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64 How we muff conceive of God in prayer. Object. But the Saints departed do pray for us, therefore we ought to pray unto them. `4»fw. It may well be fuppofed that the Saints departed do pray in common for the faithfull upon the earth, as fellow- members of the fame bodge. But they are not acquainted with particular perfons, or their particular wants or delires ; or if they were, yet it would not follow that we fhould pray to them, no more then we are bound to invocate religioufly the Saints upon earth, whom we know according to their dutie do pray for us. Augufl. contra Fauft.Ma- nich. Iib.2o.c.2l . Colimus martyres eo cultu dileóionis focietatis quo & in hac vita coluntur fant i homines, We worfhip the martyrs with that worfhip of love and focietie with which even in this life holy men are worfhipped. Notwithítanding the Papifts think this confequence to be fo ftrong, as they take it for granted, that if the Saints make interceffion for us rya Ipolog. we mutt pray to them : Infomuch that Bellarmine when he would prove againft our King, That invo- cation of Saints was taught by the ancient Fathers, in Read of that he proveth ridiculoufly the intercef- liion of Saints for us. CHAP. XIII. That we mull conceive of God in prayer as he bath revealed hiynfeelf in his word. Eeing then the Lord alone is to be called upon 3 religioufly, it remaineth that we confider how we are to conceive of God when we do call upon him; vi.,, not according to the frnfies of our own brain,