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more_o devout_a we_o be_v to_o the_o high_a degree_n we_o be_v raise_v of_o this_o temper_n and_o active_a disposition_n of_o mind_n this_o be_v indeed_o of_o great_a consequence_n in_o our_o address_n to_o god_n and_o as_o 157._o as_o aug._n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 157._o s._n austin_n say_v prayer_n be_v a_o spiritual_a thing_n it_o be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o accept_v of_o god_n by_o how_o much_o our_o spirit_n and_o affection_n be_v answerable_a to_o this_o duty_n if_o this_o be_v what_o he_o mean_v by_o his_o attention_n and_o intention_n it_o will_v be_v ready_o grant_v that_o that_o way_n or_o model_n of_o service_n which_o hinder_v these_o duty_n and_o be_v not_o consistent_a with_o their_o exercise_n be_v thereupon_o unlawful_a and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v his_o sense_n when_o he_o say_v 33._o say_v p._n 33._o attention_n be_v for_o the_o soul_n hoc_fw-la agere_fw-la to_o do_v what_o it_o pretend_v to_o do_v and_o by_o 34._o by_o p._n 34._o intention_n and_o fervour_n he_o mean_v a_o holy_a zeal_n and_o heat_n of_o the_o inward_a man_n of_o sorrow_n in_o confession_n desire_v in_o petition_n joy_n in_o thanksgiving_n but_o there_o may_v be_v too_o great_a a_o stress_n lay_v upon_o zeal_n earnestness_n and_o fervency_n since_o this_o be_v sometime_o find_v even_o to_o some_o degree_n of_o ecstasy_n in_o man_n of_o hot_a head_n strong_a imagination_n and_o delude_v mind_n in_o who_o it_o be_v far_o from_o the_o temper_n of_o sober_a devotion_n i._n sect._n i._n and_o a_o awful_a reverence_n of_o god_n a_o religious_a and_o godly_a fear_n a_o humble_a submissiveness_n and_o sober_a exercise_n of_o other_o christian_a grace_n be_v far_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o it_o now_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o that_o a_o pious_a man_n may_v pray_v serious_o religious_o and_o affectionate_o either_o in_o the_o use_n of_o a_o form_n or_o without_o one_o but_o i_o think_v the_o former_a have_v in_o many_o case_n the_o advantage_n and_o special_o in_o the_o public_a 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what_o be_v read_v as_o he_o must_v pronounce_v the_o same_o with_o by_o heart_n to_o which_o i_o answer_v that_o it_o be_v certain_a this_o may_v be_v easy_o do_v and_o i_o think_v it_o strange_a it_o shall_v be_v question_v how_o usual_a be_v it_o tâ—â—_n read_v the_o scripture_n and_o other_o book_n wiâ—â—_n as_o great_a attention_n as_o the_o same_o thing_n caâ—_n be_v speak_v without_o read_v particular_o in_o consider_v his_o argument_n i_o shoulâ—_n have_v think_v he_o big_a with_o strange_a conceit_n who_o shall_v tell_v i_o that_o i_o must_v bâ—_n at_o the_o pain_n of_o get_v they_o without_o book_n before_o i_o can_v attend_v to_o their_o senseâ—_n and_o i_o know_v i_o can_v do_v it_o better_o by_o view_v they_o in_o his_o book_n if_o our_o author_n caâ—â—_n not_o do_v thus_o much_o he_o can_v be_v of_o capacity_n to_o make_v any_o great_a proficiency_n by_o any_o thing_n he_o have_v read_v and_o he_o must_v bâ—_n the_o unfit_a man_n of_o any_o i_o know_v to_o answer_v 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scripture_n i_o confess_v he_o do_v make_v a_o particular_a exception_n concern_v the_o scripture_n when_o he_o speak_v of_o oft_o read_v what_o we_o be_v before_o acquaint_v with_o and_o say_v 27._o say_v p._n 27._o god_n have_v secure_v a_o abide_a reverence_n for_o they_o in_o all_o pious_a soul_n but_o i_o suppose_v he_o do_v not_o mean_a that_o this_o be_v do_v in_o any_o extraordinary_a and_o miraculous_a manner_n and_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o even_o the_o scripture_n be_v read_v by_o many_o with_o carelessness_n and_o have_v be_v long_o observe_v to_o have_v be_v pervert_v and_o abuse_v by_o 17._o by_o iren._n adv_o haer._n l._n 1._o c._n 1_o etc._n etc._n 15._o tert._n the_o prescript_n adv_fw-la haer._n c._n 17._o heretic_n wherefore_o the_o reverence_n that_o pious_a man_n have_v for_o the_o scripture_n in_o read_v they_o be_v chief_o with_o respect_n to_o god_n because_o they_o be_v his_o word_n and_o his_o law_n whereby_o his_o will_n be_v declare_v to_o man_n but_o since_o as_o 112._o as_o aug._n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 112._o s._n aug._n observe_v when_o we_o pray_v we_o speak_v to_o god_n and_o when_o we_o read_v god_n speak_v to_o we_o a_o religious_a honour_n and_o fear_n of_o god_n so_o far_o as_o it_o prevail_v will_v secure_v a_o reverence_n to_o the_o frequent_a use_n of_o the_o same_o prayer_n because_o therein_o also_o we_o have_v to_o do_v with_o god_n and_o address_v ourselves_o unto_o he_o 6._o a_o second_o thing_n he_o will_v have_v consider_v which_o as_o the_o former_a have_v particular_a respect_n to_o he_o that_o minister_v be_v whether_o any_o thing_n can_v more_o conduce_v to_o 〈◊〉_d the_o thought_n upon_o the_o duty_n and_o god_n 26._o god_n p._n 26._o than_o when_o a_o man_n can_v trust_v his_o affection_n to_o thrust_v out_o word_n do_v a_o pious_a temper_n of_o mind_n do_v more_o six_o man_n heart_n on_o god_n in_o prayer_n than_o the_o great_a freedom_n of_o expression_n can_v do_v now_o have_v consider_v this_o i_o 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heart_n and_o that_o man_n heart_n may_v be_v as_o much_o compose_v anâ—_n their_o spirit_n as_o fervent_a in_o the_o use_n of_o a_o fetch_a form_n as_o in_o any_o other_o way_n be_v manifest_a from_o what_o i_o former_o observe_v 135._o observe_v libert_n eccl._n b._n 1._o ch._n 4._o p._n 135._o that_o our_o saviour_n pray_v more_o earnest_o in_o his_o agony_n be_v in_o repeat_v again_o and_o again_o the_o same_o word_n and_o the_o leyden_n 33._o leyden_n syn._n pur_fw-mi theol._n disp_n 36._o n._n 33._o professor_n observe_v that_o when_o upon_o his_o cross_n he_o say_v my_o god_n my_o god_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o he_o use_v a_o form_n of_o deprecation_n from_o the_o psalmist_n and_o yet_o sure_a not_o christian_a can_v think_v that_o he_o the_o less_o attend_v to_o what_o he_o
concern_v their_o use_n in_o worship_n there_o be_v indeed_o cherubim_v grave_v upon_o the_o wall_n and_o door_n of_o the_o temple_n 1_o kin._n 6.29_o 35._o but_o god_n never_o allow_v or_o appoint_v these_o to_o such_o end_n and_o purpose_n as_o the_o golden_a calf_n be_v make_v and_o use_v but_o for_o the_o adorn_v the_o temple_n they_o be_v not_o intend_v as_o representation_n of_o god_n himself_o nor_o may_v the_o people_n give_v to_o they_o any_o part_n of_o divine_a honour_n or_o say_v to_o they_o these_o be_v thy_o god_n o_o israel_n ex._n 32.4_o but_o melt_a or_o carve_v work_n when_o it_o be_v not_o make_v to_o be_v worship_v or_o to_o be_v a_o symbolical_a representation_n of_o god_n be_v never_o forbid_v to_o the_o jew_n as_o many_o of_o the_o jew_n themselves_o have_v by_o mistake_n imagine_v nor_o be_v those_o piece_n of_o art_n when_o secure_v from_o these_o abuse_n any_o disadvantage_n to_o piety_n and_o religion_n there_o be_v ancient_o the_o stamp_n of_o a_o castle_n 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precept_n require_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v perform_v which_o be_v in_o its_o own_o nature_n prejudicial_a to_o piety_n for_o this_o be_v only_o a_o precept_n of_o trial_n god_n do_v not_o desire_v that_o the_o father_n shall_v slay_v his_o son_n but_z as_o 22._o as_o amb._n de_fw-fr abr._n l._n 1._o c._n 22._o s._n ambrose_n say_v tentabat_fw-la si_fw-la dei_fw-la praecepta_fw-la praeferret_fw-la filio_fw-la make_v a_o trial_n whether_o he_o esteem_v the_o command_n of_o god_n above_o his_o son_n isaac_n of_o the_o precept_n for_o abraham_n offer_v isaac_n and_o this_o trial_n be_v no_o disadvantage_n to_o abraham_n piety_n but_o a_o great_a evidence_n and_o high_a exercise_n of_o it_o but_o god_n withhold_v abraham_n from_o slay_v his_o son_n by_o give_v he_o a_o countermand_n after_o he_o have_v try_v his_o obedience_n be_v a_o considerable_a instance_n to_o show_v that_o nothing_o be_v grateful_a and_o please_a to_o god_n that_o be_v not_o every_o way_n reconcileable_a to_o goodness_n and_o the_o ancient_a christian_a writer_n account_v just_o the_o bloody_a inhuman_a and_o obscene_a rite_n of_o many_o of_o the_o pagan_a deity_n to_o be_v a_o sufficient_a objection_n both_o against_o they_o and_o their_o worship_n and_o beside_o this_o isaac_n bear_v the_o wood_n and_o be_v lay_v upon_o the_o altar_n have_v be_v account_v prayer_n account_v aug._n the_o civ_o dei_fw-la l._n 14._o c._n 22._o first_o lesson_n on_o good_a friday_n in_o our_o common_a prayer_n a_o figure_n of_o the_o suffering_n of_o our_o saviour_n and_o this_o act_n of_o abraham_n obedience_n may_v be_v command_v with_o some_o respect_n thereunto_o and_o upon_o this_o obedience_n abraham_n receive_v some_o peculiar_a instruction_n and_o promise_n concern_v the_o messiah_n gen._n 22.16_o 17_o 18._o all_o which_o tend_v to_o promote_v and_o advance_v his_o faith_n and_o piety_n now_o as_o it_o be_v unsafe_a from_o such_o instance_n as_o this_o to_o censure_v the_o usefulness_n of_o any_o of_o 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the_o name_n of_o jehovah_n and_o some_o christian_a writer_n have_v think_v that_o the_o name_n jehovah_n be_v thrice_o express_v in_o that_o benediction_n be_v some_o intimation_n of_o the_o trinity_n and_o the_o 26._o the_o par._n chald._a jon._n in_o num._n 6.23_o 24_o 25_o 26._o chaldee_n paraphrase_n under_o the_o name_n of_o jonathan_n ben_fw-mi vziel_n to_o express_v the_o constant_a and_o strict_a observation_n of_o the_o very_a word_n of_o this_o solemn_a benediction_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n recite_v all_o the_o word_n thereof_o in_o the_o hebrew_n before_o he_o give_v the_o sense_n of_o it_o in_o his_o paraphrase_n but_o do_v not_o do_v the_o like_a in_o other_o place_n of_o the_o law_n and_o this_o very_a blessing_n be_v not_o only_o use_v as_o a_o form_n by_o the_o church_n of_o england_n in_o the_o office_n for_o the_o visitation_n of_o the_o sick_a but_o the_o same_o be_v in_o the_o geneva_n liturgy_n compose_v by_o genev._n by_o prec_n eccles_n form_n genev._n 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