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T i$ of the outtvardgelures of the body in prayer: God is commanded, Ifai. 45.23. Pfal. 95. r, 2,& Rcafon. 3. Neither is it for nothing that the holy Ghoff, where mention is made of invocation , is fo care - full every-where almoft to fpeak of the voice of the mouth and gefture of the bodie. Yea, fo much he feemeth to efleem the outward worship, that as the figne many times is put for the thing fi- gnified, fo the voice of the mouth and gefture of the bodie are oftentimes put for invocation it felf5 as we (hall chew in the particulars. 4. Reafon. 4. The gefture and voice do greatly ferve to help both the attention of the mind and intention of the affections; as every mans experience can teflifie. In publick prayers they are alío good means to excite and ftirre up one another. Of the ge- In the outward worship to be performed in in- /lures which vocation we are to confider the gefture of the body ought to be ufed in pray- and the fpeech of the mouth: For neither of which can there any certain univerfall rule be prefcribed as neceflarie to be obferved aiwayes in private prayer. In publick prayer we are to follow the cu- ¡tome of the Church where we live, if it be without fcandal and fuperslition. For as there is command- ed inward unanimitie in the publick affemblies, fo alío outward uniformity: and to diffent from the Church in thefé outward things, being (as I Paid) free from fcandal and fuperflition , is fchifimati- call. Now the Church is to dire& it felf by the exam- ples of the godly recorded in the Scriptures, and pra1ice of the Primitive Church. Firfl forgefture: Concerning which thus much in generzll may be pre-

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