence him, or the doctrine that he deliuered vntounto them; for they would not obey the words of the Lord, which he ſpake vntounto them: yet when they were in great diſtreſſe,Jerem. 37.3. becauſe the Chaldeans did beſiege the citie, hee ſent certaine men vntounto him, ſaying, Pray now vntounto the Lord our God for vsus. Behold how the moſt vngodly are driuen to iuſtifie this holie ordinance of prayer, in ſuch wiſe that they are compelled to ſeeke to thoſe ſometimes for their prayers, whom otherwiſe they doe not louelove, neither hauehave any good opinion of, but rather hate them, and account them their enemies. Euen as thoſe in our time, who though they neuer cared for the miniſterie of the word, nor for the aſſemblies of Gods people, nor for his ſeruants, yet when they are in any great miſerie or feare, and lie at the point of death, are inforced to ſend to them, whom they neuer cared for in their life, and to intreate them to pray for them, whom they would neuer intreate for any thing before.
Laſtly, Simon Magus the Sorcerer heard Peter the Apoſtle iuſtlie denounce the fearefull iudgement of God againſt him for his ſinne; he fearing it,Act. 8.24. deſired Peter to pray for him; ſaying, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of theſe things, which ye hauehave ſpoken may come vponupon me. This wicked man, who of a long time had bewitched the Samaritanes with his ſorceries,And Simon Magus of Peter. ſaying that himſelfe was ſome great man, hoped that al that euill, which his ſinnes had deſerued, and which God had threatned againſt him, might by the prayers of his ſeruants be turned from him, and ſo hee eſcape them. Shall not wee then much more, who hauehave a deſire to pleaſe God, and to walke in his waies, hope that the prayers of others ſhall be auaileable, to turne from vsus al thoſe euils, which our own conſciences tell vsus we hauehave iuſt cauſe to feare, if wee ſeeke vntounto them for them? Let vsus then in the feare of God, and as we louelove our owne wealth, determine to practiſe this Chriſtian dutie much more than we hauehave done: and let vsus be heartely ſorie that for want of it we hauehave neglected our own good too much.What good we might hauehave gotten if we had ſought to others for their prayers. For many great things might wee hauehave obtained, many fearefull troubles might wee ſoone hauehave been deliuered out of: yea ſome grieuous things, that hauehave befallen vsus, might hauehave bin by the grace of God wiſely preuented, if we had ſought vntounto others, who might hauehave intreated the Lord for vsus. In which reſpect wee hauehave great cauſe to be ſorie,The great loſſe when the good die, whoſe prayers we had. whē the Lord taketh away any good mā or woman, for then we want ſo many that might ſtil hauehave prayed for vsus, and for the Church, and ſo wee are left the more deſtitute of helpe. And if wee ought to lament the death of thoſe, who hauehave been beneficial to vsus for worldly things, whoſe helpe wee ſee now that wee want to our great hindrance; then eſpecially ſhould wee be grieued, that wee are depriued of the comfortable preſence of thoſe, to whom in all diſtreſſes of bodie or minde, wee might reſort, and communicate our whole eſtate, as Dauid did to Ionathan, and might boldly hauehave deſired their prayers, and might with great facilitie hauehave obtained them for vsus.
Thus much for this part of the title, that this Pſalme being a prayer of the Church for Dauid, hee made it for them, and committed it to the ſinger, that he might take order, that it ſhould be vſed publikly, and ſo by vertue of it did require, that thus they ſhould pray for him. One thing more of Dauid is to bee obſerued out of the title, and the diſcourſe of the whole Pſalme, namely with what minde and purpoſe, or to what end he deſired their prayers. Not as purpoſing to neglect prayer himſelfe,Dauid in deſiring their prayers did not purpoſe to neglect prayer himſelf. or to grow any whit more ſlacke in it becauſe of that, and ſo to put off this as a burden from himſelfe, as one that had other great matters in hand, and ſo to commit it to them, that ſhould hauehave leiſure enough: As if hee ſhould hauehave ſaid, you know that I muſt goe out to battell againſt the Ammonites, and in warre wee ſhall hauehave our hands full, and our mindes taken vp eueryevery way, I ſhall hauehave no leiſure to pray to God there, though I know it to be neceſſarie, and would faine doe it; I would hauehave you therefore to pray for me; and ſo truſting to them ſhould neglect this dutie himſelfe, and ſo they might hauehave prayed very doubtingly for him: but that they might be the more willing to pray for him in this caſe, hee telleth them, and profeſſeth it openly, that he would pray to God himſelfe: and as he ſhould be in any ſpeciall trouble, ſo he would doe it much more earneſtly: and therefore he would hauehave them pray to God for him, that he would heare thoſe prayers of his.
So then in requiring this of them, hee did not leaue them in ſuſpenſe, to thinke thus, he willeth vsus to pray for him indeede, and ſo it is our bound dutie to doe, and wee will doe it; but wee cannot tell whether hee will vſe any prayer himſelfe, which if hee doe not, ours ſhall doe him the leſſe good. But as hee required their prayers, ſo hee bound himſelfe to the like practiſe,No more muſt kings when their ſubiects doe pray for them. and would hauehave them alſo to know it before hand, that ſo they might pray accordingly, that God would heare his prayers. So that firſt of all Kings and Princes be they neuer ſo great, muſt not ſo require their ſubiects to pray for them, that they ſhuld thinke it were not needfull for themſelues to pray at all, for they had enow that daily did it for them eueryevery where. And all others that deſire the prayers of their brethren, muſt not for that bee any one whit the more remiſſe and ſparing in their owne prayers: which is diligently to bee marked of vsus, becauſe it is contrarie to the common practiſe of the Church of Rome, and of diuers others. For the Romiſh Synagogue maketh Emperours, Kings,The practiſe of the Papiſts is otherwiſe. and great men to beleeue vponupon their credit, that prayer doth not ſo neceſſarily belong vntounto them, or to ſuch kind of men; that doth peculiarly belong to the Clergie, and Church-men, (as they cal them); they could pray enough for them, and for al the world, if they may be wel paid for their labours. Therefore if ſuch men as they will but giuegive ſome lands and reuenewes to an Abbey, or erect a Monaſtery, or ſome religious houſe, there to be prayed for, they ſhall hauehave ſo many continually to pray for them, that it maketh no matter though themſelues very ſeldome or not at al pray. This kingly prophet, or propheticall king was of another minde, and ſo ought all godly and religious not onelyonly Princes, but men and women to be.
But to leaue theſe men,And of ſome Goſpellers. and their religious practiſes to themſelues, we ſhall finde this corruption to be in ſome, that are not of the worſer ſort; that when they know that others doe pray for them in ſickneſſe, or otherwiſe, they can be contented to let paſſe their owne prayers now and then in hope of that, and to become ſomewhat remiſſe themſelues. But as Dauids deſire was here, not onelyonly that they would pray for him, but after this manner, euen that God would heare his prayers, which hee had and would make eueryevery day: ſo doth the Apoſtle ioyne theſe two very fitly together, and requireth them both of all men alike:Jam. 5.13.14. ſaying, Is any man among you afflicted? Let him pray: Is any ſicke among you? Let him call for the Elders of the Church, and let them pray for him: where he would hauehave al men to pray for themſelues in their ſeuerall afflictions, and to ſend for others, that they might pray for them likewiſe.We muſt not ſeuer our own prayers from the prayers of others. And as he would not hauehave them in ſome caſes to content themſelues with their owne prayers, but ſend for others to pray with them; ſo hee would not hauehave them paſſe ouer their owne prayers in hope of that, but begin with them firſt, and pray themſelues, and if they cannot that way preuaile ſufficiently, then to call for the aide of others; among whom it may come to paſſe, that the prayer of ſome one righteous man or other might bee ſo feruent, that it might auaile much for them. Therefore thoſe things which the Lord by precept, and by the practiſe of his ſeruants, hath ioyned together ſo neerely, let no man put aſunder.
Yet God heareth his ſeruants for thoſe that neither doe, nor can pray for themſelues.And yet we doe not denie, but that ſuch is the goodnes of God to all ſorts of men, to leaue them without excuſe; and that hee hath made ſo many gracious promiſes vntounto the prayers of his ſeruants, that hee often heareth them praying for thoſe, who neither pray for themſelues at all, neither can pray, nor hauehave any purpoſe to doe it. So did he diuers times, as hath been declared before, heare Moſes and Aaron praying for Pharaoh King of Egypt, & for his Princes, and for his people: all which had no purpoſe at all to ſerue God themſelues, neither knew how to doe it, but did hinder, as much as lay in them, his people from it: and as for prayer, they know not how to pray one word aright. So did hee alſo heare the man of God, that prayed for Ieroboam the idolatrous king of Iſrael, when his hand was dried vp, as we hauehave ſeene euen now; ſo that both theſe were deliuered from their ſeueral plagues that were vponupon them by the prayers of others, when they neither knew how to pray themſelues, neither had any deſire to learne. The like may be ſaid of the prayers of Abraham, which hee in great compaſſion made for the filthie wicked Sodomites,Gen. 18.32. that the Lord did heare him ſixe times praying for them, though they were ſo beaſtly minded, that they could hauehave no care to pray for themſelues.
Therefore though they, who in faith and louelove to their brethren pray for others, may hope to be heard for them, that doe not, neither can pray for themſelues at all: as the Iſraelites were willed to pray for the proſperitie of the King of Babylon in the time of their captiuitie;Ierem. 29.7. and Paul willeth the Church to pray for the Romane Emperours,1. Tim. 2.1. who were Heathen, and wee doe pray according to the will of God for the Iewes, Turkes, and all Infidels: yet they that deſire others to pray for them,But wee can hauehave little comfort in the prayers of others, if wee pray not for our ſelues. and looke for ſome benefit by their prayers, muſt be ſure that they pray themſelues for themſelues, otherwiſe they can hauehave little comfort in them. For euen as when wee ſtand in neede of the helpe of ſome great man, and hee not onelyonly pitieth our eſtate, but mindeth to doe vsus good, and therefore willeth vsus to come to him, and to make our eſtate knowne vntounto him, and yet we ſhould neglect to doe that, but goe and deſire others to ſpeake for vsus, and they alſo ſhould doe ſo; would not he ſay vntounto them, wherefore doth hee not come and ſpeake for himſelfe? Will he ſet other men aworke, and take no paines for himſelfe? And ſo many times their ſpeech for vsus, when wee refuſe to open our mouthes for our ſelues, ſhall not onelyonly not further our ſuites, but rather hinder them: where if wee did firſt intreate our ſelues, and then they come after vsus, or with vsus, they might greatly further vsus: So when wee come vntounto the Lord to make our requeſts knowne vntounto him in ſupplication and prayer, as hee calleth all men thereunto indifferently without reſpect of perſons, ſaying,Iam. 1.…. If any man lack wiſedome, let him aske it of God, who giueth to all men liberally, &c: and for all this in our great need we will not pray our ſelues, or not as wee ſhould, but deſire others to pray for vsus, and truſt only to that, it ſhal be ſaid vntounto vsus by the Lord, Why do you not pray your ſelues? I hauehave commanded you to call vponupon me in the time of your trouble,Pſal. 50.15. and I wil heare you, & deliuer you: whereas if we do pray earneſtly our ſelues, and others at our requeſt doe ſecond our prayers, the prayers of many, euē of two or three ſhal greatly preuaile & further our prayers. Thus wee ſee what intent and purpoſe we muſt hauehave whē we deſire others to pray for vsus, namely not to neglect our owne prayers becauſe of that.Dauid deſired the people to pray for him, and did pray himſelfe alſo. We hauehave a notable example of this euen in this Pſalm in ye perſon of Dauid, who deſiring many men, euen the whole church of God at Ieruſalē to pray for him, did not only himſelf in all his actions from day to day vſe feruent prayer, but openly profeſſeth it vntounto them before hand, deſiring them to further his prayers. So did that good King Hezekiah, when he was in feare of the hoſte of Senacherib, 2. King. 19.1.hee went himſelfe firſt into the houſe of the Lord, to pray to him for his defence: and then hee ſent meſſengers to the Prophet Eſay, Verſ. 4.and deſired him to pray for him, and for the remnant of the people that were left, and ſo he did:So did Hezekiah when he deſired the prayers of Iſaiah. and therefore it ſaid that both of them did pray, euen Hezekiah as well as Eſay, the King that ſent vntounto him, as well as the Prophet whoſe prayers were deſired; and he reſted not in this, that hee had ſent to the Prophet Eſay a man of God, who was well able and willing to pray for him and for all the reſt; for thus it is written, that when the Captaine of the hoſte of the King of Aſhur had ſpued out his blaſphemie againſt God, and againſt Hezekiah in the eares of the people; that Hezekiah the King,2. Chron. 32.20 and the Prophet Iſaiah the ſonne of Amoz prayed againſt it, and cried to heauen. So did the Apoſtle Paul not neglect to pray himſelfe for the obtaining of thoſe benefits, wherein he deſired the help of the Romanes, and of the Corinthians. For he thus writeth of himſelfe, God is my witnes, Rom. 1.9.whom I ſerue in my ſpirit in the Goſpel of his ſonne, that without ceaſing I make mention of you alwaies in my prayer, And Paul, when he craued the prayers of the Romanes and Corinthians. Chap. 15.30.beſeeching that by ſome meanes one time or other I might hauehave a prosperous iourney by the will of God to come vntounto you. And afterwards; Brethren, I beſeech you for our Lord Ieſus Chriſts ſake, and for the louelove of the ſpirit, that yee would ſtriue with mee by prayers to God for mee; that I may come vntounto you with ioy by the will of God. And to the Corinthians; We trust in God, that hereafter he will deliuer vsus, ſo that ye labour together in prayer for vsus. 2. Cor. 1.10.So that in both theſe places he inſinuateth thus much, that as hee had often prayed for himſelfe, ſo he would do ſtill, willing them not onelyonly to ſtriue, but to ſtriue with him in their prayers for him. For (to ſhew it in that compariſon which the Apoſtle vſeth) as if one ſhould bee ſtriuing to obtaine ſome great thing, and then ſhould deſire others to put to their helping hand, he would not giuegive it ouer himſelfe, and lay the whole burden vponupon them, but ſtriue ſtill with them; ſo did S. Paul here, and ſo muſt we doe. But the example of Queene Hester is moſt fit for this purpoſe,And Queene Heſter, when ſhe deſired the Iewes to faſt and pray for her. Hest. 4.16. who in that great and common calamitie of the Iewes, which Hamans malice had brought vponupon them, ſhee was determined to make ſuite to the King for them, ſhe commanded that all of them ſhould not only pray, but faſt for her, and that three daies and three nights: ſhe did not purpoſe to take any libertie to her ſelfe thereby, but ſaid plainly, that ſhe her ſelfe and her maides would doe ſo likewiſe. And thus when all prayed together, God heard them, and one of them for another; as the people of Ieruſalem for Dauid their King; the Prophet Iſaiah for Hezekiah and the reſt of the people, and the captiued Iewes for Hester the Queene, and her for them: ſo will hee doe one of vsus for another. So that if we daily giuegive our ſelues to prayer, and make conſcience to vſe that holy ordinance of God our ſelues, wee may in great faith and hope deſire the prayers of others. And thus much for him that made the prayer, whoſe name is prefixed in the title of it: now for them that vſed it, which was the Church of God at Ieruſalem, which is to be gathered out of the diſcourſe of the whole Pſalme: but I cannot enter into it at this preſent, I will reſerue it vntill the next day.