Ye ask; he prevents an objection; q.d. Admit you do pray for the good things you want, or, though you pray for them. Ye ask amiss; though you pray for good things, yet you do not pray well, or in a right manner, not according to God's will, 1 John 5:14, and therefore ye are not to complain of not being heard. That ye may consume it upon your lusts; you pray for the things of this life only, that you may have wherewith to please the flesh, and gratify your carnal appetites, and so an evil end spoils good means; and while you would have God serve your lusts you lose your prayers.
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James 4:3
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.b