' ' 91 rable compendious rule.-ofPrayer youhaye in Mat. ·tf. ver.' 9· ~o v.I4·. And the rather becaufeit may 'feem ~~~ 'refer>chiefly ( tho~gh no_t '()nly ) to Clofet· .~evotion ; I '· wlia~ 1 fhalJ f~y to; it~ may be ~ pr~~i9al a~al-yling of it, · · in its teveral ,parts and ranches. . . ; ~ ) . ·For the preface,[Our Fatherwhich·art in Heaven,] Youmay thus make ltfe of it: . lnfinit~ ~nd F.ternall\1a· ·;~ff:)ri.,the Maker ofH~aven an~ ~·arth, who dwellefl' i[J ··t.ne \1;igheA: Heavens·., and _jn>rhe lowell ·hearts' who ~feeft ~aJl 't~irigs herebelow,.and ~.-c - a 'God t'bat heare~ ·iu1rers·; ''I a poor ~orm at. thy .foot-fiool, lookin~ ·-up:k> thetTfhrone of thy Grace; caft a_Farherly eye up- ~h·fue:; andf~ough' I be by Naturea ~pild ofwr~th~ ~iet thro.~gh Jefu_s' G,hrifl: inake me.-rhV_cl\Hd by .Grace ·and Adaption,-teacn, me ·.to cry Abba,~Father.;wirh holy t:e~e~enc~ an4 fil~al confiden~e, r~ife my·heart-tqHea..:. . 'yen~beget in me!'Faith.in'thy promife.s ,. lo~e to my·bre– lhren~ ·a:nd.due appreheilfi9ASOf thy Soveraign pow~~; •aJfd gr~cdqu$ C~rlQefef!U'tiOfi; jhat pta)lil1g by the .~elp 1 9ftljy 'Spirit~ in· die riame of thy Son, 1may ·:~bt~iri ·g~>da'· ~~ ! thy Fath~rly _lla-nds .- · Secoqd'ly, (or·the. ~e- ·~ct•o .. "•;~·~ (: ' ·~,t ..... ~~; ~J ~ ~. i..:; -lr.·, . 't i ~ ,~· l 'I>• ~~. . , .. . I l · t~ : 1' }~ · P~titition, [Hall~w;dh~ thj · N~e_me~] Thqs, 0 my rGo'd, I have dilhorio'urBd thee ' flU ·ifty d'\js by igno- : ·r~nce; pride, h~rd'nefs,ana unt~ankfulriefs,and I am·*n– ·apt and unable to glorifie thee;but do·thou glorifie thy felf in my cdn~rerfion .and falv:ation :' help me to know .~~d aqore·thee, to':make an' high acc'o~nt of thy tit~es, :~ttrib~:ites; · Q:rdinanses ; ·· to believe thy w()td, ,admir~ thy \vdr1fs,ili"mercy 'g{judgment : help me with fpi~i~ .t.~al · t~~u&h.ts ~~~o~ing .my holy :profe~OP~ . ~~eh, di:. .YlneJtps' lp~aktng good:· of thy· ~ame; .and a futtab!~ cofiy~rfatiop,to.waf~· tiefore ~he l!.brd : 1Holy Gad, de • .firoy~ A~hei(m~ :.Ignora_oce>; .I~olat·ry, ~nd~·Profanene!fs; ~agni}ie',thy Na~e: :~r~u~li t,he WJrld.;· ~~ ,dire~ ~nQ - dtfpofe an tlllngs to ilie advancement of thy gto ... ' . . r~
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