John Trapp on Daniel 9:19

Ver. 19. O Lord hear, O Lord forgive] This was to pray, yea this was to ſtrive in prayer, Luk. 13.22. to ſtrive, as thoſe of old did, in the Grecian exerciſes; ſome whereof were with fiſts and batts: to ſtrive and ſtruggle, even to an agony, as the Greek word ſignifieth, and as the Lord Chriſt did, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Luk. 22.44. who being in an agony prayed yet the more earneſtly: he ſweat and ſweltered out, as it were, his ſoul, through his body in prayer. Be we now followers herein of Chriſt as dear children, and of Daniel here who is a worthy pattern to pray by. Cold ſuitours (who want the aſpiration of the ſpirit to pronounce Shibboleth) do but beg a denial.

O Lord hearken and do, defer not] This is coelum tundere, preces fundere, Tertul. miſericordiam extorquere, as thoſe Primitive Chriſtians did; to bounce at heaven gates,Beneficium ſe putabit accepiſſe, cum rogaretur ignoſcere. Ambr. orat. de exit. Theod. to tug hard with God, to wring the bleſſing out of his hands, who looks to be importuned; and counts it for a kindneſs to be asked forgiveneſs, as Ambroſe ſaith of Theodoſius the Emperour.