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Excerpt from Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Three Last Psalmes of David
I require thee not to hear me excusing myself as Adam did: The woman which thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.* I require thee not to hear me justifying myself as Saul did: I saved indeed the fat of the sheep, but it was for sacrifice.s I require thee not to hear me boasting myself as the Pharisee did: Lord, I thank thee I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers.6 I require thee only to hear me humbly praying as the publican did: Lord, be merciful to me a sinner 7 and this prayer, I hope, thou wilt vouchsafe to hear, and to let my cry come unto thee. I know thou hearest not as men use to hear; hear a supplication, and not regard it; or hear it, perhaps, and not able to help it; but thy hearing is always with a will to grant, with a power to effect; and with this kind of hearing, with this kind hearing, I humbly entreat thee to hear my prayer, and to let my cry c'ome unto thee.
But lest my praying should not prevail, behold, O God, I raise it to a cry; and crying, I may say, is the greatest bell in all the ring of praying; for louder than crying I cannot pray. 0 then, if not my prayer, at least let my cry come unto thee. But what cry P - an extension of the voice by loud speaking? Indeed, David in another place com mends loudness, as an excellent circumstance in praying.
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