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of the duties to be performed after' prayer: '145 and put us out of hope to be heard. Wherefore the frequent exercife of prayer is a notable bridle to re- ílrain us from finne,whether you refpet that which is pail or that which is to come. For when a man is about to commit finne,let him call to mind his pray- er pafl; Am I that man who fo lately called upon God, making filch /hero of pietie, pretending a zeal of Gods glory in advancing his kingdome and doing his will? &c. or that which is to come; With what face can I appear before God guilty of filch offenres ? with what affiance can I lift up theft eyes unto God, that behold ,vanities ; theft hands unto God , that commit fuch pines? &c. Let us therefore with David ufe to meditate, If I regard wickedneffe in my heart the Lord will not heare me , Pfal. 66. i 8. following the advice of the Apof}le , 2.Tim.2.19. Zet every one that nameth the name of Chrift depart from ini- quitie. For, not every one that faith unto me, Lord, Lord, fhall enter into the kingdome of heaven , but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in hea- 'ven, Matth. 7. 2I. Ineffrcax eft petitio cúm preca- eypria r tur Deum fterilis oratio, i. fine operibus : Petition is uneffeduall when we call upon God with a bar- ren prayer, that is, without good works. And thus much of the manner of Invocation. Z. CbiAF.