8.4 <ltlofet~~~a-rer~ . thee, wbic;h mayonly denote frequency in the duty: so·me of thefe may feem extraordinary cafes: the or– dinar-y_feafons the Saints have taken Exod.. 29. 38, 39· have been· MorQing and Evenin/ , ~f~~~~: !: & 88 • 1 :· according to ~the lews iacrifi~e of~~ . ,, . - ' Lamb at thoie feaions. ;In the morningour fpirits arefre~ana lively: ·at evening we_may fin~ . the by~paft matters of the day, a fit occafion for Prayer and'Praife: it would do well to take If~t~ec'fl fea. fon for devotion; ev~n about fun-fer, or the fhutting·in of the day; but I fhall not too peremptorily impofe in then~ undetermined _circurnfi:ances, only take that gene ral rule, IPet·4·7· Watch unto Prayer: That's thethird. 4 · ,For the Voice, The articulate' found of words ·is not abfolureJy neceffary in Prayer, and it may .be not fo convenient-in Clofet~Prayer,' which fhould be :ma. ·naged privately betwixt 9'odand a mans own foul, ap· proving the heattto God·as. foie wicnefS of his fince·, riry ; except through fome exta~e and firong motion · ef the affeCtions, the foul's defires breakouc in the lips . beyond its firft inrencions : I know, Mr·1ohn Carter that eminent man ofGod, ·did purpofely ufe his voice ., · . . . . . in fecret Prayer for .rhefe rwo reaforis, ~r.Ctar.t 10 hiS I. Becaufehe found it an help to his afLtfe. • £ ..n. B r • · l te\..Ltons, 2. ecau1e tt was an exampe to his family : I muft not therefore lay any neceffiry in tbefe variable circumfiances, only I humbly conceive, it is moil: fuitable to t~e natureofClofet-Prayer, to pet'· form it fo as none elfe may take notice thereof: Give Wam, ut impudentis eft cla- me leave to menti~n a fe:v ~ribus firepere, tta contra paffages out of Cyprtan to thts 'cont:[uit ver~cundo . modefiis purpofe ·: ')'i~ a token of Un· prec'ifm.s._orayt : Jl...uia Deus : . , . . . _ ;11Dn_v_oci~,'ful co~dis ·auditor eft z Et Pauf~ pnfi, ~od Anna zn;P!l-!fJO R.egum lz.bro, · Eccleji~ typum portans, cujloazt & fervat: ~teDomJnrms · \ non·clamo[a petltiont, fed tacite & modtfl_e intra ipfas peflorz,s ltitebras pre.. eabatur: Loq~tebatur prtce oc,ultg, fed. maniftflafid-e: Cypr:. Str o~a~Dom.p.4o9,41o! manner
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