336 zoE pow fflano , famílp and Spirit of God, and not as a proud and arrogant (w) caviller or judge; nor as expecting Philofophy or curious words, inffead of the Laws of God for our falvation. 2. Read moff the New Teframent,and the moffi fuitable parts of Scripture. 3. Expound the dark and rarer paffages by the plain and frequent ones. q..Read fome Commentary or Annotations as you go, if you can. 5. (A) Ask your Pafror of that which you underfrand not. S. What mufp I do in Pnblicl`, Prayer, Praifes and Thanksgiving P. I. (y) Joyn in them earnef}ly with the defares and praifes of your heart. And be. Of Publick Ptay not a bare Hearer,; for that is to er, &c. be an Hypocrite ; and to feem to pray when indeed You do nor. 2. Do not peevifhly pick quarrels with the Prayers of the Church, nor come to them with humorfome prejudice. Think not that you muff (z fray away or go out of the Church, for every paífage that is difa orderly, unmeet, yea or unfound or untrue : For the words of Prayer are the work of man : And s hile all men are fallible, imperfeâ and finfúl, their prayers and, praífes and preaching will be like themfelves. And he that is the higheft pretender and the peevifhefr quar- reller, bath his own failings. if I heard him pray, (w) lt!íatth. 18. 3. (x) At 8. 28, 29, 3o, 31 (y) iChron.16.36.Neh.5. 13. 6 8.6. Ffäl. 1P6.48 (z) /inks 4.16. j.h. i8.29. r Cor.14. 1Cori t i. z6;25,26, 27, &C.6--- 14.33,6c. 3. it's
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