, ,g ~IJ~jtlia,. Jr!>ut~; 4~ that t~e very _Maje!l:y and holinefs of ~he place w.here God l'S worfhtpped, :betteretheven o.ur noliefl and beLl: aClions ·: Thus ht:~ To whom -we · ·· , · · dare not fubfcribe ; b~t rather f~y Confet. -~ifh Har~...) w1th Dr. John Reinoltis, that to us t-8~ Chriflians n() Land is ftringe, ~o. ,, lVls 4: pac.. 491 • .groundunholy~ Everycoaft is 'Jewry, everytow~ 1e– rufalem., and every houfe, Z ion ; an~ ~very fait~hfuJ .company, yea e~ery faithful body·, ··~· Temple to ferve G d. . . ·- · o m. \ But ~ fhall not undert~ke a difpute up~n thi~ fubjeCl : T'Q,e duty of the Text clears ir, If God com.maqd aQd ~cc~pt Cfofet-Prayer then be doth not .make fq gre'a~ a ,matter of theplace for thisduty as fame imagine,fince it can»dt be imagined that Clofet-Prayer can be pe:r– formed ordinariiy in aconfec~ated_place(as theyca_ll it;) and there beingno fuch place where a duty can be per– formed, to whichGodbath more exprefly promifed ~ ' .reward, than what is:performed inaCo.rner or Clofe.t; a-nd therefore we have nowarrant toexpeCt acceptance meerly upon the account of ot~e place more than an.. other. . , ' · · sEc ~ T. n. , , Tht Natur'e of Praye1·• . ' y •.• ' ' '2.'· ~ ]Em~yhencebe informed concerning the na-. · VV . ture, ufefulnefs, exceBency, and efficacy of the duty of Pray,er ·: I fpeak not now of Prayer in ge– ~neral, but in reference to Clofelt-Pr.ayer. An~ 9n t~at account there are two Confectaries hence, concerntng Prayer. . . , . I · -- • 1. It follows,that Prayer is an tmm·ediate worfh1p of . ' God : For what,bath been{aid, fhews that we have to do immediat.ly ~.ith God, yea that aman alon.e fingly , , o 4 hat
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