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74 The Larger Catechiſm. God by reaſon thereof, being ſo great, as that we can have no Acceſs into his preſence without a Me- diator p: and there being none in Heaven or Earth appointed to or fit for that glorious Work but Chriſt alone q, we are to pray in no other Name but his only. p John xiv. 6. Iſa. lix. 2. Eph. iii. 12. 9 John vi 27. Hob. vii. 25, 26, 27. 1 Tim. ii. 5. r Col. iii. 17. Heb. xiii. 15. Q. How doth the Spirit help us to pray? A. We not knowing what to pray for as we ought, the Spirit helpeth our Infirmities, by enabling us to underſand both for whom, and what, and how Pray- er is to be made; and by working and quickning in our Hearts (although not in all Perſons, for at all Times in the ſame Meaſure) thoſe Apprehenſion, Affections and Graces, which are requiſite for the right Performance of that Duty f. f Rom. viii. 26, 27. Pſalm x. 17. Zech. xi. 10. Q. For whom are we to pray ? A. We are to pray for the whole Church of Chriſt upon Earth, for Magiſtrates y, and Miniſters w, for ourſelves x, our Brothren y, yea, our Enemies x, and for all ſorts of Men living a, or that ſhall live hereafter b, by but not for the Dead c nor for thoſe that are known to have ſinned the Sin unto Death d. t Eph. vi. 18. Pſalm xxviii. 9. v i Tim. ii. 1, 2. w Col. iv. 3. x Gen xxxii. 11. y James v. 16. Mat. v. 44 a 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2. b John xvii. 20. 2 Sam. vii 20 c 2 Sam. xii. 21, to 24. d i John v. 16. Q. For what things are we to pray? 4. We are to pray for all Things tending to the Glory of God, the Welfare of the Church f, our owng or others Good h; but not for any Thing that is unlawful i. e Mat. vi. 9 f Pſalm. li. 18. & cxxii. 6. g Mat. vii. 11. h Pſalm cxxv. 4. i 1 John v. 14. Q. How