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136 whether a fet form of prayer may be u fed. f ciatis, as is mentioned in divers of their tit 1 es,tò the end that they might be fung in the congregati- on. More efpecially , the ninety fecond Pfalme was penned to be ufed on the Sabbath -day; and the hundred and fecond Pfalme is A prayer of (or for) the affitled when he is overwhelmed and poureth out his complaint be fore the Lord. But why may not a fet form be ufed Becáufe the faithful prayingin the holy Ghoft,as Jude fpeaketh y. 20. muff pray as they are moved by the Spirit, and not as they are provided beforehand. The affiffance of the Spirit is feen not fo much in helping our invention, ( The gift of invention or conceiving a prayer, is a gift of the Spirit, but a common gift, and not a proper grace ofthe fanc`lify- ing Spirit : for a man of a prefent wit and good fpeech wanting the fpirit of fandification may do much that way, efpecially if he be ffudied in Divi- nity ) as in thefe three; r. in rectifying our judge- ment, teaching us to ask that which is good for us, efpecially in time of alidion. For we being led by fenfe know not what to ask; but the Spirit helpeth our infirmities , and teacheth tbs to pray according to God,,,asking thole things which tend to his glory and our good. 2. His help is feen in inflaming our affe- &ions, teaching us to pray withfighs ein dgrones that cannot beexpref d, v. 26. And to the fame purpofe the Prophet Zacharie foretelleth , that the faithful by the fpirit of grace and fupplication (hall be mo- ved when they look upon him whom they have pierced, to mourn a one mourneth for his farIt -born fonne, Zech. t z. z o. 3. The fpirit of ,Idoption crieth in