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of the mariner of prayer. be performed not onely in the action it Pelf, but alto out of the action, that is to fay, both before and af- ter. In the ation of invocation the duties refpecling the manner belong either to the internall form or externail. The former are the inward duties of the foul, the latter the outward fpeech and gefture of the bodie. 8x words quantitie. Unto the fpeech referre qualitie. voice. In the foul we are to confider what is required That our fail in generali, and then in particular. In generali beathe rye h it is required that our invocation be a fpeech of the of the foul. foul : and therefore as I Paid in the beginning, fome define prayer that it is Y.12 tx s ; cos O.v, that is, the communication of the foul with God : Others, that it is cif/41/4-m cis v4 ,F02,4 036vß that is , the afcending of the mind unto God. David expreffeth his pray- er to be a lifting up of his foul unto God,Pfal.2 5. r. and 86. 4. and elfewhere he calleth it a pouring 1'f21.6z.s. forth of the foul before the Lord ; as Anna alfo fpeaketh, i. Sam. I. 15. So that true prayer is not the lifting up of the voice, of the eyes, or hands alone; but a lifting up of the heart with the hands unto God that is in the heavens, Lam.3.41. To the fame purpofe in the Scriptures we are directed to pray in the heart, Col. 3. 16. and in the fpirit, that is, the foul, Ephef. 6. 18. to pray with the whole heart, Pfal. 1 r 1. I. that is , with an upright heart, Pfal.1 19.7. with unfeigned lips, Pfal. r 7.r. in truth, that is , in finceritie and uprightneffe of heart, Pfal. 145.18. G The