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x28 Memoir of
ment to reprobate goats" (Cambridge, 1664;
i2mo, 16o pp.); and in I666, the formervol-
ume having met with great acceptance, _ he
printed a second volume on "Abraham's humble
intercession for Sodom, and the Lord's
gracious answer in concession thereto" (Cam-
bridge, i666 ; i2mo, 349 PP-), from which Mr.
Newhall has made the following extracts:] m
" What is it to draw nigh to God in prayer ?
It is not to come with" loud expressions when
we pray before him. Loud crying in the ears
of God is not to draw near to God. They are
nearer to God that silently whisper in his ears,
and tell him what they want, and what they
would have of him. They have the king's ear,
not that call loudest, but those that speak
softly to him, as those of the council and bedchamber:
so they are nearest God, and have
his ear most, that speak softly to him in
prayer ....
"In what manner are we to draw nigh to
God in prayer? In sincerity, with a true heart.
* Mather, p. 5o9.
"_These sermons are preserved in the library of Geo. Brinley, Esq.,
of Itartford, Conn.