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'206 of fpeciall duties required in thankfgiving: Sixthly and laftly, our thankfgiving mull be for good and lawful' things: otherwife we go about to make God the authour of evil. 7i. Thank- fulneffe. CHAP. XX XVI. Speciall duties required in thanksgiving. Tile duties fpecially required in Thankfgiving . do concern either the manner how, or the time when,or the obje& for which we are to give thinks. For the manner, there are duties required both in the action it felf and out of ir, that is , before and. after. In the aaion there are duties required both in- ward and outward. The inward are Alf, Thankfulneffè ; and yapz, .Chearfulnelle. The former is required Co1.3. r 6.that we fhould fing Atli, with grace in our hearts. For xdpts and gratia do liignifie both the benefit and the thanks; as when we fay, xáp4S ,,etpty 7í46I, Gratia gratiam parit, A good turn begetteth thanks : And in this fenfe the word grace is ufed for Thankfgiving at meals. The grace therefore that is required in the foul is Thank - fulneife. For outward thanksgiving without inward thankfulneffe is counterfeit and hypocriticall. There is no doubt but that habende funtgrati e gum- we mull have thankfulneffe when, we give thanks. And as prayer is the expreffing of our defire, fo thanksgiving is the teflifying of our thankfulneffe. And therefore as they play the hypocrites which pray for that which they do not defire, fo likewife they