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of the Payee in prayer. 127 that infrument by which we are to fet forth Gods glory. Moreover, as the geflure of the body fo much more the voyce of the tongue doth ferve both to flirre up the affections of the heart and alto to con - tein the cogitations from wandring about other matters. And of fuch moment is the voice in pray- er, as that firfl the voice, or cry with the voice, is put fometime for the prayer it felf, 1. Sam. 7. 8, 9. Pfal.66.17. and 77. 1. and 142. 1. Secondly, the holy Ghoft in many places where he fpeaketh of in- vocation is careful! to mention the voice ; as in the places even now cited out of the Pfalmes, and elfe- where, as Pfal.71.23,24. and 119.171. my lips fall utterpraifi. For which caufe prayer and prayfe are called the calves of our lips, Hof.14.2. Thirdly, Da- vid prayeth, Lora', open thou my lips, and my mouth fliall fbew forth thy praifi, Pfal.5 1.14,15. But here we muff alwayes remember, that with our voice we mull lift up our hearts to God, and that the cry of the voyce muff proceed from the cry of the heart:For the Lord refpeáeth the heart; and if the cry come not from thence he will not heare it, Hof. 7. 13,14. no, though men íhould cry loud in his eares, Ezek.8.18. The voyce ufed in prayer is either inarticulate,or articulate. The inarticulate is that which is uttered in figh- ing,groning, and weeping: Ior the children of God many times do bell expreffe their delires by fighs and grones and tears : The which proceed from an humble and fervent fpirit, and are wrought in us by the