Matthew Poole and continuators on James 4:3
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James4:3
3 Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss , that ye may consume it upon your ‖ lusts .
He prevents an Objection, q. d. admit you do pray for the good things ye want; or, tho you pray for them:
Tho you pray for good things, yet you do not pray well, or in a right manner, not according to God's Will, 1 Iohn 3.14. and therefore ye are not to complain of not being heard.
You[illegible: 1 letter] pray for the things of this Life only, that you may have wherewith to please the Flesh, and gratifie your carnal Appetites, and so an evil end spoils good means; and while you would have God [illegible: 1 letter]erve yo[illegible: 2 letters] lusts, you lose your Prayers.
Marginal references: Joh 27.9. and 35.12. Psal. 18.41. Isa. 1.15. Jer. 11.11. Zech. 7.13.; Psal. 66.18. 1 John 3.22.
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