4. Wants to Be Bewailed

The grace which we must desire, is the spirit of grace and [reconstructed: supplications] (Zechariah 12:10), which is that gift of the Holy Ghost, whereby we are enabled to call to God for the pardon of our sins. A man having offended the laws of a prince, and being in danger of death, will never be at quiet till he have gotten a pardon: even so they which feel and see [reconstructed: their sins] having this spirit, are so moved, that they can never be at rest, till in prayer they be eased of the burden of their sins. A man may, I grant, babble and speak many words, but he shall never pray effectually, before he have this spirit of prayer to make him cry, Abba, father. For worldly commodities all can pray: but learn to pray for the want of Christ.