LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight; and Hezekiah wept sore. Jer. xvii, 17. Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

Mark xi, 24. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

INTERCESSION.

THE RULE.

Mal. i, 9. And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.

Eph. vi, 18. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

1 Tim. ii, 1. I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men.

Exod. ix, 29. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S.

Exod. x, 18. And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

Num. xii, 18. And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

1 Sam. 1, 17, 18. Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and

did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

Job xlii, 9, 10. So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zopliar the Naamathite, went and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also acceptedJob. Andthe LORDturned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Dan. ii, 17, 18. Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiab, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish

with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

2 Tim. 1, 3, 4. I thank God, whom I serve from ny forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy. Philemon 4. I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers.

THE EXCEPTION.

Jer. vii, 16. Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

Jer. xi, 14. Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Jer. xiv, 11. Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

1 John v, 16. . . . There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

INTERCESSION REQUESTED. Exod. ix, 28. Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Exod. x, 17. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

1 Sam. vii, 8. And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

Jer. xxxvii, 3. And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaselah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray

now unto the LORD our God for

us.

Acts viii, 24. Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

INTERCESSION.

FOR MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL. Matth. ix, 37, 38. Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Rom. xv, 30-33. Now, I beseech Christ's sake, and for the love of

the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service wid I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with y be refreshed. Now the God of

peace be with you all. Amen.

2 Cor. i, 11. Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persita thanks may be given by many o our behalf.

Eph. vi, 19, 20. And for me that utterance may be given unto m that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery d the Gospel. For which I am u

ambassador in bonds; that there in I may speak boldly, as I ough to speak.

Col. iv, 3, 4. Withal praying al for us, that God would open t us a door of utterance, to speak

the mystery of Christ, for sh

I am also in bonds. That I m make it manifest, as I ought speak.

1 Thess. v, 25. Brethren, pr for us.

ren, pray for us, that the word d 2 Thess. iii, 1, 2. Finally, b the Lord may have free co and be glorified, even as it is wil you; And that we may be d livered from unreasonable a wicked men: for all men have a faith.

Heb. xiil, 18, 19. Pray for us: f we trust we have a good co science, in all things willing ? live honestly. But I beseech p the rather to do this, that I m be restored to you the sooner.

FOR SAINTS.

2 Chron. vi, 41. Now there arise, O LORD God, into the re ing-place, thou, and the ars LORD God, be clothed with sal thy strength: let thy priests !! tion, and let thy saints rejoice goodness.

Ps. x, 12. Arise, O Loan; 0 Gol lift up thine hand: forget not th humble.

Ps. xxxvi, 10. O continge loving-kindness unto them thai know thee; and thy rights ness to the upright in heart

Ps. xl, 16. Let all those t seek thee rejoice and be glad thee: let such as love thy salva say continually, The Lob magnified.

unto us, and bless us, and Ps. lxvii, 1, 2. God be mer his face to shine upon us. S upon earth, thy saving That thy way may be k among all nations.

Ps. cxix, 79. Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

Ps. cxxv, 4, 5. Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Acts xx, 32. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

Phil. i, 3-5. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy. For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until

now.

Col. i, 9. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understand ing.

1 Thess. ii, 10-13. Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at

the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

2 Thess. i, 11, 12. Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power.

That the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

FOR FAMILY, See under FAMILY.

sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us..

Num. xiv, 17, 19. And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

Num. xxvii, 15-17. And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, which may go out before them, and which may go in before them.

Deut. ix, 19, 25, 26. (For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord Gon, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

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Deut. xxvi, 15. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given

us, as thou swarest unto

Our

fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

1 Sam. vii, 5. And Samuel said, Gather all israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

1 Chron. xxix,18. O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee.

Ps. xxviii, 9. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for

ever.

Ps. lxxiv, 2, 3. Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations, even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Ps. lxxix, 8, 9. O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

Ps. lxxx, 1, 2. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest

Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save

us.

Ps. cvi, 4, 5. Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory

with thine inheritance.

Isa. lxiv, 9. Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

IN PUBLIC DISTRESS.

Ps. x, 1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Ps. XXV, 22. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Ps. xliv, 23-25. Awake, why sleepest thou, O LORD? arise, cast us not off for ever. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the dust, our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

På lx, 1, 11, 12. O GoD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. Give us help

from trouble: for vain is the help

of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Ps. lxxiv, 19. O deliver not the Soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

est them with the bread of tears; Ps. lxxx, 5, 6, 14, 15. Thou feedand givest them tears to drink in

great measure. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies laugh among themselves. Return, we beseech thee,

O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

Jer. xiv, 19. Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Lam. i, 19, 20. I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. Behold, O LORD, for I am in distress; my bowels are troub

Ezek. ix, 8. And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? Daniel ix, 16. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy

mountain......

FOR VICTORY.

Judges v, 31. So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty

years.

1 Kings viii, 32-34, 44, 45. Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: Then

hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

2 Kings xix, 19, 20. Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth

may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to

Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I

have heard.

2 Chron. vi, 24, 25, 34, 35. And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned againt thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house: Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to

2 Chron. xiv, 11. And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

wilt thou not judge them? for we 2 Chron. xx, 12, 13. O our God, have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

not man prevail: let the heathen Ps. ix, 19. Arise, O LORD; let be judged in thy sight.

P8. xvii, 7. Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

O God: command deliverances Ps. xliv, 4, 5. Thou art my King, for Jacob. Through thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

P3. 1x, 9, 10. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead Wilt not thou, me into Edom? O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies.

Ps. lxxiv, 22, 23. Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Fs. lxxix, 10-12. Wherefore should the heathen say. Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thyservants which is shed. Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; And render into their bosoin, their reproach, unto our neighbours seven-fold wherewith they have reproached thee, O LORD.

Ps. lxxxiii, 1, 2. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo,

thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Ps. cviii, 10-18. Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edon? Wat not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, ge forth with our hosts? Give help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

made war with the Hagarites, 1 Chron. v, 19, 20. And they with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hard, they cried to God in the battle, and all that were with them for and he was entreated of them because they put their trust in him.

Judah looked back, behold, the 2 Chron. xiii, 14-16. And when battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the pets. priests sounded with the tru

Then the men of Judah gave a shout: aud as the men d Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and al Israel before Abijah and Judah. And the children of Israel de! before Judah; and God delivered them into their band.

salvation, and in the name of our P3. xx, 5. We will rejoice in thy God we will set up our banners the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

EARNEST DESIRE OF BEING HEARD.

2 Chron. vi, 20, 21, 28, 29, 36-41. That thine eyes may be open tipos this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven and when thou hearest, forgiv If there be dearth in the land. I there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of thet land; whatsoever sore, or whatso ever sickness there be. Then wed prayer, or what supplication so ever shall be made of any m every one shall know his or or of all thy people Israel, whet sore, and his own grief, and sha spread forth his hands in this house: If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with

them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off, or near; Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done

amiss, and have dealt wickedly; If they return to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity,whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Neh. 1, 5, 6. And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: Let thine ear

now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

Ps. xx, 14. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee. Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion. Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burntsacrifice. Selah. Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Ps. 1x, 5. That thy beloved may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and hear me.

IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER.

Exod. xxxiii, 17. And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

Deut. ix, 14, 15, 19. Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. For I was afraid

of the anger and hot displeasure | wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.

Deut. x, 10. And I stayed in the mount, according to

the

first

time, forty days and forty nights;

and the LORD hearkened unto me

at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.

1 Sam. xii, 23, 24. Moreover, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way. Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

2 Chron. xv, 13, 14. That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and 'with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

Job v, 8. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause.

Ps. ix, 10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

Ps. xxvii, 8. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Ps. lv, 16. As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall

save me.

Ps. Ivii, 1, 2. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusteth in thee; yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. Ps. cvi, 23. Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Ps. cxxi, 1. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

unto all them that call upon him, Ps. cxlv, 18. The LORD is nigh to all that call upon him in truth.

acknowledge him, and he shall Prov. iii, 6. In all thy ways direct thy paths.

Lam. iii, 25. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Ezek. xxii, 30, 31. And I sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge, and

stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed their own way have I recomthem with the fire of my wrath: pensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezek. xxxvi, 37. Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

Amos v, 4, 6, 7. For thus saith the LORD unto the houseof Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth.

Gen. iv, 26. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Gen. xili, 4. Unto the place of there at the first: and there the altar, which he had made Abram called on the name of the LORD.

2 Chron. xx, 4, 5. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court.

Neh. ii, 4. The king said unto me, For what dost thou make request, so I prayed to the God of heaven.

Ps. xxv, 1-5. Unto thee O LORD, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

LORD; and unto the LORD I made Ps. xxx, 8. I cried to thee, O supplication.

all ye that fear God, and I will P3. lxvi, 16, 17. Come and hear, declare what he hath done for my soul. I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

Ps. cxvi, 4. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Ps. cxli, 1. I cried unto the LORD with my voice: with myvoice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.

Isa. xxxvi, 14, 15, 21. And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria.

Jer. xxxii, 16. Now, when I had delivered the evidence of the

purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying.

Dan. vi, 10-14. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a-day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Then they came

near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of Itons? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Then answered they, and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a-day. Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he

before God.

Job xxvii, 10. Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will be always call upon God?

Ps. x, 4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Ps. liii, 4. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

Ps. lxxix, 6. Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not

known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name: For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling-place.

Isa. xliii, 22. But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Jer. x, 25. Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

FORBIDDEN BY HUMAN LAW. Dan. vi, 7-9. All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors,

thence thou shalt seek the Leg thy God, thou shalt find him!! thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and a these things are come upon thee. even in the latter days,if thou tur to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice.

2 Chron. vii, 13, 14. If I shut up heaven, that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to de vour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves. and pray, and seek my face, a turn from their wicked way then will I hear from heaven, heal their land. will forgive their sin, and wil

unto God, and he will be favou Job xxxiii, 26. He shall pray able unto him; and he shall se render unto man his righteous his face with joy: for he ness.

Ps. xxxii, 6. For this shall thee in a time when thou maye every one that is godly pray RT be found: surely in the floods great waters they shall not ecce nigh unto him.

Ps. 1, 15. And call upon me thee, and thou shalt glorify me the day of trouble; I will deliver

desire of them that fear him: Ps. cxlv, 19. He will fulfil th also will hear their cry, and F..

save them.

unto you.

Jer. xxxiii, 3. Call unto me, and

the sun to deliver him.

Zech. vii, 2. When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the

LORD.

Acts i, 13, 14. And when they were come in, they went up into an upper-room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Sinon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the

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together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of decree, and sign the writing, that lions. Now, O king, establish the it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.