. Cafes ofConjcience. 61( . Aoaine the Spirit is fatd to pray m thcEieCl, A bur 111 them all, weernufl haue regard,that \ w[!bg'l'tJ~nrtth.rtcanr.ot bevrrr.rcd; andytJtth.e they-fcruc 01lway·ro cxprcJfe rhe humihua holy Gho!lgiues them the name ofprayers, of our hearts before God. Thus haue the Rom.S.z6. Paul biddttsvs prayconli>,aiiJ, 1. holy men of God behaued thernfclues ; yea, Thcii 5 . 1 7. whichisnottobevnderfloodof rho holy Angels Clandmg beforetheArke, oconunuall v[e ofaforme ofwordes, but of doe couer their faces,in token ofreuercnce of rhc groanes attd Gghes ofthe heart, which rheMaieCiie.ofGod,Efay G,2, Thirdly, wee mAy be madearall times. muUm publ1ke prayer, content ourfcluesto • O~t ofrhis~eCiion arifeth another; follow the la~dable faOJion, and cuflorneof . Whether it bclawfull,when wee pray, to JhatpartJcular Church,where weare.For ro •f'adeafer forme of prayen for fume thinke, decline from coflomes ofparticular Chur- ·,hatro docfo isa finne. ' . ches, in fuch cafes,oft<n caufeth fchifmeand l A4; It is no Gnne:but aman may lawfully, dtlfentlon•. and with good confcience doe ir. In priuare prayer, done in priuateand feReafons. F1rO, the Pfalmes ofDauid were eret plac;es,there JSUJOrehbertJe. FormJtw~ deliuered tot he Church ,to be vfed and read mayvf<aliy geCiure, foit be comdy and dc- ·inafecforme of wordes, and yetthe moO of B cenr,and(crue to exprclfc theimvard humilirhem are prayers. Secondly, to concciuea t1~ofour h_ca_rrs.Anaunciell[writerisof~pi~ forme ofprayer, requires gifts ofmcrnoric, m~n, that Jt IS a~vnrcuerent, and vnb.wfull knowledoe, vtterancc, 2nd thegifts ofgrace. •hmg,to pray Gttmg But bothrhc learned beN oweue~y child and feruanrof God,though tOrc,Jn, and after h1s time,haue iudgcd Jus ohehauean honcfl hem, yet hath hee not all pi111onfuper!litiouslfpeciallycoliJetingtl>ar thefeg,lcs: and therfore in the want ofthom, Religion Clandsnotin the outwardgefiureof may lawfully vfe a (et forme ofprayer, as a rhc body,and itskils not much whatthat is,(o man that bathaweake backc,or aJamclegge, the inward humtlitie ofa liocercheart beexmay leane vpon acrutch. prclfcd thereby. It is alkaged,that[et formes ofprayer,doe s.a. 3• limit and bind the holy Gho!l, A n[. Ifwe had a porfect meafure ofgrace, irwer<fomewbat, butthe graces ofGod arc waakeaudfmall inv•. This is nobindingof the Holy Gholl, but ahelping ofthe fpirit, C which is weake in vs ,byacrutch toleancvp– on: therefore aman may with good con(cJ– cncc,vpun defectofmemorie and vrtcrancC', &c.v(e a{et forme ofprayer. s.u. 2 . Thcfccond CJtcumfbnce, is theGcCiure. Concerningwhich it is demanded, what kind ofgcflure u ro bee v-fcd in prayer~ whether kneelmg, Handing, fitting,or the holdingvp the bands or head tohcauen, or bowing the bod1ero the earth~ An(. Godinhisword hathnotprefcribed any p•rricular geOurcofthe bodie,and thcr– fOre our confctenccs are not bound ro any particular. BeliJestbat, Reli~ioh Clands not D properly mbodilyaCl10ns and geCiures. Yet touchingge(iurc, rhc word of God giucs cer– ramc general! rules to be ob!t:rucd inprayer, both publikc andpriuaJc, In Pubhke prayer, rhcfc rulesorGcCiure areprcfwbed. F~tfl, when publ1kc prayer is made in the congregation, ourgcCturc muil alwaws be comely,modell,and dccent.Sec6d· ly,all ge(iurevfcd pubJJkely,mufl [erue to ex– prctiC,asmuchas may be, rhemward hum lit· rte of rhe heart without hypocrific Now thcfc kmds are manifOld. Some conccrne the whole bodic, as tbe bowing chereof, theca– Clmgoft t downc vpon the ground. Somca1 gatne conc.:!rne the parts of che bod:c, as ltf– tlngvpofr!1c head, the cies, the hands, bo\\· ing chc knces,&c. Touchtng thcfc,tbe Scrip· .tuoc hath n. ...c bound \<"S w any p.:HtiC~Jlars; I . ·--·- The third Circumllance, is the Place. VVhere ~eCiion is made,ln whatplacewe mull pray I An(.In regardofconfcicnce, holi– nclfc,and religion,aiJ placesareequal, &alike in the new TcCiamenr, Once the comming of Chrifl.The houfeorrhe field is as holy aschc Church.And ifwepray in eitherofthem,our prayer is as acceptable to God, as that which is made in the Church. For now thedaics are come, that were foretold by the Prophet, whereinacl••neojfcring nwuld bee offered ro Godinmerypl.c•,Mal. 1.1 I.whJchPaul ex– pounds, I.Tim.>. 8.ofpure and holy praier, offered to God in cuery place. To this pur– pofe, Chrill fa id t0 the woman ofSamaria, That rh~'rim! (hoHidcomf, whm thryfooflld 'lOt worfoip i1J [eru[alem , or inSamaria, h11tthetrue "'or(hippmo[God.fh•uld worfhtp him infpirit & intmth,where(ocuer ir be. Yer neuerrheletfc, for order,dccency,& qUJetnelfc fake, publike prayer mufl bee made ia publ1ke places; as Churches and Chappcls appointed forthar vfe. And priuate praicr,in priu:ue lJOu[esand clofeu,Marh.G.5. Nowrheopinion of the Papifl isotherwJ[e. For hethinksrhatin the newTeaament, hallowed churches are more holy then other places are,or can be;and doe makethe prayers offered ro God in thE,more accepJablctohim rhen in any other; & here– upon they teach, that priu,tc men mufl pray in Churches, and priuate prayers mull bee made in Churches, if they will haue them heard. For proofe hereof, they alleage the praCl.fe of fome particular perfons in the Scn plllrcs. O fAnna, who prayed pr1Ually in rhcTemplc,Luk.>.J7• OfDauid whom his exile, delired greatly rohaucrcc~urfe vnro rheTemple, And of Daniel, whoisfa1d to F 4 -----Jookc • Thepl<rce ofpraie~;.
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