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scandal_n to_o our_o nation_n and_o reproach_n to_o the_o protestant_a religion_n and_o yet_o page_n 45_o speak_v to_o a_o member_n of_o our_o church_n john_n bunyan_n say_v be_v not_o thou_o a_o desperate_a persecutor_n of_o the_o child_n of_o god_n he_o be_v their_o father_n who_o thou_o persecute_v strange_a confidence_n indeed_o that_o this_o man_n shall_v not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o complain_v of_o persecution_n who_o be_v himself_o a_o great_a persecutor_n as_o this_o very_a book_n of_o his_o show_n wherein_o he_o treat_v we_o with_o bitter_a word_n and_o rail_a language_n which_o be_v one_o kind_n of_o persecution_n and_o not_o the_o least_o neither_o even_o that_o of_o the_o tongue_n for_o what_o moses_n call_v ishmaels_n mock_v st._n paul_n style_v his_o persecute_v of_o isaac_n gen._n 21.9_o compare_v with_o gal._n 4.29_o
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and_o so_o fall_v under_o the_o curse_n denounce_v against_o such_o family_n as_o call_v not_o on_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n jer._n 10.25_o where_o those_o that_o can_v pray_v in_o their_o family_n without_o it_o and_o yet_o despise_v the_o assistance_n of_o a_o form_n have_v a_o form_n of_o prayer_n make_v to_o their_o hand_n but_o it_o be_v a_o dreadful_a one_o that_o woe_n and_o vengeance_n in_o it_o which_o i_o desire_v all_o concern_v therein_o serious_o to_o consider_v lest_o it_o fall_v one_o day_n upon_o their_o guilty_a head_n but_o in_o answer_n to_o this_o query_n as_o our_o adversary_n have_v mollify_v it_o what_o will_v you_o have_v we_o poor_a creature_n do_v that_o can_v tell_v how_o to_o pray_v etc._n etc._n he_o say_v poor_a heart_n thou_o can_v not_o thou_o complain_v pray_v can_v thou_o see_v thy_o misery_n have_v god_n show_v thou_o that_o thou_o be_v by_o nature_n under_o the_o curse_n of_o his_o law_n if_o so_o do_v not_o mistake_v i_o know_v thou_o do_v groan_v and_o that_o most_o bitter_o i_o be_o persuade_v thou_o can_v scarce_o be_v find_v do_v any_o thing_n in_o thy_o call_v but_o prayer_n break_v from_o thy_o heart_n have_v not_o thy_o groan_n go_v up_o to_o heaven_n from_o every_o corner_n of_o thy_o house_n i_o know_v it_o be_v thus_o and_o so_o also_o do_v thy_o own_o sorrowful_a heart_n witness_v thy_o tear_n thy_o forgetfulness_n of_o thy_o call_v etc._n etc._n be_v not_o thy_o heart_n so_o full_a of_o desire_n after_o the_o thing_n of_o another_o world_n that_o many_o time_n thou_o do_v forget_v the_o thing_n of_o this_o world_n what_o abominable_a pride_n and_o fulsome_a flattery_n be_v this_o he_o be_v persuade_v of_o his_o own_o party_n that_o prayer_n break_v from_o their_o heart_n in_o every_o thing_n they_o be_v do_v though_o he_o do_v not_o hear_v they_o utter_v one_o word_n to_o that_o purpose_n he_o know_v they_o groan_v most_o bitter_o in_o every_o corner_n of_o their_o house_n as_o if_o he_o be_v by_o and_o 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he_o by_o kneel_v bow_v or_o prostrate_v their_o body_n before_o he_o as_o you_o may_v see_v mat._n 17.14_o mar._n 5.22_o luk._n 5.12_o and_o if_o those_o good_a people_n pay_v christ_n corporeal_a presence_n so_o much_o reverence_n in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o humiliation_n certain_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o give_v his_o spiritual_a presence_n less_o honour_n in_o his_o exaltation_n since_o he_o be_v now_o advance_v to_o the_o right-hand_a of_o god_n but_o when_o we_o approach_v he_o shall_v worship_n he_o with_o our_o body_n as_o well_o as_o soul_n but_o the_o directory_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o practice_n of_o these_o holy_a man_n command_v the_o people_n to_o enter_v the_o assembly_n where_o they_o suppose_v christ_n spiritual_o present_a or_o else_o what_o make_v they_o there_o without_o adoration_n or_o bow_v their_o body_n towards_o one_o place_n or_o other_o and_o consequent_o they_o must_v not_o bow_v their_o body_n or_o knee_n to_o adore_v god_n at_o all_o for_o if_o 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appointment_n to_o worship_n but_o if_o this_o be_v less_o than_o blaspemy_n i_o know_v not_o what_o can_v be_v call_v by_o that_o name_n for_o if_o the_o use_n of_o godly_a form_n of_o prayer_n not_o except_v the_o lord_n prayer_n itself_o be_v as_o abominable_a idolatry_n as_o jeroboam_n calf_n than_o our_o lord_n in_o command_v we_o when_o we_o pray_v to_o say_v our_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n etc._n etc._n must_v command_v the_o practice_n of_o idolatry_n which_o be_v to_o charge_n god_n not_o only_o foolish_o but_o presumptuous_o and_o in_o so_o do_v to_o fall_v himself_o into_o jeroboam_n great_a sin_n in_o devise_v another_o way_n of_o pray_v than_o that_o reveal_v in_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o in_o slight_v and_o despise_v that_o form_n of_o prayer_n which_o christ_n have_v give_v we_o a_o practice_n which_o we_o just_o detest_v and_o abhor_v and_o therefore_o in_o our_o morning_n and_o evening_n service_n we_o always_o use_v the_o lord_n prayer_n and_o all_o 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the_o lord_n prayer_n twice_o and_o sometime_o more_o in_o our_o daily_a devotion_n for_o why_o may_v not_o our_o people_n receive_v as_o much_o spiritual_a comfort_n as_o mr._n baxter_n say_v he_o do_v in_o such_o repetition_n and_o can_v a_o good_a thing_n be_v repeat_v too_o often_o they_o say_v it_o can_v when_o they_o require_v their_o follower_n to_o attend_v the_o repetition_n of_o their_o sermon_n and_o i_o presume_v they_o dare_v not_o say_v that_o the_o very_o best_a of_o their_o discourse_n be_v so_o good_a as_o the_o lord_n prayer_n or_o that_o the_o word_n of_o uninspired_a man_n be_v equal_a to_o the_o word_n of_o jesus_n christ_n beside_o the_o lord_n prayer_n be_v deliver_v by_o the_o two_o evangelist_n with_o some_o little_a alteration_n the_o one_o recite_v the_o doxology_n the_o other_o omit_v it_o therefore_o also_o we_o repeat_v this_o prayer_n once_o with_o and_o once_o without_o it_o in_o the_o one_o end_v thus_o deliver_v we_o from_o evil_a amen_o as_o st._n 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the_o five_o in_o the_o practice_n of_o their_o corban_n certain_o if_o this_o place_n have_v any_o respect_n to_o prayer_n it_o more_o forcible_o conclude_v against_o their_o extemporary_a prayer_n which_o they_o constant_o use_v in_o their_o meeting_n whilst_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o reject_v that_o excellent_a form_n which_o christ_n himself_o have_v command_v luke_n 11.2_o when_o you_o pray_v say_v our_o father_n etc._n etc._n so_o that_o with_o more_o reason_n any_o one_o may_v think_v they_o themselves_o be_v the_o modern_a scribe_n and_o pharisee_n that_o be_v here_o condemn_v by_o our_o saviour_n of_o who_o he_o say_v ver_fw-la 9_o full_o well_o you_o reject_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n even_o that_o concern_v the_o lord_n prayer_n that_o you_o may_v keep_v your_o own_o tradition_n even_o that_o of_o extemporary_a prayer_n which_o be_v a_o mere_a invention_n of_o man_n and_o no_o where_o command_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n but_o in_o our_o common_a prayer_n 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prayer_n be_v direct_v and_o offer_v up_o and_o we_o be_v not_o so_o presumptuous_a as_o to_o intend_v thereby_o that_o they_o be_v of_o equal_a authority_n with_o the_o holy_a scripture_n or_o that_o god_n himself_o be_v the_o immediate_a author_n of_o they_o except_v that_o only_a of_o our_o father_n but_o only_o that_o prayer_n be_v the_o service_n of_o god_n and_o our_o church_n prayer_n compose_v according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o his_o word_n some_o on_o that_o account_n call_v it_o divine_a service_n though_o that_o title_n be_v not_o to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o book_n itself_o and_o therefore_o can_v be_v no_o objection_n against_o it_o and_o as_o for_o the_o bind_v it_o up_o with_o the_o bible_n that_o do_v not_o make_v it_o any_o part_n thereof_o no_o more_o than_o the_o content_n of_o the_o several_a chapter_n and_o the_o marginal_a note_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v part_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n which_o yet_o be_v bind_v up_o with_o they_o but_o to_o show_v the_o 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