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o f the worfhip of the Body inprayer. ' z 7 foul. Now we are to fpeak of thofe things which are required in the body : For though bodily exer- cite being fevered from the inward worfhip is little worth, yet being joyned with the inward it is of fome moment. For where the Lord commandeth any duty or forbiddeth any finne,there alfo he com- mandeth or forbiddeth the fgnes and appearances . thereof; and therefore where he requireth the in- ward worfhip of the foul in prayer,as honorem faoii, the honour of the deed, there alfo he requireth the outward of the body when it may be convenient- ly exercifed, as honorem figni , the honour of the figne. Now our bodies and members thereof, as The Cigna they are the inftruments fo alto the indices and mani- of worthip fefters of our fouls : and therefore the lgnes of gái Y °"o b-c thole graces which we contein in our fouls muff expreffed (when theymay conveniently) be expref 'ed in the die ('. añd' body ; and that for thefe reafons : i. As at the firft reafon. s why; the Lord created and afterwards redeemed both our I. Rcafa+. fouls and bodies, fo muff we worfhip him in both, 1.Cor.6.2o. therefore where the worfhip of God maybe performed in both conveniently, both muff be ufed. 2. In the two firff commandments where the z. Reafon. Lord forbiddeth this outward worfhip which we call honorem (igni to be given to any other, there he requireth that it fhould be performed to himfelf, and he is jealous thereof. And fo in other places, as the yielding of outward worfhip to any other is con- demned,Ifai.2.9. Pfäl.44.2o. and the deniall there- of commended., Dan. 3. in the three children; r. Kings i8. 19. fo the performance thereof unto 13 God