XXXVII. A Prayer Containing the Memorial of His Providence, and an Enumeration of the Various Benefits Afforded the Saints by the Providence of God Through Christ.
Thou who hast fulfilled Thy promises made by the prophets, and hast had mercy on Zion, and compassion on Jerusalem, by exalting the throne of David, Thy servant, in the midst of her, by the birth of Christ, who was born of his seed according to the flesh, of a virgin alone; do Thou now, O Lord God, accept the prayers which proceed from the lips of Thy people which are of the Gentiles, which call upon Thee in truth, as Thou didst accept of the gifts of the righteous in their generations. In the first place Thou did respect the sacrifice of Abel,1 and accept it as Thou didst accept of the sacrifice of Noah when he went out of the ark;2 of Abraham, when he went out of the land of the Chaldeans;3 of Isaac at the Well of the Oath;4 of Jacob in Bethel;5 of Moses in the desert;6 of Aaron between the dead and the living;7 of Joshua the son of Nun in Gilgal;8 of Gideon at the rock, and the fleeces, before his sin;9 of Manoah and his wife in the field; of Samson in his thirst before the transgression;10 of Jephtha in the war before his rash vow; of Barak and Deborah in the days of Sisera;11 of Samuel in Mizpeh;12 of David in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite;13 of Solomon in Gibeon and in Jerusalem:14 of Elijah in Mount Carmel;15 of Elisha at the barren fountain;16 of Jehoshaphat in war;17 of Hezekiah in his sickness, and concerning Sennacherib;18 of Manasseh in the land of the Chaldeans, after his transgression;19 of Josiah in Phassa;20 of Ezra at the return;21 of Daniel in the den of lions;22 of Jonah in the whale's belly;23 of the three children in the fiery furnace;24 of Hannah in the tabernacle before the ark;25 of Nehemiah at the rebuilding of the walls;26 of Zerubbabel; of Mattathias and his sons in their zeal;27 of Jael in blessings. Now also do Thou receive the prayers of Thy people which are offered to Thee with knowledge, through Christ in the Spirit.
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Gen. iv. ↩
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Gen. viii. ↩
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Gen. xii. ↩
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Gen. xxvi ↩
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Gen. xxxv ↩
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Ex. iii ↩
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Num. xvi. ↩
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Josh. v. ↩
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Judg. vi., viii. ↩
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Judg. xiii., xv., xvi. ↩
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Judg. xi., iv. ↩
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1 Sam. vii. ↩
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1 Chron. xxi. ↩
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1 Kings iii., viii. ↩
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1 Kings xviii. ↩
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2 Kings ii. ↩
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2 Chron. xviii. ↩
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2 Kings xx., xix. [Curiously enough, the chronological order, according to the best recent authorities, is that indicated above; the sickness (2 Kings xx.) preceded the invasion of Sennacherib (chap. xix.). Monumental evidence confirms this view.--R.] ↩
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2 Chron. xxxiii. ↩
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2 Chron. xxxv. Cotelerius conjectures "in his Passover," instead of "in Phassa." [A very probable textual emendation.--R.] ↩
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Ezra viii. ↩
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Dan. vi. 16. ↩
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Jonah ii. ↩
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Dan. iii. ↩
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1 Sam. i. ↩
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Neh. iii ↩
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1 Macc. i.,. etc. ↩
