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z Zc of thegefures of the body in prayer they were to turn into the weft ;and to pray towards the eaft, turning their backs towards the temple,was a fault, Ezek. 8.16. Daniel , when the edict was given againfl prayer, wentinto his hotff, and his ,vin- dows being open in his chamber towards l'eruf falem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day ,andgave thanks before his God as he did aforetime, Dan. 6. I o. And this was firft intended in the building of the temple and placing of the ark there , r. Kings 8.29,30, 35, 38, 44, 48. where Solomon by the fpirit prayeth, that if any being abfent from the temple Mould pray towards it, they might be heard. The ancient Vide Damaf. Chriftians prayed towards the eafl : Damafcene Zee orthod. faith, Traditionem efJè Apoflolicam ut ad orienteur con- fide, lib.4. eap.13, verf precensur, That it is an Apof}olicall tradition i. Praying that we fhould pray turning our felves to the eafl. towards the And to that end the Churches were built eafl and raft. weft. In which refpeCt we are in publick prayer to conform our felves to their praetice, putting no fu- perflition therein. But in it felf the thing is inditf-- rent which way we turn our (elves; becaufe God who is in heaven is every -where prefent,and heaven it felf is every way alike diflant from us ; and Chrift our Saviour, to whom we are to turn in our prayer as the Jews to the temple, is afcended into heaven, and thither are we to direet our prayers, as the Jews did to the temple. Stand;ng. 2. Standing : For that is a token both of reve- rence and of fervice: as 2. Kings 5.25. 1. Sam. 16. 21,22. I.Kings lo.8. Job 29.8. Dan. 1.4. Pfal.135. 2. and 134.2. This gef}ure is ufed by Abraham, Gen.18.22,23. & 19.27. Jehofhaphat,2.Chron. 20.5.