· · ThefocondComm11ndement~ 7S {ecming the cxercife in hand. As the Publican, in confeffing his finAe,de<.lared hi5 thame and forrow>bycafiing downe his countenance,and fmitioghimfelfe on the breaH,Luk.x8. . . 1 3.So in prayer we are commanded toHfc vp our hearts and our hands to God in hcauen,Lam. 3•41. An examp1~hereofwe haue·in E~ra,who fell on his knee6,and fpread out his hands vnto the Lord, E~...a.9.5. This reuerence hclpes V$ : greatly againfi our owne infirmities, and edifies other that behold vs, as Stflomo11 is faid to Hrerch out his hands be.:. fore all Ifrael,t.King.8.zz. and it tellifieth our care toglorifie GoJ in our bod1es,as we are commanded I .Cor.6.2o.It js written of s~tr/mon, that whenBathfheba came vnro him, notwithfbndingin dignitie lbe was his inferiour, and_ then· a petitioner tohim, yet he rofefio'tn his throne,and 'bowed· himfelfe vnto her. Much more therefore ought wee that are worfe th:?n nothing,to fi1ew al humtliry and modellie when we ·appeare before the Godofall glorie,whofe iudgements we haue fo many times dcferued. . Now other mcanes_are Jeffc ordinarie :as firfl, falling, Th~vfeof h • h• b f'. d h • ' I" d1 fa{b.na• w tc ts to e v1c tot e tntent,tnat we may more 1oun y.. o humble our felues before God,and be reconciled vnto him. And this is then fpecially to be practifedJwhcn we would be / freed from fome iudgernent ofGod, that wee either feele or feare; orelfe obtairie fome fpeciall bleffing. that wee doe Le~c.t,. earneAly defire. It was €ommanded in the Law once cue- ~9 23 ' 27 rie_yeereeo bee exercifed, that they might bee better ac- . quainted with ir, and haue a perfect recoL1ciliation wit.h God. . A feco·nd ldfe ordinarie n1eanes of Gods worfl1ippe, is vowes 1 vowcs: which are tobevfed on fpeciall occafions, when ei- ~C!::~ tobe ther to flrengtheo our felues againtl fome fin, or the better to performe fome dutic; wee doe binde our co·nfcience to · auoid all occafions that may draw vs to the one, and to vfe all thegood meanes tha.t.may furthe·r vs ·to the other~: . :. ~ third, is Lots, which(i5 apart'ofGodS: wodhip, · to-bee Lott. . Y~ed in matters o(weight,t.O the decidingof~doubtsianden.. dmgof.fidfe and .contention. An_cxainple of.whichwee baue,Aas.I.whcrc being to chufe an Apoflleinbt.JM flead; ' .. F and
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