12 <Uotet~~~arer~, larly in· this duty of Prayer, Gen. ·I8. 22, When tbe men, (i.e. the created Angels that feemed men ) were gonetowardsSodom, .Abra~amftoodyet before the Lord; or Jehov~th, i.e. Jefus Chrtfi, , the Angel of the Cove 4 nan't. Sranaing is a praying pollure, therefore pur for prayer; h~nce Abrahamdrew pear and pleaded with God for Sodom: That was his errand to God at that time. No doub~ he had uied this cour,!e frequent- ,. ly in other cafes : Hence arofe that intimacy be- . twixt God and Abraham : ' So that . f]en. I S• 1 2 • Chat! God talked with him came to 1 ~ 7· 3· hitn ; ~nd he again dif~ourfed fa{. miliarly , wit-h God. · · 2 .. Ifaac., the fon of the Promife~ a very contempla– . i1JiV tive man, therefore 'cis faid, Ge~. Lncut/4$ eft ort, vel 24. 63. Th~Jt Ifaac went out, !O meds– forde co.gita;vit; pro- ' tate it~-, the field at even-tide. T~e .Pr~e fignificat,_ [ub.- · word fignifles as well to Pr,ay as Me~ · mtf{a.voce lo9m, utodirare, ·tis likely he did both in fome nantu. r!· W l·k . h h I f~d . 10 1 tary a , w ere. e conver e withhis God. The Chr:rldee rranOates it by praying·;~~t the Gree/zby ex.erciftng himielf, i.e. both in meditatiqn . and pray-er :· And truly there is anear affinity betwixt · ~hefe two fw'eet duties, and 'tis· ufual for a devout foul to fall .out of rne one into the other) in its retirem.ents. Soliloquie in the heart helps to acol- · t f_.()ctu precibus ubiq; lcquiewith Gnd :· But here obferve . commadus; maxime· in y , flHitudhu, ubi fe'tf'is l{aac's or~tory,which he had in the ' de p~is medita.tionifield, whic,h he uied for mere priva– ! bus min~s qvocantur. cy;, Th~re (faith Pareus) he contir · Pareus tn loc. nually poured out Prayers to_G9d. .; ·· and at this time moreearAeftly 1 for the happy fuccefs of '. his feryant; · a fing~lar exa~J?le ?f p!ety :. A pla,c~ it !f \\'as eve,ry way fitfor Prayer,eipectallytnfohtude -~}f,re bthe fenfes are lefs drawn off from pioas meditations: ,: $qme thin~ h~ wa~ returning fr9.~ hi~ qevo~io~~, · .I . . - .. ~
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