l" Pfai. • 1 , . feafo~; certai~Jy he miffed S5 7 mornmg and n,1~ht for fuch devo en : He went to the top of the flat- roofc houfe, v.; · was a private place; and equivalent to a Cloier; ' t Pet er prayed,and in that prayer he fell into a trance, in that trancehe had aVifio'n concerning the calling ih · theGentiles,agloriousmiil:eryand tran Rom. I6. ~ 5· fcendent mercy towards us poor Col. 1. 26, 27. · 11. 11 h' h k r. Eph. 2. 4 , 6 • . . cans, a myueryw tc · .was ept 1ecr ·fincetheworld begao,htd from ag~san gener~tiot?s; this bleffed myftery . that the Genti!e iQouldbefellow-heirs., andof the fame body:). and p~ir kers of his promife.in Chrifl: by the Goipel; yet th1 tr~nfcende.n.t defi8n o~ love was manife~ed t~ a ~hoi Apoftle ~.vhtle he was tn the perfonnanceofthts duty fecret Pr3y~r: This is very remarkttble, and worthob· fervation. 10. The laft In~~nce.is ofour bleffed Saviour, o dear Lord Jeius was very converfant in ~his -Du.ty~ I. 35. In the mor:ninl, rifingup· ~great whilebefore da .he went ottt and departed into a folitary.place,' ~nJ. there prayed:OurpreciousRedeemer went aboutdoing g<> and the day time heufually fpent in preaching, conf ring, healing difeafes, &c. And thenight he fpent · prayer, meditation, and fuch,other holyexerciies: h•d icarce time to eat or fleep for doing his Fathe work; he fpent not one mom<;nt of time unprofitabl in above thirty years : I-Io\v ear~y doth he' rife, earnefily dorh he follow his bufinefs for commun with his Fathe~, / and for the work of our redemption Yea,Lu/z.-6. 12. He/contin~tet}all night in prayer to God . · i.··e. _in\a mountain, in 1ecret P -ftlat. 26 • 36 • ' and freCi}uently eHewhete we -find hitn alone, and iq this work t andwherefore all this? Was it not principally for ou:r fakes? For ialvation, and imitation? :Y.es certainly, he .. "'.u... ~·~
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