still says, “Nevertheless I will be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for theme.” We do not say that he never deviates from this method of conveying his mercies; for sometimes “he is found of them that sought him not, and known to them that inquired not after himf:” But the earnestness with which this duty of prayer is inculcated in the text, is of itself a sufficient proof that we are to expect no blessing without it. God would have us know, and feel our wants; and by opening them before