, . . Q <tlJ~illiau ~utr~· s 1 not without dangerous facriledge rob him of either: · Befides., obferve it, there is both7vidence and affiJlance . in the bodies humble gefture; · 1-t ts an help to make you hutnble, a!ld 'tis a fi~n that you are h~~b~e : But' on the contrary, an unfuttable fite and poft~ton of the body in 1 Gods. fervice, is a. ~ad. ugn of an unhumbled foul, and . huiders humthatton : . · h h b { , Cogztemus, nos foll Th.erefore t oug Y?U e never 0 con[pellu Dei flare : fohtary,yet remember, yout Father ·placendum eft Divini!. inHeaven f€es you.lherefore(asCyocu!is & habitu. tf)r– P!ian exhorts) l~t us confider/ .we . poru & mod~ vocu: Rand under the prefence 'ofGod ,and Cy~. Ser~. m Or1.t. . feek to ·pleafe the Divi~e ey~s, both Dom. P· 409 ' · · in the habit of our body, and manner of our voice : Think of this Rule. · 3. For the Seafon. The Apo£He faith, P~ay continu– ally,or without ceafing; yet there are fome (as it were) , ·Canonical /hours of .Prayer, wherein aChrHl:ians difcre– .tion mull: interpofe : only in this cafe, take .thefitteB: feafons for fecret Prayer, .as Vfhen you are moll: at lei... fure from worl~y bufinefs, moft fre~ from company, leaA: in danger of drouzinefs : Oh Chrillians, if it be poffible, put not off your fecret devotions too long., .till you go to. bed; then you are fitter for reft and fieep than for wre£Hing \Vith God on your knees : And then., for the frequency., no certain rule can be given ; Da11id ·and Daniel prayed three times a day, morning,n1on,andnight: Noon time DPfanl. S6 S· 17· h fi h h h . h Ifc· a · • •o· · was t e txt our, · w tc was a o . atime o~Prayer, (AU.r o.9 ~) others alfo obferved the ninth hour, which was three a clock ~ D H. n · · h c ( ' Aa · . ) C . r. am. prit""' Ctt~ m.t e a.rern?on, ..nc-.,-·. 3• ! . ·. erl. 3 • .sea. 2 • p. 2 7 4 •. · tatnly the thtrd hour,"· e. ntne •n the · · · ~orning,wasa.n hour ofPray~r, ( AEl_. 2. IS.) and fo was evening, fix atnight, fay fome. Daw'd adds_a fe.; venth iaP[11l~· Il9· I 64-. $e~en timtl 4 d~t,1 W~!l I prA;fo ' -
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