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4 The definition of Invocation explained. when the voice is ufed, as moll commonly it is Damarc. De Whereupon force define prayer to be ö,us,,i,s /sus oíthodoxa fade, rh.r. 7p3s 0E4 the fpeech or communication of the foul with ßa17 4 God ; others, áváxnv ç '7F3s Ozóv, the of ending of the mind unto God. In which refpeé the holy Ghoft calleth it the lifting up of the heart unto God, Pfal. z . . and the pouring forth of the foul before the Lord, Pfa1.62.8. i .Sam.1.15. As for that prayer which is onely the outward fpeech of the mouth without the inward of the heart, it is not a prayer in truth, but a meer lip - labour. For to call upon God in truth, is to pray with our fouls, and to call upon him with our hearts, to lift up our hearts and to poure forth our fouls before the Lord,as I fhall Phew more fully hereafter. But I adde , that it is a religious fpeech, to note that prayer is a part, and indeed a principali part of' that religious adoration and worfhip which we ow unto Cod: and confequently to teach us, that it is a dutie to be performed religioufly and devoutly, as intending thereby an holy and acceptable fervice unto God. So that true prayer is not a bare reading or recitall of any form of prayer without under- . flanding, without atfee`}ion,without devotion,with- out faith; but a religious fervice devoutly offered unto God out of an upright and pure heart, z.Tim. 2.22. Pfal.r19.7. The proper The proper nature of Invocation is defcribed in nature of In- the refs of the definition, conteining fix fubiilantiall vocation. points necefrarily required in all prayer, viz. REis, ,Quern, Cujus nomine,romodo, Cujus ope, De qui- buss that is, Who muff pray, Whom we mull pray unto,