Downame - BV209_D69_G6_1640_v1

12 lteafons moving us to the dutie of prayer. to tts in all things that we call upen him or, 7. For it is no finali honour or a man to'havelfree acceffe to his prince who is made of the fame Lib. fie° ofand p mould, and to, have as we fay the kings eare. Mid .IZ °. maximum (,faith Chryfoftome) uó2 1 u ruffs at cum Deo colloquitur. uuant¢ autem dignit ci Dr s fit ho_ minem cum Deo mifiere firmonem, neminem latet That is the greateft priviledge, that whofoever prayeth talketh with God. And how great a digni- ty it is for a man to be admitted conference with God none can be ignorant. But it is not onely honourable unto us, but ( which is much more to be regarded) unto God himfelf : For hereby we affcribe unto him om- nifcience, omnipotency and all-fufficiency, infinite mercy and goodneffe, acknowledging him to be the authour and fountain of all good things. And therefore he preferreth the f criice of prayfi and of prayer, which are the calves of our lips, before the f criiiceofgoats and bulls; Pfal.5o. 8. ad 16. [For as touching the facrifice ofa broken and humble foul poured forth in prayer, the holy Ghofi tef}ifieth that the Lord efteemeth it in f}ead of all facrifices, Pfal. 5 r. 17. And for the other of praife, the Lord profeffeth Pfal. 50.23.He that ofereth or f cri- ficeth praife honoureth me. By prayer we glorifie God:for magna of Det' gloria,faith Auguftine, ut nos plots mendici ejus ; that is, It is the great glory of God that we are his beggers. But by prayling much more: for to prayfe God is to magnifie and glorifie him, and by thefe terms it is expreffed in the fcriptures. But