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Commentary on Joel, Amos, ObadiahTranslator's PrefaceCalvin's Preface to JoelJoel 1:1-4Prayer Lecture 38Lecture thirty ninthJoel 1:5Joel 1:6-7Joel 1:8Joel 1:9Joel 1:10Joel 1:11Prayer Lecture 39Lecture fortiethJoel 1:13-15Joel 1:16-17Joel 1:18Joel 1:19-20Prayer Lecture 40Joel 2:1-11Prayer Lecture 41Joel 2:12-13Joel 2:14Prayer Lecture 42Joel 2:15-17Joel 2:18-19Joel 2:20Prayer Lecture 43Lecture forty fourthJoel 2:21Joel 2:22Joel 2:23Joel 2:24Joel 2:25Joel 2:26Joel 2:27Joel 2:28Prayer Lecture 44Lecture forty fifthJoel 2:29Joel 2:30-31Prayer Lecture 45Joel 2:32Joel 3:1-3Prayer Lecture 46Lecture forty seventhJoel 3:4-6Joel 3:7Joel 3:8Joel 3:9-11Prayer Lecture 47Joel 3:12Joel 3:13Joel 3:14Joel 3:15Joel 3:16Joel 3:17Joel 3:18-19Joel 3:20Joel 3:21Prayer Lecture 48Lecture forty ninthAmos 1:1Amos 1:2Amos 1:3-5Prayer Lecture 49Lecture fiftiethAmos 1:6-8Amos 1:9-10Amos 1:11-12Amos 1:13-15Prayer Lecture 50Amos 2:1-3Amos 2:4-5Amos 2:6Amos 2:7Prayer Lecture 51Lecture fifty secondAmos 2:8Amos 2:9-12Amos 2:13Prayer Lecture 52Amos 2:14-16Amos 3:1-2Amos 3:3-8Prayer Lecture 53Lecture fifty fourthAmos 3:9Amos 3:10Amos 3:11-12Amos 3:13-14Prayer Lecture 54Lecture fifty fifthAmos 3:15Amos 4:1Amos 4:2Amos 4:3Amos 4:4-6Prayer Lecture 55Lecture fifty sixthAmos 4:7Amos 4:8Amos 4:9Amos 4:10Amos 4:11Amos 4:12-13Prayer Lecture 56Lecture fifty seventhAmos 5:1Amos 5:2Amos 5:3Amos 5:4-6Amos 5:7Prayer Lecture 57Lecture fifty eighthAmos 5:8Amos 5:9Amos 5:10Amos 5:11Amos 5:12Amos 5:13Prayer Lecture 58Amos 5:14Amos 5:15Amos 5:16Amos 5:17Amos 5:18Amos 5:19Prayer Lecture 59Amos 5:21-23Amos 5:24Amos 5:25-26Amos 5:27Prayer Lecture 60Amos 6:1Amos 6:2Amos 6:3Amos 6:4Amos 6:5Amos 6:6-7Prayer Lecture 61Amos 6:8Amos 6:9Amos 6:10Amos 6:11Amos 6:12Amos 6:13Amos 6:14Prayer Lecture 62Amos 7:1-3Amos 7:4-6Amos 7:7-9Prayer Lecture 63Amos 7:10-13Amos 7:14-15Prayer Lecture 64Amos 7:16Amos 8:1-2Amos 8:3-4Amos 8:5Prayer Lecture 65Lecture sixty sixthAmos 8:6Amos 8:7Amos 8:8Amos 8:9Amos 8:10Amos 8:11-12Prayer Lecture 66Amos 8:13-14Amos 9:1Amos 9:2-4Amos 9:5Amos 9:6Prayer Lecture 67Amos 9:7Amos 9:8-9Amos 9:10Amos 9:11Amos 9:12Prayer Lecture 68Lecture sixty ninthAmos 9:13Amos 9:14Amos 9:15IntroductionObadiah 1:1Obadiah 2-4Prayer Lecture 69Lecture seventiethObadiah 5Obadiah 6Obadiah 7-8Obadiah 9Obadiah 10-11Prayer Lecture 70Obadiah 12-14Obadiah 15Obadiah 16Obadiah 17Obadiah 18Obadiah 19-20Obadiah 21Prayer Lecture 71Joel · Chapter 1Joel · Chapter 2Joel · Chapter 3Amos · Chapter 1Amos · Chapter 2Amos · Chapter 3Amos · Chapter 4Amos · Chapter 5Amos · Chapter 6Amos · Chapter 7Amos · Chapter 8Amos · Chapter 9Obadiah · Chapter 1Addenda to HoseaAddenda to JoelAddenda to Amos

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Prayer Lecture 45

Prayer.

Grant, Almighty God, that as we are now surrounded on every side by so many miseries, and as our condition is such, that amidst groans and continual sorrows, our life could be hardly sustained without being supported by spiritual , — O grant, that we may learn to look on the face of thine Anointed, and seek comfort from him, and such a comfort as may not engross our minds, or at least not retain us in the world, but raise our thoughts to heaven, and daily sell to our hearts the testimony of our , and that though many evils must be borne by us in this world, we may yet continue to pursue our course, and to fight and to strive with invincible , until having at length finished all our struggles, we reach that blessed rest, which has been obtained for us by the blood of thy only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.