a <ItlJ~ifttau ~Ut!; &HJ to the remembrance of thee. Cy· Cogitatio omnu[tcu- . laru & carnalis fr– cedat, nee quicq11am tunc animus, q.t~am id [alum cogitet quod precatur: ideo & fa– cerdos ante Or .t.tio~ nem prttfatione pr~-miffo, parat fratmm mentes,Dicendo,Sur– fum corda, et durtt rejpondet plebs,Habe– m/.16 ad Dominum,quo admoneamHr nihil ali– udnos,quamDominum cog#are debere. Cyp. Serm. de Orat. Dom. P· 246•• ·an faith, .Every tecular thought mufr depart, and the mind J11Ufi: be taken up with nothing but what we are about : he tells, the pratl:ice of the Church in his time was., that the MinHl:er beforePrayer, prepares the peoples mind, faying [Surfum corJa] Lift up your hearts, and they an· fwer [Habemmad Dominum] We have them up to the Lord: whereby, faith he, we are admonHhed, that in Prayer we muft think of nothing but the Lord: What.the MinH\:er faid to the People, do you fay to your felves; [_Sur(am cord~e] lift up your hearts: Let every one1ay, I am now wor!hipping an Heart-fearching God, Oh that my hearc were with God. The AnAjcenfrJ6 mmtis ad cients(faith Luther) finely defcribed Deum. Luth. Colloq. Prayer to be an aCcent of the mind my~.fol. 2 39· to God: Oh that I did experimentally know, wh~t this means in Syntaxi, i.e. in coupling and joyning of my heart to God. Lord, gather in my roving and wan– dring fpirit: This is the firft direction, Mind the frame ofyour hearts. 2. Implore and expeff the Spirits affifta13ce: Prayer mufl: be by the Spirits inlarging influence; hence it is called the Spirit of grace and fupplih · · · h l · fi . · b Zec • 12· 10. catt~n: tt e.. ps our tn rmtttes Y Rom. 8• 2 6. maktng our iouls to cry out, Abba, Father., with unutterable groans : A ChrHHan fho~ fpread the iails of his foul for the gales of Gods grace whichwill carry theprayingSaint apace towards G~~' yeaand reach the ear of God, for he knoweth the mtn f 4 0
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