zco A Commentary upon the Chap.6, confirmed in thens,t Cori. 5,6. God will take that at ñrf},that af. terwards will not be accepted. I f words be wanting, pray that God, that commands thee to take words and coine before him, I,oi i 8 a , to vouchfafe thee t.,ofe words :wherewith thou mayetl come before him.Speak,as the poor man cloth. fipplicariors:fo did the prodigafl: Forccalf a11ò (with him) what thou wilt fay : Pixneditace orthe matter, difpoíng it in due order (as one would doe that is to fpeak toa Prince: God is agreat King, Mal. t . 141-) Some thinke eve muff never pray but upon the hidden, and extraordinary in Ifint and motion of the fpirit. This is a fancy, and thofe that pra- P:rres Ala cfifeit, cannot but fall into idlerepetitions, and be confuted; go- Porkar. L ing forward and backward, like hounds at a lofl'e ( faith agood Divine) and having unadvifedly begun to fpeak, they know not how wifely to make an end. This to prevent, premeditate and propound to thy felf fit heads ofprayer : gather catalogues ofthy (innes and duties by the decalogue; oblerve the daily flraits,of mortall condition, confider Gods mercies, your own infirmities, troubles from'Satan, prefFures from the world,croffeson all hands, c. And as you cannot warn matter, fo neither words of prayer. The Spirit will afli(l, and God will accept, if there be but an ho- neff heart and lawful! petitions. And albeit we cannot vary them as %mecan our Saviour inhis agony, u(ed the Pelf-fame words thrice together in prayer; and fomay we, when there is the fame matter and occafion. He alto had a fet-form of giving thanks at meat; which the two Djfciples at Esnatuhearing, kraerwhim by. Lulea+s 0,1 1. it. A form then may ufed,we fee, when it is gathered out ache holy Scriptures,andagreeable thereunto. Neither is the fpirit limi- ted hereby : for the largeneffe of the heart (lands not fomuch in the multitude and variety of expreflions, as in theextent of the'af- fedion Befides, if forms were unlawful!, then neither might we fing Pfalms, nor joui in prayer with others, norufe the formspre fcribedby God. ErcviariJrr to ß'eas Evangelii Our lather Which art in Heaven ] ?"ertuflian calls this pray- èY taruaaria é er,abreviary of theGofp.l, and compendofCavingdoatin: It is Eir,'Qa comp,,,- framed, in form of the decalogue the three former Petitions re. diliM fpeftingGod, the three later, our (elves and others. Every word therein hach its weight. Our, there's our charity : Father, there's our faith 1 In heaven, there's our hope. Father is taken fome- times perlonally, as in thatof our Saviour, My father isgreater then I; fometi.meseflentially, for the whole'Deity,fo here. Now, that
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