Verf.3, -PRoVP. B S: 93 Inaration, to hefpeake a bleflïng, and. deale with the Lord before-hand, as often as thouMalt haze acceiTe to any of his holy Ordinances: Co thou fhaltnot'neede ro flat d in doubt how thou fhalt fpeede in reading the Scriptures, and hearing ofSermons, in partaking of the Sacraments, and fuch like exercif°s; if thouperforms thy dude in callingvp- on him,hee will not Earle of his good.nelle to profper thy (eruices. But heelooketh silo to b,,as it were, put in mince of his mercies and protnifes, by ranting ofthy fuite for the fruit and good cfgfcd ofhis Ordinances, when the cxercife thereof is ended. How pleating a thing it is to him, to rime his Promifes, his Precepts,or any Doc`frine deltuered by his miníflerie, wrapped vp, and recited to him in Prayer by the hearers, that they may be beleeued and obeyed, and in all things duely obferued. Reproofe ofthem that eyther come without hope,or.de. fire of any grace or future good,_into the fanetuarie and prcfenceof God, or elfe prefume vpon the- fufficicncie of their owne judicious-mindes and ingenuous difpoltions,to vnderf1and, beleeue,apply, remember, and doe, that which is fpoken vnto them, that they neyther addreffe themfelues to heare theword,norfeeke affiflance to keepe it,by private prayer in their owne places, nor ioyne with the M inifier or People in publike petitions and thankefgiuing , before or after theSermon in the Congregation. So farce are they from cryingor liftingvp their voyces; that it is tedious to them to lift vp hands or eyes, or tohowe the knees,or to be held fo long in the Church amongothers that performe there duties. Many indeede conforme them- [clues to the example of others, but with a bodily geflura onely, and glad they are to heare e%finen, and the` Prayer ended, which they haue no part in, becaufe they.neyther, bowed downe their hearts, nor rayfed vp their delires, nor brought their foulcs into Gods pretence with 'their- lrc4,_ r ren. Verfti;._ Zo F
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