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omues_fw-la i._n e._n quatuorgenera_fw-la orationum_fw-la ibi_fw-la enumerata_fw-la debe_fw-la â—â—_o conjungi_fw-la petitioni_fw-la ut_fw-la perfecta_fw-la &_o efficax_n sit_v ideo_fw-la etiam_fw-la censentur_fw-la quasi_fw-la quatuor_fw-la part_n complentes_fw-la &_o constituentes_fw-la integrum_fw-la officium_fw-la orandi_fw-la fran._n swarez_n ad_fw-la 2.2_o a_o quaest_n 81._o ad_fw-la 100_o de_fw-la stat._n rel._n tom._n 2._o tract_n 4._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o sect_n 4.8_o licet_fw-la oratio_fw-la plurium_fw-la virtutum_fw-la actus_fw-la includaâ—_n omnes_fw-la tamen_fw-la ad_fw-la petitionem_fw-la ordinantur_fw-la ut_fw-la melius_fw-la fiat_fw-la &_o inde_fw-la orationis_fw-la nomen_fw-la participant_fw-la ibid._n in_o primo_fw-la cap._n lib._n 2._o vid._n lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o sect_n 8_o 9_o swarez_n speak_v integration_n of_o prayer_n and_o so_o ought_v not_o have_v be_v omit_v in_o its_o definition_n yet_o since_o they_o make_v we_o two_o distinct_a head_n of_o practical_a divinity_n and_o here_o fall_v in_o only_a as_o accessory_n of_o this_o duty_n we_o will_v refer_v they_o to_o their_o proper_a place_n purpose_v now_o only_o to_o speak_v of_o prayer_n according_a to_o its_o proper_a acception_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v vvn_n from_o confession_n thanksgiving_n meditation_n etc._n etc._n and_o do_v import_n deo_fw-la import_n et_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la sensu_fw-la definiente_fw-la damasceno_fw-la loc_fw-la cit_fw-la est_fw-la petitio_fw-la decentium_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la ask_v or_o petition_n and_o thus_o say_v scribunt_fw-la say_v swarez_n loc_fw-la cit_fw-la sect_n 8._o ipsa_fw-la ergo_fw-la petitio_fw-la propriissimo_fw-la &_o speciali_fw-la modo_fw-la oratio_fw-la dicitur_fw-la atque_fw-la ita_fw-la censent_fw-la d._n thom._n bon._n &_o omnes_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-fr oratione_fw-la scribunt_fw-la swarez_n when_o mention_n be_v make_v of_o prayer_n for_o any_o person_n or_o thing_n in_o the_o scripture_n it_o be_v always_o take_v in_o this_o sense_n and_o the_o father_n and_o schoolman_n and_o whosoever_o say_v he_o have_v write_v of_o prayer_n have_v speak_v of_o it_o in_o this_o signification_n and_o the_o word_n prayer_n in_o our_o language_n can_v without_o great_a impropriety_n be_v apply_v to_o signify_v any_o other_o thing_n chap._n iu._n in_o what_o act_n of_o the_o soul_n prayer_n do_v principal_o consist_v psal_n 27.8_o when_o thou_o say_v seek_v you_o my_o face_n my_o heart_n say_v unto_o thou_o thy_o face_n lord_n will_v i_o seek_v concern_v that_o which_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o the_o occupo_fw-la the_o quod_fw-la locum_fw-la generis_fw-la occupo_fw-la first_o word_n of_o the_o desinition_n while_o prayer_n be_v say_v to_o be_v a_o offer_v up_o of_o our_o desire_n etc._n etc._n we_o may_v inquire_v in_o what_o act_n of_o the_o soul_n do_v prayer_n direct_o formal_o and_o principal_o consist_v by_o which_o question_n we_o do_v not_o exclude_v the_o voice_n as_o if_o it_o may_v not_o concur_v in_o the_o performance_n of_o this_o duty_n wherefore_o be_v the_o tongue_n call_v our_o glory_n ps_n 57.8_o and_o 108.1_o and_o 30.12_o if_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v employ_v in_o glorify_v its_o maker_n in_o praise_v of_o and_o pray_v unto_o he_o but_o though_o it_o must_v join_v in_o the_o work_n yet_o it_o can_v give_v life_n and_o be_v unto_o it_o that_o must_v flow_v from_o another_o fountain_n after_o which_o we_o now_o inquire_v and_o therefore_o while_o prayer_n be_v divide_v in_o mental_a and_o vocal_a the_o last_o trust_n include_v and_o suppose_v the_o former_a else_o it_o deserve_v not_o the_o name_n lip_n labour_n be_v not_o prayer_n but_o you_o will_v say_v we_o can_v petition_v and_o ask_v but_o by_o the_o voice_n and_o therefore_o the_o first_o must_v also_o include_v the_o last_o ans_fw-fr among_o man_n there_o can_v be_v no_o society_n no_o ask_n nor_o grant_v unless_o there_o be_v some_o expression_n by_o the_o voice_n or_o outward_a gesture_n but_o we_o may_v converse_v with_o the_o father_n of_o spirit_n and_o pray_v to_o he_o who_o 28.9_o who_o 1._o chr._n 28.9_o understand_v all_o the_o imagination_n of_o our_o thought_n and_o espi_v they_o 139.2_o they_o ps_n 139.2_o afar_o off_o before_o they_o have_v any_o be_v or_o can_v be_v know_v to_o ourselves_o without_o a_o interpreter_n this_o 8._o this_o estque_fw-la haec_fw-la significatio_fw-la communis_fw-la mentali_fw-la &_o vocali_fw-la orationi_fw-la quia_fw-la utroque_fw-la mode_n petitio_fw-la fieri_fw-la potest_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la swar_n loc_fw-la cit_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 1._o sect_n 8._o swarez_n grant_v and_o i_o think_v none_o of_o the_o papist_n these_o patron_n of_o lip_n devotion_n will_v deny_v in_o answer_n to_o the_o queree_n the_o roman_a casuist_n and_o schoolman_n follow_v their_o patron_n 1._o patron_n thom._n 22_o quaest_n 83._o art_n 1._o thomas_n affirm_v that_o prayer_n be_v a_o act_n of_o the_o understanding_n and_o not_o of_o the_o will._n their_o ground_n be_v frivolous_a and_o not_o worthy_a to_o be_v consider_v unless_o to_o show_v the_o folly_n of_o these_o luxuriant_a wit_n 1._o it_o belong_v say_v corp._n say_v loc._n cit_fw-la in_o corp._n thomas_n to_o the_o understanding_n as_o to_o command_v so_o also_o to_o inferiorem_fw-la to_o ita_fw-la se_fw-la habet_fw-la oratio_fw-la ad_fw-la superiorem_fw-la sicut_fw-la imperium_fw-la ad_fw-la inferiorem_fw-la petition_n and_o ask_v ans_fw-fr whatever_o may_v be_v say_v concern_v the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o command_v and_o set_v a_o work_n the_o rest_n yet_o we_o can_v be_v say_v to_o ask_v any_o thing_n of_o god_n unless_o the_o heart_n present_v its_o desire_n and_o so_o the_o will_n must_v draw_v up_o the_o supplication_n and_o offer_v it_o to_o the_o king_n but_o we_o may_v far_o more_o probable_o lay_v down_o the_o contradictory_n supposition_n and_o say_v that_o it_o belong_v not_o to_o the_o understanding_n as_o elsewhere_o we_o may_v have_v occasion_n to_o show_v at_o great_a length_n but_o to_o the_o will_n as_o the_o mistress_n and_o superior_a to_o command_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o faculty_n o_o but_o 2._o say_v deo_fw-la say_v lessius_fw-la de_fw-fr just_a &_o jur._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 37._o dub_v 2._o greg._n nyss_n or._n 1._o de_fw-fr or._n dom._n chrysost_n lib._n de_fw-fr orand_fw-fr deum_fw-la dicuut_n orationem_fw-la esse_fw-la colloquium_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la lessius_fw-la prayer_n be_v locution_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o speech_n thus_o the_o father_n have_v define_v prayer_n a_o conference_n with_o god_n but_o nothing_o within_o we_o except_o the_o understanding_n can_v entertain_v that_o conference_n ans_fw-fr it_o be_v true_a in_o prayer_n we_o enjoy_v a_o sweet_a communion_n with_o god_n we_o speak_v to_o he_o and_o pour_v out_o 〈◊〉_d complaint_n unto_o he_o but_o it_o be_v a_o spiritual_a conference_n in_o which_o the_o heart_n the_o will_n and_o the_o affliction_n be_v principal_o employ_v that_o be_v the_o first_o thing_n which_o god_n require_v and_o especial_o regard_v my_o son_n give_v i_o thy_o heart_n prov._n 23.26_o and_o therefore_o whenever_o the_o psalmist_n draw_v nigh_o to_o god_n either_o to_o pray_v or_o praise_n he_o look_v main_o to_o his_o heart_n know_v that_o if_o it_o be_v not_o prepare_v to_o speak_v to_o god_n there_o be_v no_o other_o speaker_n that_o will_v get_v a_o hear_n and_o he_o think_v it_o not_o enough_o to_o have_v his_o heart_n set_v a_o work_n unless_o the_o whole_a heart_n be_v employ_v ps_n 9.1_o ps_n 111.1_o ps_n 119.145_o ps_n 138.1_o ps_n 86.12_o &c_n &c_n and_o only_o that_o man_n to_o he_o iâ—_n the_o bless_a man_n that_o seek_v god_n whether_o in_o prayer_n or_o any_o other_o point_n of_o worship_n with_o the_o whole_a heart_n ps_n 119.2_o the_o heart_n have_v a_o voice_n which_o god_n well_o understand_v and_o will_v hear_v when_o all_o other_o messenger_n be_v send_v away_o empty_a we_o have_v a_o sweet_a though_o short_a dialogue_n ps_n 27.8_o the_o lord_n begin_v and_o draw_v on_o the_o discourse_n with_o a_o kindly_a invitation_n to_o seek_v his_o face_n but_o who_o make_v answer_v o_o say_v these_o learned_a rabbi_n the_o heart_n and_o will_n can_v speak_v nay_o but_o say_v the_o prophet_n david_n i_o acknowledge_v no_o such_o axiom_n my_o heart_n must_v make_v the_o reply_n my_o 〈◊〉_d my_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d heart_n say_v unto_o thou_o thy_o face_n lord_n will_v i_o seek_v among_o our_o divine_n i_o find_v not_o this_o question_n move_v but_o i_o know_v schoolman_n know_v only_a dan._n til._n once_o we_o than_o arminian_n and_o afterward_o i_o know_v not_o what_o in_o his_o syntagdisp_n de_fw-fr precseemeâ—b_n to_o join_v with_o the_o schoolman_n none_o of_o they_o who_o will_v not_o join_v with_o d._n 14._o d._n oratio_fw-la est_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la religiosa_fw-la representatio_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la ames_n med._n theol._n cap._n 9_o &_o the_o case_z con_fw-la lib._n 4._o cap._n 14._o ames_n while_o he_o describe_v prayer_n a_o religious_a present_v of_o our_o will_n before_o god_n which_o upon_o the_o matter_n differ_v not_o from_o
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experience_n if_o any_o will_v descend_v into_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o look_v back_o upon_o his_o own_o act_n he_o will_v not_o find_v it_o there_o or_o that_o he_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o any_o such_o new_a act_n and_o 2._o it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o show_v what_o such_o a_o reflex_n act_n do_v import_v and_o to_o what_o kind_n of_o volition_n it_o shall_v be_v refer_v the_o will_v then_o by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o act_n and_o in_o the_o same_o instant_n of_o time_n desire_v and_o desire_v from_o god_n as_o one_o and_o the_o same_o act_n be_v 1._o the_o desire_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o 2._o the_o desire_n of_o such_o a_o object_n so_o 3._o from_o such_o a_o hand_n and_o fountain_n yea_o some_o with_o caelum_fw-la with_o scal._n exercit_fw-la 317._o desiderium_fw-la quasi_fw-la de_fw-la sideribus_fw-la quod_fw-la res_fw-la desiderata_fw-la expectetur_fw-la de_fw-la caelum_fw-la scaliger_n for_o which_o he_o be_v unjust_o reprehend_v by_o 183._o by_o theop._n raynand_n mor._n discip_n do_v 3._o quaest_n 2._o art_n 3._o §_o 183._o raynandus_fw-la do_v think_v this_o last_o respect_n to_o have_v occasion_v the_o word_n so_o that_o according_a to_o the_o etymon_n of_o it_o a_o desire_n be_v that_o which_o be_v expect_v from_o the_o star_n which_o pagan_n do_v think_v to_o be_v and_o worship_v as_o god_n from_o which_o conceit_n as_o some_o think_v do_v also_o arise_v the_o greek_n word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o one_o and_o the_o same_o act_n of_o the_o will_n be_v extend_v of_o necessity_n for_o it_o must_v have_v some_o matter_n about_o which_o it_o must_v converse_v 1._o to_o its_o object_n 2._o direct_v to_o god_n and_o 3._o refer_v to_o such_o and_o such_o a_o end_n and_o only_o to_o our_o apprehension_n and_o for_o distinction_n sake_n these_o several_a respect_n and_o formality_n be_v difference_v as_o to_o prayer_n where_o they_o shall_v be_v real_o unite_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o act_n but_o yet_o there_o be_v ground_n for_o such_o a_o distinction_n and_o precision_n since_o every_o desire_n be_v not_o direct_v towards_o god_n nor_o do_v aim_n at_o a_o right_a end_n and_o thus_o for_o explication_n sake_n we_o may_v affirm_v that_o in_o prayer_n there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o extension_n of_o no_o immaterial_a thing_n such_o as_o the_o will_n and_o its_o act_n be_v capable_a of_o any_o proper_a and_o quantitative_a dimension_n and_o extension_n extension_n and_o enlarge_n of_o desire_n 1._o to_o the_o right_a fountain_n for_o a_o supply_n and_o 2._o to_o the_o right_a end_n and_o mark_v and_o 3._o to_o the_o right_a rule_n for_o bound_v and_o limit_v of_o it_o both_z as_o to_o matter_n and_o manner_n so_o that_o prayer_n formal_o and_o as_o such_o do_v import_v not_o the_o desire_n itself_o which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o materiale_a and_o in_o itself_o consider_v be_v indifferent_a and_o determinable_a otherwise_o but_o this_o offer_n and_o direct_v of_o our_o desire_n to_o god_n for_o thereby_o desire_v act_v and_o pour_v out_o by_o way_n of_o prayer_n be_v distinguish_v from_o all_o other_o desire_n which_o want_v this_o qualification_n and_o deserve_v not_o the_o name_n of_o prayer_n but_o always_o it_o will_v be_v remember_v that_o this_o christian_a sacrifice_n be_v not_o like_o the_o material_a and_o leviticall_a oblation_n for_o every_o one_o as_o be_v a_o priest_n to_o god_n rev._n 1.6_o may_v offer_v up_o his_o own_o sacrifice_n christ_n indeed_o must_v be_v our_o altar_n and_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o holy_a spirit_n must_v bring_v fire_n and_o incense_v but_o the_o heart_n itself_o must_v offer_v up_o its_o own_o desire_n it_o need_v not_o run_v to_o another_o priest_n nor_o employ_v the_o mind_n and_o understanding_n to_o take_v its_o offering_n and_o present_v it_o to_o god_n these_o thing_n be_v premise_v for_o explication_n let_v we_o now_o collect_v from_o scripture_n some_o few_o reason_n not_o so_o much_o to_o stop_v the_o mouth_n of_o subtle_a disputer_n as_o to_o 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name_n and_o vindicat_fw-la his_o glory_n in_o your_o just_a punishment_n as_o there_o he_o do_v in_o the_o destruction_n of_o nadab_n and_o abihu_n he_o will_v not_o hold_v he_o guiltless_a that_o take_v his_o name_n in_o vain_a exod._n 20.7_o far_o less_o will_v he_o suffer_v his_o name_n to_o be_v take_v in_o vain_a in_o the_o immediate_a act_n of_o his_o worship_n and_o therefore_o when_o we_o draw_v nigh_o to_o he_o without_o reverence_n and_o godly_a fear_n what_o a_o mercy_n be_v it_o that_o he_o become_v not_o a_o consume_a sire_n to_o devour_v we_o heb._n 12.28_o 29._o 2._o though_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o add_v his_o stroke_n yet_o by_o our_o dead_a formal_a and_o careless_a performance_n we_o so_o dull_a and_o indispose_v the_o heart_n and_o contract_v such_o a_o habit_n of_o deadness_n that_o if_o the_o lord_n be_v not_o gracious_a to_o we_o lay_v hand_n on_o we_o as_o on_o u_z let_v and_o pull_v we_o as_o it_o be_v 19.16_o be_v gen._n 19.16_o by_o force_n out_o of_o the_o snare_n we_o will_v go_v on_o from_o evil_a to_o worse_a till_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n for_o when_o we_o become_v negligent_a and_o careless_a of_o god_n work_n we_o become_v fearless_a and_o aweless_a of_o his_o majesty_n and_o what_o a_o mercy_n be_v it_o that_o the_o next_o step_n be_v not_o black_a atheism_n contempt_n of_o god_n and_o total_a apostasy_n ah_o have_v we_o not_o enemy_n enough_o against_o our_o soul_n and_o shall_v we_o also_o become_v our_o own_o enemy_n satan_n that_o active_a cruel_a and_o busy_a enemy_n be_v still_o in_o arm_n go_v about_o like_o a_o roar_a lion_n and_o seek_v to_o devour_v we_o 1_o pet._n 5.8_o our_o lust_n be_v always_o in_o readiness_n and_o the_o world_n have_v every_o where_o stumble_a block_n to_o cast_v in_o our_o way_n and_o be_v it_o time_n for_o we_o to_o sleep_v especial_o when_o we_o be_v upon_o the_o watchtower_n and_o have_v our_o sword_n in_o our_o hand_n yea_o and_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o assault_n while_o we_o 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upon_o such_o a_o sure_a foundation_n though_o 18._o though_o habak_v 3.17_o 18._o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v pass_v away_o though_o the_o mountain_n shall_v melt_v as_o wax_v and_o all_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n be_v dissolve_v and_o fall_v down_o as_o the_o leaf_n fall_v off_o from_o the_o vine_n yet_o the_o lord_n will_v own_v his_o 97.5_o his_o isa_n 34.3_o 4._o psa_fw-la 97.5_o word_n and_o will_v fulfil_v all_o his_o promise_n the_o least_o jot_n or_o title_n whereof_o shall_v not_o can_v fail_v mat._n 5.18_o luke_n 16_o 17._o and_o do_v he_o not_o solemn_o protest_v that_o though_o he_o command_v invit_v and_o intreat_v we_o to_o come_v unto_o he_o and_o pour_v out_o our_o desire_n before_o he_o and_o proclaim_v his_o fury_n and_o indignation_n to_o all_o person_n and_o family_n that_o call_v not_o upon_o his_o name_n yet_o he_o never_o say_v seek_v you_o i_o in_o vain_a isa_n 45.19_o who_o be_v the_o man_n that_o dare_v challenge_v the_o god_n of_o truth_n and_o can_v 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return_v to_o he_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o praise_n etc._n etc._n but_o not_o only_o as_o his_o creature_n do_v we_o owe_v to_o he_o this_o point_n of_o duty_n and_o service_n but_o also_o as_o his_o favourit_n and_o by_o way_n of_o gratitude_n 1._o to_o testify_v our_o love_n to_o he_o and_o delight_n in_o he_o if_o these_o be_v we_o incere_a a_o communion_n with_o he_o in_o this_o most_o immediate_a part_n of_o his_o worship_n must_v be_v sweet_a when_o we_o may_v thus_o enter_v the_o king_n chamber_n we_o will_v rejoice_v and_o improve_v the_o importunity_n cant._n 1.4_o cant._n 2.4_o 5._o 2._o he_o call_v for_o our_o prayer_n to_o testify_v his_o delight_n in_o we_o and_o in_o our_o work_n o_o my_o dove_n let_v i_o see_v thy_o countenance_n let_v i_o hear_v thy_o voice_n for_o sweet_a be_v thy_o voice_n and_o thy_o countenance_n be_v comely_a cant._n 2.14_o poor_a saint_n be_v ready_a to_o complain_v and_o say_v i_o have_v no_o gift_n nor_o part_n and_o be_o of_o no_o account_n in_o 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and_o supererogation_n primum_fw-la quod_fw-la servi_fw-la sumus_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n loc_fw-la salmer_n in_o evang_v tom._n 7._o the_o parab_n tract_n 30._o pag._n 190._o vid._n etiam_fw-la tres_fw-la rationes_fw-la quibus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la probat_fw-la nos_fw-la deo_fw-la esse_fw-la inutiles_fw-la oblige_v the_o creditor_n to_o bestow_v new_a favour_n on_o we_o but_o ah_o how_o defective_a and_o imperfect_a be_v our_o best_a performance_n isa_n 64.6_o i_o grant_v that_o among_o man_n there_o may_v be_v so_o much_o trouble_v and_o travel_v in_o seek_v and_o wart_v on_o that_o a_o answer_n may_v be_v too_o 11._o too_o et_fw-la sic_fw-la verum_fw-la est_fw-la tritum_fw-la illud_fw-la senecae_fw-la nulla_fw-la res_fw-la carius_fw-la emitur_fw-la quam_fw-la quae_fw-la precibus_fw-la empta_fw-la obj._n 11._o dear_o coft_v by_o the_o supplicant_n and_o yet_o even_o thus_o thy_o supplication_n do_v not_o profit_v he_o to_o who_o thou_o make_v thy_o address_v far_o less_o can_v our_o 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