106 ~lofet::~~arer; ., good Jeref!Jiab knew not' that they had devifed de... vices againfl: him, but he reveals his caufe to God in prayer, and theq Ood fh~ws him their doings., and prevents t.heir arempts, Jer~ 11. 18, 19, 20. Saints Clofer-prayers may break wi<;ked mens Clofet.plots; Fall clofe then to this great quty. 9· Would you not be cond~mnea by 'the Heathens Chamber-Idola~ry ? Oh then, dqyou performCham– ber andCJofet-Duties: They had their [Divos penetrar lcs,orPenates]theirHou{hould-gods,andClofet-images, J:hey hadtheir [opertanea.,and tenebrofa fatra] their co– vered;vaped,an~ inyft~riousexe~cifes iti fecret places ; And the Jews borrowed fevera! Inyfl:ical rites.of the Heathens: hence we read in Ez..ek. -8. 12. ofChambexs . of Imagery, as the Pap~lfs at this day have their Cruci~ fixes, their petty..Chamber, Clofet~ deities, wher~ they 'drop thei.r Beads, anddo hornage to their Idols :-anq · ihall thefe in their blind fuperfiition condemn our irre- . ligion ?Shall it be faid ofadevour Philofopher, that in fomany.years he fpoke more with ~he gods than with men ?. And £ball it he faid of~ny of qs, that God (even the true qod) is not in all our thoughts_? or fo little in our lips; at leaft,in fecret foJemn addreffes to him? Let not poor ignorant Papifts out.firip us in Devotion: Since thereis fuch vafi: difference. · I · , 1 o. Would you not be fuitable to Gods difpeniati-' . ons? When the Lord our God puts us to filence, and · ~nto folitaty places,he expells that w~ thpuld vifit him there: Cttt~t.2. 14. Oh my Dove that art in the clefts ef the rock_, in the focret' place of the ftairs, i.e. in an af– ~ieted per(ecutedand de{olate c~rldition, Let me fee thy countenanGe, let nze hear thj vozce, i. e.~n the duties of 'Prayer,pr'life,~nd Gofpel-Ordinances: For then Wa4 her 1.Joice fweet, andcountenance comely; when theyarecaf.t ~ut, then doth God expect andentertain them : And ' fh~s adyantage haveG9qs chi~dr~n hadbyprivacy, into ' • • · ' ' •.· · · · · · • · · ' • • , I · · · w·hicb ! • • ~
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