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A33817 A Collection of discourses lately written by some divines of the Church of England against the errours and corruptions of the church of Rome to which is prefix'd a catalogue of the several discourses. 1687 (1687) Wing C5141; ESTC R10140 460,949 658

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were their Prayers which were offered up in vertue of their Sacrifice And therefore Isa 56. 7. Mat. 21. 13. 1 King 8. this is a peculiar name for the Temple that it was the House of Prayer Here GOD was more immediately present to hear those Prayers which were offered to him according to Solomons Prayer at the Dedication of the Temple It is true the devout Jews did pray to God where ever they were though at a great distance from the Temple whither in the land of Canaan or out of it but then there are two things which shew that relation their prayers had to the Temple Worship 1. That their stated hours of prayer were the hours of Sacrifice which plainly signified that they offered up their Prayers in conjunction with those Sacrifices which were at that time offered in the Temple and therefore that they prayed only to that GOD to whom they sacrified for we must consider that the constant morning and evening Sacrifices were not particular sacrifices but were offered for the whole Congregation of Israel and therefore every man had a share in them Hence the time of offering the Sacrifice is called the hour of Prayer Thus Peter and John went up into the temple at the hour of Prayer being the ninth hour that is the time of the Evening Sacrifice Hence are such expressions as that of the Psalmist Acts. 3. 1. Let my Prayer be set before thee as Incense and the lifting up of my hands as the Evening Sacrifice Nay it is most probable that when Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed and the people carried captive into Babylon and the daily Sacrifice ceased yet the devout people observed the hour of Sacrifice for the prayers Thus Daniel prayed three times a day which most likely were Evening and Morning and Noon Where Evening and Morning no doubt signifie the time of the Evening and Morning Dan. 6. 10. Psal 55. 17. Sacrifice and we are told that the Angel Gabriel came to Daniel while he was praying and touched him about the time of the Evening oblation But 2ly besides Dan. 9. 21. this when they offered up their Prayers to GOD in other parts of the Nation or in other Countries they prayed towards Jerusalem and the Temple of God as we now lift up our eyes to Heaven where God dwells Thus Solomon in his Prayer of Dedication does not only beg of God to hear those Prayers which were made towards it as the words must signifie in several places In general he prays Hearken thou to the Prayer of thy servant and of the people Israel when they shall pray 1 King 8. 30. towards this place The word in the Hebrew may signifie both in and towards this place and includes both as appears from the following instances which refer both to Prayers made in the Temple and to those prayers which were made towards the Temple by persons who were at a distance Thus in what ever part of the Nation they wanted rain which might be at a great distance from Jerusalem they were to pray towards this place ver 35. The same was to be done in case of Famine and Pestilence c. or if they were besiged in any of their Cities when they could not go to the Temple to pray Nay What Prayer or supplication soever shall be made by any man or by all thy people Israel which shall know every man the plague of his vers 37. ver 39. own heart and spread forth his hands towards this house then hear thou in Heaven thy dwelling place and forgive Thus when they went out to battle they were to pray towards the City of Jerusalem and towards the Temple vers 44. And when they were carried captive into their enemies land they were to pray to God toward the land which God had given them towards the Holy City and towards the Temple And accordingly it was the constant practice vers 48. of Daniel when he was in Babylon to pray three times a day to God with his windows open in his chamber toward Dan. 6. 10. Jerusalem So that though the Temple were not the only place where they might lawfully pray to God yet all their Prayers were to be directed to the Temple and receive their vertue and acceptation from their relation to the Temple and the Temple-worship This was a standing rule for the whole Jewish Nation that whenever they prayed they offered up their prayers in the Temple or towards it and this is generally observed by them to this day For the reason why they generally now turn themselves toward the East when they pray is not out of any respect to the rising of the Sun but because they live in Western Countries and so by turning to the East they look towards Jerusalem and the place where the Temple stood And this is as plain an evidence that all Buxtorfii Synag Jud. p. 222. their prayers as well as Sacrifices were to be offered onely to that GOD who dwelt in the Temple And therefore as they are commanded to pray to God and this is made the peculiar attribute of God that he heareth Psalm 65. 2. Josh 23. 7. prayers and therefore unto him shall all flesh come so they are expresly commanded not to make mention of the name of the Heathen gods that is not to pray to them the prayers of the Heathens consisting of a frequent repetition of the names of their gods as we see in the priests of Baal who cried from morning till evening saying O Baal hear us 1 Kin. 18. 26 Thus the Jews were commanded to bring all their Vows first Fruits Tythes and offerings to the Temple which is a plain sign to whom they were offered The seventh-day-Seventh-day-Sabbath was a sign that they worship'd that God who created the world in six days and rested on the seventh and delivered them from their Egyptian Bondage and gave them rest in that good Land both which reasons are assigned by Moses and therefore God command them by the prophet Ezekiel Nallow my sabbaths Ezek. 20. 20 and they shall be a sign between me and you that ye may know that I am the Lord your God They had but three solemn Festivals every year and they were all in remembrance of the great Works of God and all the Males were to go up to Jerusalem to keep these Feasts and therefore al● these were the Feasts of the Lord Jehovab And as they were to pray only to God so they were onely to swear by his Name which is another part of Religious Worship and therefore to swear by the Lord of Hosts is called Deut. 10. 21 Isa 12. 1● the Language of Canaan So that all the parts of the Jewish Worship were appropriated to the Lord Jehovah he was the only object of their dread and fear and religious Adorations And when we consider that God had chosen them to be a peculiar people to himself that the