Chap,6, aecordtng to St M A T T H t: "r That they may befeen ofmen.] This was the winde that fer, the winde-mill a-work, the poile that made the dock finke Plin Pliny telleth us, that the nightingalelingeth farre longer and bet 9 ; ' - ter, when menbe by, then otherwife. 1f ?ehonadb had not Peen ,p.',v ;,.l sc. the zeal that [dim had for the Lordof hofts, he had been nothing c . fo hot, nor ( in his own conceit ) fo happy. But Chriftian mo- sedvox to er, deity teacheth a wife man,not toexpofe himfelf to the faireft thew, Grxre.ea nib t. si l'kit¢n. but rather to Peek to be good, thenTeem to be fo. Not fo,. every La" Pallzris, e/fe a- loofe and ungirt Cf`:riftian : thefe,like Ieroboaros wife, never put tigae4 h cupi, on demureapparrell,but when they are to fpeakwith the Prophets: eiy; nibit. are never fò holy, as at Church, and in the pretence of thole whole holinefle they reverence. 0 9. Verfe 6. But thou when thou praie¡t,enter into thy clofet,&c.] A`'1-1"s The proper place for fecret praier ( as the family is for pri- vate praier, and the Church for publike, Lrsk. q., 16.) that being fedueftred from company, we may more fuily delceud into our ownhearts, and be the freer from oftentation and hypocrite, and from ditcurfation andwandering of minde ( Anima distrfa fit minor:) As alto for the demonftration of our faith, whereby we believe the einniprefence of God, Who feet, in jeerer, and re-- rnardethopenly. Daniel indeed opened his windows, and pray- ed in an upper room ; not to be more fecret ('as Pintas miftaketh Po.lon.inDan, it) but to be more teen : and yet not of vain oftentation, but of Acts 2 zealous and confiant profeflìon. The King had forbidden it (fo sic sctnues did Henry the third, King ofFrance, forbid houfholders to pray Apotooia. re- with their families.) Daniel did it notwithftanding, as afore- /pondzosto. time. God mutt be obeyed rather then men, as not Scripture on- t-zv by, but nature teacheth. He kneeled upon his knees three times a aorSa75 - Nos)WAe5À : d ay, and prayed ; That had been his cuftome, and fhould be. Da- mfg.outx A 71; vidalb at morning, at evening, and at noon called upon God, '(--)f .e (.úîb,01 ñ,, and had his let times for loch devotions. But the devil, as it is 't-eir probable, a Sam. 12.2. h: dcaufed him to come from his trench, and then dad prefently wound him. He knows well enough that a Chriflians itrength lies in his praier (as Sam(óns did in his hair ) that it buckleth all our fpirituail armour dole to us, and makes it EPhef,6, r8, ufefull : that a Chrifiian can never want help, whiles he can pray ;. as they were wont to fay, the Pope can never want . money, to longas hecan hold apen inhis hand , to command and fend for it : That fecret prayer is_a foul- fatting exercife, as fccrec tneals,we fay, feed the body.. The old Serpent feels himfelf charmed and. ,i83 dífablcd.
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