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             A discourse concerning prayer ex tempore, or, by pretence of the spirit. In justification of authorized and set-formes of lyturgie.
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           A
           DISCOVRSE
           
             CONCERNING
          
           PRAYER
           
             Ex
             tempore
             ,
             OR
             ,
          
           By
           pretence
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           In
           justification
           of
           Authorized
           and
           Set-formes
           of
           
             LYTURGIE
             .
          
        
         
           1
           COR.
           14.
           32.
           
        
         
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           Prophets
           are
           subject
           to
           the
           Prophets
           .
        
         
           For
           God
           is
           not
           the
           author
           of
           confusion
           ,
           but
           of
           peace
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           Churches
           of
           the
           Saints
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeere
           ,
           MDCXLVI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           Discourse
           concerning
           PRAYER
           Ex
           tempore
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           I
           Have
           read
           over
           this
           book
           which
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           is
           pleased
           to
           call
           
             The
             Directory
             for
             Prayer
             ,
          
           I
           confesse
           I
           came
           to
           it
           with
           much
           expectation
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           some
           measure
           confident
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           found
           it
           an
           exact
           and
           unblameable
           modell
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           free
           from
           all
           those
           objections
           which
           men
           of
           their
           owne
           perswasion
           had
           obtruded
           against
           the
           publike
           Liturgy
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           it
           should
           have
           been
           composed
           with
           so
           much
           artifice
           and
           finenesse
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           have
           beene
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           an
           argument
           of
           their
           learning
           and
           excellency
           of
           spirit
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           the
           goodnesse
           and
           integrity
           of
           their
           religion
           and
           purposes
           .
           I
           shall
           give
           no
           other
           character
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           publike
           disrelish
           which
           I
           finde
           amongst
           persons
           of
           great
           piety
           ,
           of
           all
           qualities
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           great
           ,
           but
           even
           of
           ordinary
           understandings
           ,
           is
           to
           me
           some
           argument
           that
           it
           lyes
           so
           open
           to
           the
           objections
           even
           of
           common
           spirits
           ,
           that
           the
           compilers
           of
           it
           did
           intend
           more
           to
           prevaile
           by
           the
           successe
           of
           their
           Armies
           ,
           then
           the
           strength
           of
           reason
           ,
           and
           the
           proper
           grounds
           of
           perswasion
           ,
           which
           yet
           most
           wise
           and
           good
           man
           believe
           to
           be
           the
           more
           Christian
           way
           of
           the
           two
           .
           But
           Sir
           you
           have
           engaged
           me
           to
           say
           something
           in
           particular
           to
           satisfie
           your
           conscience
           .
           In
           which
           also
           I
           
           desire
           I
           may
           reserve
           a
           leave
           to
           my self
           to
           conceal
           much
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           in
           little
           do
           you
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           
           I
           shall
           therefore
           decline
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           Efficient
           cause
           of
           this
           Directory
           ,
           and
           not
           quarrell
           at
           it
           that
           it
           was
           composed
           ,
           against
           the
           Lawes
           both
           of
           
             England
          
           and
           all
           Christendome
           .
           If
           the
           thing
           were
           good
           and
           pious
           ,
           I
           should
           learne
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           imposition
           ,
           and
           never
           quarrell
           at
           the
           incompetency
           of
           his
           authority
           that
           ingaged
           me
           to
           doe
           pious
           and
           holy
           things
           .
           And
           it
           may
           be
           when
           I
           am
           a
           little
           more
           used
           to
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           wonder
           at
           a
           Synod
           ,
           in
           which
           not
           one
           Bishop
           sits
           (
           in
           the
           capacity
           of
           a
           Bishop
           )
           though
           I
           am
           most
           certaine
           this
           is
           the
           first
           ,
           example
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           since
           it
           was
           first
           Christned
           .
           But
           for
           the
           present
           it
           seemes
           somthing
           hard
           to
           digest
           it
           ,
           because
           I
           know
           so
           well
           that
           all
           Assemblyes
           of
           the
           Church
           have
           admitted
           Priests
           to
           consultation
           and
           dispute
           ,
           but
           never
           to
           authority
           and
           decision
           ,
           till
           the
           Pope-enlarging
           the
           phylacteries
           of
           the
           Archimandrites
           and
           Abbots
           ,
           did
           somtimes
           by
           way
           of
           priviledge
           and
           dispensation
           give
           to
           some
           of
           them
           decisive
           voyces
           in
           publike
           Councells
           .
           But
           this
           was
           one
           of
           the
           things
           in
           which
           he
           did
           innovate
           and
           invade
           against
           the
           publike
           resolutions
           of
           Christendome
           ,
           though
           he
           durst
           not
           doe
           it
           often
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           did
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           very
           small
           and
           inconsiderate
           numbers
           .
        
         
           
           I
           said
           I
           would
           not
           meddle
           with
           the
           Efficient
           ,
           and
           I
           cannot
           meddle
           with
           the
           Finall
           cause
           ,
           nor
           guesse
           at
           any
           other
           ends
           and
           purposes
           of
           theirs
           then
           at
           what
           they
           publiquely
           professe
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           abolition
           and
           destruction
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           Common-Prayer
           ,
           which
           great
           change
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           pleased
           to
           call
           Reformation
           ,
           I
           am
           content
           in
           charity
           to
           beleeve
           they
           think
           it
           so
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           
             Zelum
             Dei
             ,
          
           but
           whether
           
             secundum
             scientiam
             ,
          
           according
           to
           knowledge
           or
           no
           ,
           must
           be
           judged
           by
           them
           who
           
           consider
           the
           matter
           and
           the
           forme
           .
        
         
           But
           because
           the
           matter
           is
           of
           so
           great
           variety
           and
           minute
           
           consideration
           ,
           every
           part
           whereof
           would
           require
           as
           much
           scrutiny
           as
           I
           purpose
           to
           bestow
           upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           I
           have
           for
           the
           present
           chosen
           to
           consider
           onely
           the
           forme
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           because
           it
           pretends
           against
           the
           forme
           of
           set
           Lyturgie
           ,
           and
           that
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           forms
           doe
           succeed
           in
           room
           of
           the
           established
           and
           determined
           services
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           my
           judgement
           of
           it
           ,
           without
           any
           sharpnesse
           or
           bitternesse
           of
           spirit
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           resolved
           not
           to
           be
           angry
           with
           any
           men
           of
           another
           perswasion
           ,
           as
           knowing
           that
           I
           differ
           just
           as
           much
           from
           them
           as
           they
           doe
           from
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           I
           consider
           that
           the
           true
           state
           of
           the
           Question
           
           is
           onely
           this
           ,
           Whether
           it
           is
           better
           to
           pray
           to
           God
           with
           consideration
           or
           without
           ?
           whether
           is
           the
           wiser
           man
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           he
           who
           thinks
           and
           deliberates
           what
           to
           say
           ,
           or
           he
           that
           utters
           his
           mind
           as
           fast
           as
           it
           comes
           ?
           Whether
           is
           the
           better
           man
           ,
           he
           who
           out
           of
           reverence
           to
           God
           is
           most
           carefull
           and
           curious
           that
           he
           offend
           not
           in
           his
           tongue
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           himselfe
           deliberates
           and
           takes
           the
           best
           guides
           he
           can
           ,
           or
           he
           who
           out
           of
           the
           confidence
           of
           his
           owne
           abilities
           or
           other
           exteriour
           assistances
           ,
           speakes
           what
           ever
           comes
           uppermost
           ?
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           have
           the
           advice
           and
           councell
           of
           a
           very
           
           wise
           man
           ,
           no
           lesse
           than
           
             Solomon
             .
             Eccles.
          
           5.
           2.
           
           
             Be
             not
             rash
             with
             thy
             mouth
             ,
             and
             let
             not
             thy
             heart
             be
             hasty
             to
             utter
             any
             thing
             before
             God
             ,
             for
             God
             is
             in
             heaven
             and
             thou
             upon
             earth
             ,
             therfore
             let
             thy
             words
             be
             few
             .
          
           The
           consideration
           of
           the
           vast
           distance
           between
           God
           and
           us
           ,
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ,
           should
           create
           such
           apprehensions
           in
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           best
           and
           choycest
           of
           our
           offertoryes
           are
           not
           acceptable
           but
           by
           Gods
           gracious
           vouchsafeing
           and
           condescension
           :
           and
           therefore
           since
           we
           are
           so
           much
           indebted
           to
           God
           for
           accepting
           our
           
           best
           it
           is
           not
           safe
           venturing
           to
           present
           him
           with
           a
           dowbaked
           sacrifice
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           off
           with
           that
           which
           in
           nature
           and
           humane
           consideration
           is
           absolutely
           the
           worst
           ,
           for
           such
           is
           all
           the
           crude
           and
           imperfect
           utterance
           of
           our
           more
           imperfect
           conceptions
           .
           But
           let
           
             Solomons
          
           reason
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           good
           we
           are
           sure
           it
           is
           .
           Let
           us
           consider
           who
           keepes
           the
           precept
           best
           ;
           He
           that
           deliberates
           or
           he
           that
           considers
           not
           but
           when
           he
           speakes
           :
           What
           man
           in
           the
           world
           is
           hasty
           
             to
             offer
             any
             thing
             before
             God
             ,
          
           if
           he
           be
           not
           who
           prayes
           
             ex
             tempore
             ?
          
           And
           then
           adde
           to
           it
           but
           the
           weight
           of
           
             Solomons
          
           reason
           ,
           and
           let
           any
           man
           answer
           me
           if
           he
           thinkes
           it
           can
           well
           stand
           with
           that
           reverence
           we
           owe
           to
           the
           Immense
           ,
           the
           infinite
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           eternall
           God
           ,
           the
           God
           of
           wisdome
           ,
           to
           offer
           him
           a
           sacrifice
           which
           we
           durst
           not
           present
           to
           a
           Prince
           ,
           or
           a
           prudent
           Governour
           in
           
             reseriâ
             ,
          
           such
           as
           our
           prayers
           ought
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           
           And
           that
           this
           may
           not
           be
           dashed
           with
           a
           pretence
           it
           is
           carnall
           reasoning
           ,
           I
           desire
           it
           may
           be
           remembred
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           argument
           God
           himselfe
           uses
           against
           lame
           ,
           maimed
           ,
           and
           imperfect
           sacrifices
           ,
           
             Goe
             and
             offer
             this
             to
             thy
             Prince
             ,
          
           See
           if
           he
           will
           accept
           it
           :
           Implying
           ,
           that
           the
           best
           person
           is
           to
           have
           the
           best
           present
           ;
           and
           what
           the
           Prince
           will
           slight
           as
           truely
           unworthy
           of
           him
           ,
           much
           more
           is
           it
           unfit
           for
           God
           .
           For
           God
           accepts
           not
           of
           any
           thing
           we
           give
           or
           doe
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           betterd
           by
           it
           :
           for
           therefore
           its
           estimate
           is
           not
           taken
           by
           its
           relation
           or
           naturall
           complacency
           to
           him
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           alike
           to
           him
           ,
           for
           in
           it selfe
           it
           is
           to
           him
           as
           nothing
           .
           But
           God
           accepts
           it
           by
           its
           proportion
           and
           commensuration
           to
           us
           .
           That
           which
           we
           call
           our
           best
           ,
           and
           is
           truly
           so
           in
           humane
           estimate
           ,
           that
           pleases
           God
           ,
           for
           it
           declares
           that
           if
           we
           had
           better
           ,
           we
           would
           give
           it
           him
           .
           But
           to
           reserve
           the
           best
           ,
           sayes
           too
           plainly
           ,
           that
           we
           
           think
           anything
           is
           good
           enough
           for
           him
           .
           As
           therefore
           God
           in
           the
           Law
           would
           not
           be
           served
           by
           that
           which
           was
           imperfect
           
             in
             genere
             naturae
             :
          
           so
           neither
           now
           nor
           ever
           will
           that
           please
           him
           which
           is
           imperfect
           in
           
             genere
             morum
             ,
          
           or
           
             materiâ
             intellectuali
             ,
          
           when
           we
           can
           give
           a
           better
           .
        
         
           Well
           then
           ,
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           forms
           
           have
           much
           the
           worse
           of
           it
           .
           But
           it
           is
           pretended
           that
           there
           is
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           the
           gift
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           a
           praying
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           
             Et
             nescit
             tarda
             m●limina
             spiritus
             sancti
             gratia
             .
          
           Gods
           Spirit
           (
           if
           he
           pleases
           )
           can
           doe
           his
           work
           as
           well
           in
           an
           instant
           ,
           as
           in
           long
           premeditation
           .
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           are
           pretended
           those
           places
           of
           Scripture
           which
           speak
           of
           the
           assistance
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           in
           our
           prayers
           .
           
             Zeth
             .
          
           12.
           10.
           
           
             And
             I
             will
             poure
             upon
             the
             house
             of
             David
             ,
             and
             the
             inhabitants
             of
             Ierusalem
             ,
             the
             spirit
             of
             grace
             and
             supplication
             .
          
           But
           especially
           
             Rom.
          
           8.
           2●
           .
           
             Likewise
             the
             Spirit
             also
             helpeth
             our
             infirmities
             ,
             for
             we
             know
             not
             what
             we
             should
             pray
             for
             as
             we
             ought
             ,
             but
             the
             Spirit
             it selfe
             maketh
             intercession
             for
             us
             with
             groanings
             that
             cannot
             be
             uttered
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           From
           whence
           the
           Conclusion
           that
           is
           inferred
           is
           in
           the
           words
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
             That
             we
             must
             pray
             with
             the
             spirit
             ,
          
           therefore
           not
           with
           set
           formes
           ,
           therefore
           
             ex
             tempore
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Collection
           is
           somewhat
           wild
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           great
           
           independence
           in
           the
           severall
           parts
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           is
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           then
           was
           virtually
           in
           the
           premises
           .
           But
           such
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           I
           suppose
           will
           owne
           it
           .
           And
           therefore
           we
           will
           examine
           the
           maine
           designe
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           consider
           the
           particular
           meanes
           of
           its
           perswasion
           ,
           quoted
           in
           the
           objection
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           one
           of
           the
           priviledges
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           benefit
           
           of
           Christs
           ascension
           ,
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           is
           given
           unto
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           become
           to
           us
           the
           fountaine
           of
           gifts
           and
           graces
           .
           But
           these
           gifts
           and
           graces
           are
           improvements
           
           and
           helps
           of
           our
           naturall
           faculties
           ,
           of
           our
           art
           and
           industry
           ,
           not
           extraordinary
           ,
           miraculous
           ,
           and
           immediate
           infusions
           of
           habits
           and
           gifts
           .
           That
           without
           Gods
           Spirit
           we
           cannot
           pray
           aright
           ;
           that
           our
           infirmities
           need
           his
           help
           ;
           that
           we
           know
           not
           what
           to
           aske
           of
           our selves
           ,
           is
           most
           true
           :
           and
           if
           ever
           any
           Heretique
           was
           more
           confident
           of
           his
           owne
           naturals
           ,
           or
           did
           ever
           more
           undervalue
           Gods
           grace
           then
           ever
           the
           Pelagian
           did
           ,
           yet
           he
           denyes
           not
           this
           .
           But
           what
           then
           ?
           Therefore
           without
           study
           ,
           without
           art
           ,
           without
           premeditation
           ,
           without
           learning
           ,
           the
           spirit
           gives
           the
           gift
           of
           prayer
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           his
           grace
           that
           without
           any
           naturall
           or
           artificiall
           help
           makes
           us
           pray
           
             extempore
             ?
          
           No
           such
           thing
           :
           The
           Objection
           proves
           nothing
           of
           this
           .
        
         
           Here
           therefore
           we
           will
           joyn
           issue
           ,
           whether
           the
           gifts
           and
           helps
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           be
           immediate
           infusions
           of
           the
           Faculties
           ,
           and
           powers
           ,
           and
           perfect
           abilityes
           :
           Or
           that
           he
           doth
           assist
           us
           onely
           by
           his
           aydes
           externall
           and
           internall
           ,
           in
           the
           use
           of
           such
           meanes
           which
           God
           and
           nature
           hath
           given
           to
           man
           ,
           to
           ennoble
           his
           soule
           ,
           better
           his
           Faculties
           ,
           and
           to
           improve
           his
           understanding
           ?
           That
           the
           aydes
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           are
           onely
           assistances
           to
           us
           in
           the
           use
           of
           naturall
           and
           artificiall
           meanes
           I
           will
           undertake
           to
           prove
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           it
           will
           evidently
           follow
           ,
           that
           labour
           ,
           and
           hard
           study
           ,
           and
           premeditation
           will
           soonest
           purchase
           the
           gift
           of
           prayer
           ,
           and
           ascertain
           us
           of
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           therefore
           set
           formes
           of
           prayer
           ,
           studyed
           and
           considerd
           of
           are
           in
           a
           true
           and
           proper
           sense
           ,
           and
           without
           enthusiasme
           ,
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           spirit
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Gods
           Spirit
           did
           assist
           the
           Apostles
           by
           wayes●
           extraordinary
           ,
           and
           fit
           for
           the
           first
           institution
           of
           Christianity
           :
           but
           doth
           assist
           us
           now
           by
           the
           expresses
           of
           those
           first
           assistances
           which
           he
           gave
           to
           them
           immediately
           .
           So
           
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           is
           the
           author
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           and
           we
           beleeve
           with
           the
           spirit
           (
           it
           is
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           expression
           )
           and
           yet
           our
           beliefe
           comes
           by
           hearing
           and
           reading
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           and
           their
           interpretations
           .
           Now
           reconcile
           these
           two
           together
           ,
           Faith
           comes
           by
           hearing
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           the
           gift
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           it
           sayes
           ,
           that
           the
           gifts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           are
           not
           extasies
           ,
           and
           immediate
           infusions
           of
           habits
           ,
           but
           helps
           from
           God
           to
           enable
           us
           upon
           the
           use
           of
           the
           meanes
           of
           his
           owne
           appointment
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           to
           speak
           ,
           to
           understand
           ,
           to
           prophecy
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           that
           these
           are
           for
           this
           reason
           called
           gifts
           ,
           and
           
           graces
           ,
           and
           issues
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           so
           evident
           and
           notorious
           ,
           that
           the
           speaking
           of
           an
           ordinary
           revealed
           truth
           ,
           is
           called
           in
           Scripture
           
             a
             speaking
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           
           1
           Cor.
           12.
           8.
           
           
             No
             man
             can
             say
             that
             Iesus
             is
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           For
           if
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           supplyes
           us
           with
           materials
           ,
           and
           fundamentals
           for
           our
           building
           ,
           it
           is
           then
           enough
           to
           denominate
           the
           whole
           edifice
           to
           be
           of
           him
           ,
           although
           the
           labour
           and
           the
           workmanship
           be
           ours
           ,
           upon
           another
           stock
           .
           And
           this
           is
           it
           which
           the
           Apostle
           speakes
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           13.
           
           
             Which
             things
             also
             we
             speak
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             words
             which
             mans
             wisdome
             teacheth
             ,
             but
             which
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             teacheth
             ,
             comparing
             spirituall
             things
             with
             spirituall
             .
          
           The
           holy
           Ghost
           teaches
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           upon
           our
           cooperation
           ,
           our
           study
           and
           endeavour
           ,
           while
           we
           compare
           spirituall
           things
           with
           spirituall
           ;
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           is
           said
           to
           teach
           us
           ,
           because
           these
           spirituals
           were
           of
           his
           suggestion
           and
           revelation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           For
           it
           is
           a
           rule
           of
           the
           Schoole
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           much
           
           reason
           in
           it
           .
           
             Habitus
             infusi
             infunduntur
             per
             modum
             acquisitorum
             ,
          
           whatsoever
           is
           infused
           into
           us
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           infused
           as
           other
           things
           are
           acquired
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           step
           by
           step
           ,
           by
           humane
           means
           and
           cooperation
           ,
           and
           grace
           does
           not
           give
           us
           new
           faculties
           ,
           and
           create
           another
           nature
           ,
          
           
           
           
           but
           meliorates
           and
           improves
           our
           owne
           .
           And
           what
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           said
           in
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           is
           also
           true
           in
           this
           Question
           ,
           
             That
             is
             not
             first
             which
             is
             spirituall
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             is
             naturall
             ,
             and
             then
             that
             which
             is
             spirituall
             .
          
           The
           graces
           and
           gifts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           are
           postnate
           ,
           and
           are
           additions
           to
           art
           and
           nature
           .
           God
           directs
           our
           councels
           ,
           opens
           our
           understandings
           ,
           regulates
           our
           will
           ,
           orders
           our
           affections
           ,
           supplyes
           us
           with
           objects
           ,
           and
           arguments
           ,
           and
           opportunities
           ,
           &
           revelations
           
             in
             scriptis
             ,
          
           and
           then
           most
           when
           we
           most
           imploy
           our
           owne
           endeavours
           ,
           God
           loving
           to
           blesse
           all
           the
           means
           ,
           and
           instruments
           of
           his
           service
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           naturall
           or
           acquisite
           .
        
         
           
           But
           whosoever
           shall
           looke
           for
           any
           other
           gifts
           of
           the
           spirit
           besides
           the
           parts
           of
           nature
           helped
           by
           industry
           and
           Gods
           blessing
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           revelations
           or
           the
           supplyes
           of
           matter
           in
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           will
           be
           very
           farre
           to
           seeke
           ,
           having
           neither
           reason
           ,
           promise
           ,
           nor
           experience
           of
           his
           side
           .
           For
           why
           should
           the
           spirit
           of
           Prayer
           be
           any
           other
           than
           as
           the
           gift
           and
           spirit
           of
           faith
           (
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           calls
           it
           ,
           2.
           
             Cor.
          
           4.
           13.
           
           )
           acquired
           by
           humane
           meanes
           using
           divine
           aids
           ?
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           our
           endeavours
           in
           hearing
           ,
           reading
           ,
           Catechizing
           ,
           desires
           to
           obey
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           blessed
           and
           promoted
           by
           God
           ,
           this
           produces
           faith
           .
           And
           if
           the
           spirit
           of
           Prayer
           be
           of
           greater
           consequence
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           promise
           of
           a
           speciall
           prerogative
           ,
           let
           the
           first
           be
           proved
           and
           the
           second
           but
           shewne
           in
           any
           good
           record
           ,
           and
           then
           I
           will
           beleeve
           it
           too
           .
        
         
           
           4.
           
           And
           the
           parallel
           of
           this
           argument
           I
           the
           rather
           urge
           ,
           because
           I
           find
           praying
           in
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           joyned
           with
           graces
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           much
           Gods
           gifts
           and
           productions
           of
           the
           spirit
           as
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           yet
           which
           the
           Apostle
           presses
           upon
           us
           as
           duties
           and
           things
           put
           into
           our
           power
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           improved
           by
           our
           industry
           ,
           and
           
           those
           are
           faith
           (
           in
           which
           I
           before
           instanced
           )
           and
           charity
           .
           
             Epist.
             Iud.
             ver.
          
           20.
           
           
             But
             ye
             (
             beloved
             )
             building
             up
             your selves
             in
             your
             most
             holy
             Faith
             ,
             praying
             in
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             keep
             your selves
             in
             the
             love
             of
             God
             .
          
           All
           of
           the
           same
           consideration
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           Charity
           ,
           all
           gifts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           yet
           build
           up
           your selves
           in
           faith
           ,
           and
           keep
           your selves
           in
           love
           ,
           and
           therefore
           by
           a
           parity
           of
           reason
           ,
           improve
           your selves
           in
           the
           spirit
           of
           prayer
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           God
           by
           his
           spirit
           having
           supplyed
           us
           with
           matter
           ,
           let
           our
           industry
           and
           co-operations
           
             per
             modum
             naturae
             ,
          
           improve
           these
           gifts
           ,
           and
           build
           upon
           this
           foundation
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           in
           effect
           praying
           in
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           or
           with
           
           the
           spirit
           is
           nothing
           but
           prayer
           for
           such
           things
           and
           in
           such
           manner
           which
           God
           by
           his
           spirit
           hath
           taught
           us
           in
           holy
           Scripture
           .
           Holy
           Prayers
           ,
           Spirituall
           songs
           ,
           so
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           one
           part
           of
           prayer
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           Eucharisticall
           or
           thanksgiving
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           prayers
           or
           songs
           which
           are
           spirituall
           
             in
             materiâ
             .
          
           And
           if
           they
           be
           called
           spirituall
           for
           the
           efficient
           cause
           too
           ,
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           being
           the
           author
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           comes
           all
           to
           one
           ,
           for
           therefore
           he
           is
           the
           cause
           and
           giver
           of
           them
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           in
           his
           word
           revealed
           ,
           what
           things
           we
           are
           to
           pray
           for
           ,
           and
           there
           also
           hath
           taught
           us
           the
           manner
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           exactly
           the
           Doctrine
           I
           plainly
           gather
           
           from
           the
           objected
           words
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
             (
             The
             spirit
             helpeth
             our
             infirmities
          
           )
           How
           so
           ?
           it
           followes
           immediately
           ,
           
             For
             we
             know
             not
             what
             we
             should
             pray
             for
             as
             we
             ought
             :
          
           So
           that
           therefore
           he
           is
           the
           spirit
           of
           supplication
           and
           prayer
           ,
           because
           he
           teaches
           us
           what
           to
           ask
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           pray
           ,
           so
           he
           helps
           our
           infirmities
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Greek
           
             Collaborantem
             adjuvat
             .
          
           It
           is
           an
           ingeminate
           expression
           of
           helping
           us
           in
           our
           labours
           together
           with
           him
           .
           Now
           he
           that
           shall
           say
           this
           is
           not
           sufficiently
           done
           by
           Gods
           spirit
          
           
           
           
           
           
           in
           scripture
           by
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           Psalmes
           ,
           and
           Hymnes
           ,
           and
           spirituall
           songs
           ,
           and
           precepts
           concerning
           prayer
           ,
           set
           downe
           in
           that
           holy
           repository
           of
           truth
           and
           devotion
           ,
           undervalues
           that
           inestimable
           treasure
           of
           the
           spirit
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           be
           sufficiently
           done
           there
           ,
           he
           that
           will
           multiply
           his
           hopes
           farther
           ,
           then
           what
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           may
           possibly
           deceive
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           never
           deceive
           God
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           multiply
           and
           continue
           miracles
           ,
           to
           justifie
           his
           fancy
           .
        
         
           
           5.
           
           Better
           it
           is
           to
           follow
           the
           Scriptures
           for
           our
           guide
           ,
           as
           in
           all
           things
           else
           ,
           so
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           
             Ephes.
          
           6.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           
             Take
             the
             sword
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             .
             Praying
             alwayes
             with
             all
             prayer
             and
             supplication
             in
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           The
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           the
           sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           praying
           in
           the
           Spirit
           is
           one
           way
           of
           using
           it
           ,
           indeed
           the
           onely
           way
           that
           he
           here
           specifies
           .
           Praying
           in
           the
           Spirit
           then
           being
           the
           using
           of
           this
           Sword
           ,
           and
           this
           Sword
           being
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           followes
           evidently
           ,
           that
           praying
           in
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           praying
           in
           ,
           or
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           direrections
           ,
           rules
           ,
           and
           expresses
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           
           The
           summe
           is
           this
           .
           Whatsoever
           this
           gift
           is
           ,
           or
           this
           spirit
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           acquired
           by
           humane
           industry
           ,
           by
           learning
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           by
           reading
           ,
           by
           conference
           ,
           and
           by
           whatsoever
           else
           faculties
           are
           improved
           ,
           and
           habits
           inlarged
           .
           Gods
           Spirit
           hath
           done
           his
           work
           sufficiently
           this
           way
           ,
           and
           he
           loves
           not
           either
           in
           nature
           or
           grace
           (
           which
           are
           his
           two
           great
           sanctions
           )
           to
           multiply
           miracles
           when
           there
           is
           no
           need
           .
        
         
           
           6.
           
           So
           that
           now
           I
           demand
           ,
           Whether
           or
           no
           ,
           since
           the
           expiration
           of
           the
           age
           of
           miracles
           ,
           does
           not
           Gods
           Spirit
           most
           assist
           us
           ,
           when
           we
           most
           endeavour
           and
           most
           use
           the
           meanes
           ?
           He
           that
           sayes
           ,
           No
           ,
           discourages
           all
           men
           from
           reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           from
           industry
           ,
           from
           meditation
           ,
           
           from
           conference
           ,
           from
           humane
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           and
           from
           whatsoever
           else
           God
           and
           good
           Lawes
           provoke
           us
           to
           by
           proposition
           of
           rewards
           :
           But
           if
           ,
           Yea
           ,
           (
           as
           most
           certainly
           God
           will
           best
           crown
           the
           best
           endeavours
           )
           then
           the
           spirit
           of
           Prayer
           is
           greatest
           in
           him
           ,
           who
           (
           supposing
           the
           like
           capacities
           and
           opportunities
           )
           studies
           hardest
           ,
           reades
           most
           ,
           practices
           most
           religiously
           ,
           deliberates
           most
           prudently
           ;
           and
           then
           by
           how
           much
           want
           of
           means
           ,
           is
           worse
           then
           the
           use
           of
           means
           ,
           by
           so
           much
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           Prayers
           are
           worse
           then
           deliberate
           and
           studyed
           .
           Excellent
           therefore
           is
           the
           counsell
           of
           S.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           1
           
             Ep.
             Chap.
             4.
             ver.
             11.
             
             If
             any
             man
             speak
             ,
             let
             him
             speak
             as
             the
             Oracles
             of
             God
             ,
          
           (
           not
           lightly
           then
           and
           inconsiderately
           )
           
             If
             any
             man
             minister
             ,
             let
             him
             doe
             it
             as
             of
             the
             ability
             which
             God
             giveth
             :
          
           (
           great
           reason
           then
           to
           put
           all
           his
           abilities
           and
           faculties
           to
           it
           )
           and
           whether
           of
           the
           two
           does
           most
           likely
           doe
           that
           ,
           he
           that
           takes
           paines
           ,
           and
           considers
           ,
           and
           discusses
           ,
           and
           so
           approves
           and
           practices
           a
           forme
           ,
           or
           he
           that
           never
           considers
           what
           he
           sayes
           ,
           till
           he
           sayes
           it
           ,
           needs
           not
           much
           deliberation
           to
           passe
           a
           sentence
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           did
           not
           the
           Penmen
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           write
           
           the
           Epistles
           and
           Gospels
           respectively
           all
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ?
           Most
           certainly
           ,
           holy
           men
           of
           God
           
             spoke
             as
             they
             were
             moved
             by
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           saith
           Saint
           
             Peter
             .
          
           And
           certainly
           they
           were
           moved
           by
           a
           more
           immediate
           motion
           ,
           and
           a
           motion
           neerer
           to
           an
           Enthusiasme
           ,
           then
           now
           adayes
           in
           the
           gift
           and
           spirit
           of
           Prayer
           .
           And
           yet
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           those
           great
           assistances
           and
           motions
           they
           did
           use
           study
           ,
           art
           ,
           industry
           ,
           and
           humane
           abilities
           .
           This
           is
           more
           then
           probable
           in
           the
           different
           styles
           of
           the
           severall
           Books
           ,
           some
           being
           of
           admirable
           art
           ,
           others
           lower
           and
           plaine
           .
           The
           words
           were
           their
           own
           at
           least
           sometimes
           ,
           not
           the
           holy
           Ghosts
           .
           And
           if
           the
           Fathers
           and
           Grammarians
           were
           not
           deceived
           
           by
           ●alse
           Copies
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           truely
           did
           observe
           ,
           sometimes
           to
           be
           propriety
           of
           expression
           in
           the
           language
           ,
           sometimes
           not
           true
           Greeke
           ,
           who
           will
           think
           those
           errors
           or
           imperfections
           in
           Grammar
           ,
           were
           (
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           words
           I
           say
           precisely
           )
           immediate
           inspirations
           and
           dictates
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           not
           rather
           their
           own
           productions
           of
           industry
           and
           humanity
           .
           But
           cleerly
           some
           of
           their
           words
           were
           the
           words
           of
           
             Aratus
             ,
          
           some
           of
           
             Epimenides
             ,
          
           some
           of
           
             Menander
             ,
          
           some
           of
           
             S.
             Paul
             ,
             [
             This
             speak
             I
             ,
             not
             the
             Lord
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             7.
          
           ]
           and
           yet
           because
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           renewed
           their
           memory
           ,
           improved
           their
           understanding
           ,
           supplyed
           to
           some
           their
           want
           of
           humane
           learning
           ,
           and
           so
           assisted
           them
           that
           they
           should
           not
           commit
           an
           error
           in
           fact
           or
           opinion
           ,
           neither
           in
           the
           narrative
           nor
           dogmaticall
           parts
           ,
           therefore
           they
           writ
           by
           the
           Spirit
           .
           Since
           then
           we
           cannot
           pretend
           upon
           any
           grounds
           of
           probability
           to
           an
           inspiration
           so
           immediate
           as
           theirs
           ,
           and
           yet
           their
           assistances
           which
           they
           had
           from
           the
           Spirit
           did
           not
           exclude
           humane
           arts
           ,
           and
           industry
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           ablest
           Scholler
           did
           write
           the
           best
           ,
           much
           rather
           is
           this
           true
           in
           the
           gifts
           and
           assistances
           we
           receive
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           the
           gift
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           an
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           and
           an
           inspired
           faculty
           ,
           but
           the
           faculties
           of
           nature
           and
           the
           abilities
           of
           art
           and
           industry
           are
           improved
           and
           ennobled
           by
           the
           supervening
           assistances
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           
           And
           now
           let
           us
           take
           a
           man
           that
           pretends
           he
           hath
           the
           gift
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           loves
           to
           pray
           
             ex
             tempore
             ,
          
           I
           suppose
           his
           thoughts
           goe
           a
           little
           before
           his
           tongue
           ;
           I
           demand
           then
           ,
           Whether
           cannot
           this
           man
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           once
           come
           into
           his
           head
           ,
           hold
           his
           tongue
           ,
           and
           write
           downe
           what
           he
           hath
           conceived
           ?
           If
           his
           first
           conceptions
           were
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           so
           still
           ,
           even
           when
           they
           are
           written
           .
           Or
           is
           the
           Spirit
           departed
           from
           him
           ,
           upon
           the
           
           sight
           of
           a
           pen
           and
           Ink-horne
           ?
           It
           did
           use
           to
           be
           otherwise
           among
           the
           old
           and
           new
           Prophets
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           Prophets
           of
           Prediction
           ,
           or
           of
           ordinary
           Ministery
           .
           But
           if
           his
           conception
           may
           be
           writt●n
           ,
           and
           being
           writt●n
           is
           still
           a
           production
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           then
           it
           followes
           that
           set
           forms
           of
           Prayer
           deliberate
           and
           described
           ,
           may
           as
           well
           be
           a
           praying
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           sudden
           formes
           and
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           out-lets
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           case
           being
           thus
           put
           ,
           I
           would
           faine
           know
           
           what
           the
           difference
           is
           betweene
           deliberate
           and
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           Prayers
           ,
           save
           onely
           that
           in
           these
           there
           is
           lesse
           consideration
           and
           prudence
           ;
           for
           that
           the
           other
           are
           (
           at
           least
           as
           much
           as
           them
           )
           the
           productions
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           evident
           in
           the
           very
           case
           put
           in
           this
           very
           argument
           :
           and
           whether
           to
           consider
           and
           to
           weigh
           them
           ,
           be
           any
           disadvantage
           to
           our
           devotions
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           all
           wise
           men
           to
           determine
           .
           So
           that
           in
           effect
           ,
           since
           after
           the
           pretended
           assistance
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           we
           may
           write
           them
           downe
           ,
           consider
           them
           ,
           try
           the
           spirits
           ,
           and
           ponder
           the
           manner
           ,
           the
           reason
           and
           the
           religion
           of
           the
           addresse
           ,
           let
           the
           world
           judge
           whether
           this
           sudden
           utterance
           and
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           forms
           be
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           but
           a
           direct
           resolution
           not
           to
           consider
           before-hand
           what
           we
           speak
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           us
           look
           a
           little
           further
           into
           the
           mysterie
           ,
           and
           
           see
           what
           is
           meant
           in
           Scripture
           by
           
             praying
             with
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           In
           what
           sense
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           is
           called
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             prayer
             ,
          
           I
           have
           already
           shewne
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           of
           
             prudence
             ,
          
           of
           
             knowledge
             ,
          
           of
           
             understanding
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           .
           But
           
             praying
             with
             the
             spirit
          
           hath
           besides
           this
           other
           senses
           also
           in
           Scripture
           .
           I
           find
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           that
           then
           we
           pray
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           when
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           does
           actually
           excite
           us
           to
           desires
           and
           earnest
           tendencies
           to
           the
           obtaining
           our
           holy
           purposes
           ,
           when
           he
           gives
           us
           
           zeale
           and
           devotion
           ,
           charity
           and
           fervour
           ,
           spirituall
           violence
           and
           holy
           importunity
           .
           This
           sense
           is
           also
           in
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           the
           objected
           words
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
             Rom.
             8.
             
             The
             spirit
             it selfe
             maketh
             intercession
             for
             us
             with
             groanings
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Indeed
           this
           is
           truly
           a
           praying
           in
           the
           spirit
           ,
           but
           this
           will
           doe
           our
           reverend
           Brethren
           of
           the
           Assembly
           little
           advantage
           as
           to
           the
           present
           Question
           .
           For
           this
           spirit
           is
           not
           a
           spirit
           of
           utterance
           ;
           not
           at
           all
           clamorous
           in
           the
           eares
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           but
           cryes
           loud
           in
           the
           eares
           of
           God
           with
           [
           
             gr●anes
             unutterable
             ,
          
           ]
           so
           it
           followes
           ,
           and
           onely
           [
           
             He
             that
             searcheth
             the
             heart
             ,
             he
             understandeth
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           ]
           This
           is
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Sonne
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           sen●
           into
           our
           hearts
           ,
           (
           not
           into
           our
           tongues
           )
           whereby
           we
           cry
           ,
           Abba
           ,
           Father
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           4.
           6.
           
           And
           this
           is
           the
           great
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           for
           mentall
           Prayer
           ,
           which
           is
           properly
           and
           truly
           praying
           by
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           
           Another
           praying
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           I
           find
           in
           that
           place
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           from
           whence
           this
           expression
           is
           taken
           ,
           and
           commonly
           used
           ,
           
             I
             will
             pray
             with
             the
             spirit
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             pray
             with
             the
             understanding
             also
             .
          
           Here
           they
           are
           opposed
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           declared
           to
           be
           things
           severall
           and
           disparate
           :
           where
           by
           the
           way
           observe
           ,
           that
           praying
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           even
           in
           sense
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           not
           alwayes
           most
           to
           edification
           of
           the
           people
           .
           Not
           alwayes
           with
           understanding
           .
           And
           when
           these
           two
           are
           separated
           ,
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           prefers
           five
           words
           with
           understanding
           ,
           before
           ten
           thousand
           in
           the
           spirit
           .
           For
           this
           praying
           with
           the
           spirit
           was
           indeed
           then
           a
           gift
           extraordinary
           and
           miraculous
           ,
           like
           as
           prophecying
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           expired
           with
           it
           .
           But
           while
           it
           did
           last
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           lowest
           of
           gifts
           ,
           
             Inter
             dona
             linguarum
             ,
          
           it
           was
           but
           a
           gift
           of
           the
           tongue
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Church
           rectly
           or
           immediately
           .
        
         
           
           By
           the
           way
           onely
           .
           If
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           did
           so
           undervalue
           the
           
           praying
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           he
           preferred
           edifying
           the
           Church
           a
           thousand
           degrees
           beyond
           it
           .
           I
           suppose
           he
           would
           have
           beene
           of
           the
           sam●
           mind
           ,
           if
           this
           Question
           had
           beene
           between
           praying
           with
           the
           Spirit
           and
           obeying
           our
           superiors
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           when
           it
           was
           between
           praying
           with
           the
           Spirit
           and
           edification
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           because
           (
           it
           I
           be
           not
           mistaken
           )
           it
           is
           matter
           of
           great
           concernment
           towards
           the
           edication
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           obey
           our
           superiours
           ,
           not
           to
           innovate
           in
           publick
           formes
           of
           worsh●p
           ,
           especially
           with
           the
           scandall
           and
           offence
           of
           very
           wise
           and
           learned
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           disgrace
           of
           the
           dead
           Martyrs
           ,
           who
           sealed
           our
           Liturgy
           with
           their
           blood
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           .
           In
           this
           place
           praying
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           
           no
           more
           than
           my
           spirit
           praying
           .
           For
           so
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           joynes
           them
           as
           terms
           identicall
           ,
           and
           expressive
           one
           of
           anothers
           meaning
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           please
           to
           read
           
             ver.
          
           14.
           and
           15.
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           14.
           
           
             I
             will
             pray
             with
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             my
             Spirit
             truly
             prayeth
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           act
           of
           our
           inner
           man
           ,
           praying
           holy
           and
           spirituall
           Prayers
           .
           But
           then
           indeed
           at
           that
           time
           there
           was
           somthing
           extraordianary
           joyned
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           in
           an
           unknowne
           tongue
           ,
           the
           practice
           of
           which
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           there
           dislikes
           .
           This
           also
           will
           be
           to
           none
           of
           their
           purposes
           .
           For
           whether
           it
           were
           
             Extempore
             ,
          
           or
           by
           premeditation
           ,
           is
           not
           here
           expressed
           ,
           or
           if
           it
           had
           ,
           yet
           that
           assistance
           extraordinary
           in
           prayer
           ,
           if
           there
           was
           any
           beside
           the
           gift
           of
           tongues
           (
           which
           I
           much
           doubt
           )
           is
           no
           more
           transmitted
           to
           us
           ,
           then
           the
           speaking
           tongues
           in
           the
           spirit
           ,
           or
           prophecying
           
             Extempore
          
           and
           by
           the
           spirit
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           would
           adde
           also
           one
           experiment
           which
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           
           also
           there
           addes
           by
           way
           of
           instance
           .
           If
           praying
           with
           the
           spirit
           in
           this
           place
           be
           praying
           
             ex
             tempore
             ,
          
           then
           so
           is
           singing
           too
           .
           For
           they
           are
           expressed
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           to
           the
           same
           end
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           
           why
           these
           should
           be
           differing
           senses
           put
           upon
           them
           to
           ●erve
           p●rposes
           .
           And
           now
           l●t
           us
           have
           some
           Church-musicke
           too
           ,
           though
           the
           Organs
           be
           pulled
           down
           ,
           and
           let
           any
           the
           ●est
           P●alm●st
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           compose
           a
           hymne
           in
           ●etricall
           forme
           ,
           and
           sing
           it
           to
           a
           new
           tune
           with
           perfect
           and
           true
           musick
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           
             extempore
             .
          
           For
           all
           this
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           can
           doe
           if
           he
           pleases
           .
           But
           if
           it
           be
           said
           that
           the
           Cor●nthian
           Christians
           composed
           their
           songs
           and
           hymnes
           according
           to
           art
           and
           rules
           of
           musick
           ,
           by
           study
           and
           industry
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           this
           they
           were
           assisted
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           together
           with
           the
           devotion
           of
           their
           spirit
           ,
           was
           singing
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           then
           say
           I
           ,
           so
           composing
           set
           forms
           of
           Liturgy
           by
           skil
           and
           prudence
           ,
           and
           humane
           industry
           ,
           may
           be
           as
           much
           praying
           with
           the
           spirit
           as
           the
           other
           is
           singing
           with
           the
           spirit
           .
           Plainely
           enough
           .
           In
           all
           the
           senses
           of
           praying
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           its
           acceptations
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           pray
           or
           sing
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           neither
           of
           them
           of
           necessity
           implyes
           
             extempore
             .
          
        
         
           
           The
           summe
           or
           
             Collecta
          
           of
           the
           premises
           is
           this
           ,
           Praying
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           is
           either
           when
           the
           spirit
           stirres
           up
           our
           desires
           to
           pray
           ,
           
             Per
             motionem
             actualis
             auxilii
             ,
          
           or
           when
           the
           spirit
           teaches
           us
           what
           ,
           or
           how
           to
           pray
           ,
           telling
           us
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           our
           prayers
           .
           Or
           lastly
           ,
           dictating
           the
           very
           words
           of
           our
           prayers
           .
           There
           is
           no
           other
           way
           in
           the
           world
           to
           pray
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           that
           is
           pertinent
           to
           this
           Question
           .
           And
           of
           this
           last
           manner
           the
           Scripture
           determines
           nothing
           ,
           nor
           speakes
           any
           thing
           expressely
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           suppose
           it
           had
           ,
           we
           are
           certaine
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           hath
           supplyed
           us
           with
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           set
           formes
           of
           prayer
           best
           of
           all
           ,
           I
           meane
           there
           where
           a
           difference
           can
           be
           .
           For
           as
           for
           the
           desires
           ,
           and
           actuall
           motions
           or
           incitements
           to
           pray
           ,
           they
           are
           indifferent
           to
           one
           or
           the
           other
           ,
           to
           set
           formes
           or
           
           to
           
             extempore
             ,
          
           a.
           
           But
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           and
           manner
           of
           prayer
           ,
           it
           is
           cleerly
           contained
           in
           the
           expresses
           ,
           and
           set
           formes
           of
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           supplyed
           to
           us
           by
           the
           spirit
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           the
           great
           D●ctator
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           th●n
           for
           the
           very
           words
           .
           No
           man
           can
           assure
           me
           
           that
           the
           words
           of
           his
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           prayer
           are
           the
           words
           of
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           :
           it
           is
           not
           ●eason
           nor
           modesty
           to
           expect
           such
           immediate
           assistances
           to
           so
           little
           purpose
           ,
           he
           having
           supplyed
           us
           with
           abilities
           more
           then
           enough
           to
           expresse
           our
           desires
           
             aliunde
             ,
          
           otherwise
           then
           by
           immediate
           dictate
           .
           But
           if
           we
           will
           take
           
             Davids
          
           Psalter
           ,
           or
           the
           other
           hymnes
           of
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           the
           Prayers
           which
           are
           respersed
           over
           the
           Bible
           ,
           we
           are
           sure
           enough
           that
           they
           are
           the
           words
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           mediately
           or
           immediately
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           infusion
           or
           extasie
           ,
           by
           vision
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           by
           ordinary
           assistance
           .
           And
           now
           then
           ,
           what
           greater
           confidence
           can
           any
           man
           have
           for
           the
           excellency
           of
           his
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           the
           probability
           of
           their
           being
           accepted
           ,
           then
           when
           he
           prayes
           his
           Psalter
           ,
           or
           the
           Lords
           prayer
           ,
           or
           another
           office
           which
           he
           finds
           consigned
           in
           Scripture
           ?
           When
           Gods
           Spirit
           stirs
           us
           up
           to
           an
           actuall
           devotion
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           use
           the
           matter
           he
           hath
           described
           and
           taught
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           words
           which
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Christs
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           other
           persons
           full
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           did
           use
           ;
           if
           in
           the
           world
           there
           be
           any
           praying
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           (
           I
           meane
           in
           vocall
           prayer
           )
           this
           is
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           examined
           the
           intire
           and
           full
           scope
           of
           this
           Question
           ,
           and
           ri●●ed
           their
           Objection
           .
           Now
           I
           sh●ll
           proceed
           to
           some
           few
           arguments
           which
           are
           more
           extrinsecall
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           practice
           prevailing
           among
           those
           of
           our
           Brethren
           
           that
           are
           zealous
           for
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           prayers
           ,
           to
           pray
           their
           Sermons
           over
           ,
           to
           reduce
           their
           doctrine
           into
           Devotion
           and
           
           Lyturgie
           .
           I
           mislike
           it
           not
           for
           the
           thing
           it
           ●el●e
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           done
           regularly
           for
           the
           manner
           ,
           and
           the
           matter
           were
           alwayes
           pious
           and
           true
           .
           But
           who
           shall
           assure
           me
           when
           the
           preacher
           hath
           disputed
           ,
           or
           rather
           dogmatically
           decreed
           a
           point
           of
           predestination
           ,
           or
           of
           prescience
           ,
           of
           contingency
           ,
           or
           of
           liberty
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           the
           most
           mysterious
           parts
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           then
           prayes
           his
           Sermon
           over
           ,
           that
           he
           then
           prayes
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ?
           Unlesse
           I
           be
           sure
           that
           he
           also
           preached
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           I
           cannot
           be
           sure
           that
           he
           prayes
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           for
           all
           he
           prayes
           
             extempore
             .
          
           Nay
           if
           I
           heare
           a
           Protestant
           preach
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           an
           Anabaptist
           in
           the
           afternoone
           ,
           to
           day
           a
           Presbyterian
           ,
           to
           morrow
           an
           Independant
           ,
           am
           I
           most
           sure
           that
           when
           they
           have
           preached
           Contradictoryes
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           pray
           their
           Sermons
           over
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           all
           pray
           with
           the
           spirit
           ?
           More
           then
           one
           in
           this
           case
           cannot
           pray
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           possibly
           all
           may
           pray
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           
           2.
           
           From
           whence
           I
           thus
           argue
           in
           behalfe
           of
           set
           formes
           of
           prayer
           .
           That
           in
           the
           case
           above
           put
           ,
           how
           shall
           I
           or
           any
           man
           else
           say
           Amen
           to
           their
           prayers
           that
           preach
           and
           pray
           contradictoryes
           ?
           At
           least
           I
           am
           much
           hindred
           in
           my
           devotion
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           ,
           it
           derives
           our
           opinions
           into
           our
           devotions
           ,
           makes
           every
           schoole
           point
           ,
           become
           our
           religion
           ,
           and
           makes
           God
           a
           party
           ,
           (
           so
           farre
           as
           we
           can
           )
           intitling
           him
           to
           our
           impertinent
           wranglings
           .
           Besides
           this
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           while
           we
           should
           attend
           to
           our
           addresses
           towards
           God
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           whether
           the
           point
           be
           true
           or
           no
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           time
           we
           have
           ●acitly
           discoursed
           it
           ,
           we
           are
           upon
           another
           point
           which
           also
           perhaps
           is
           as
           Questionable
           as
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           time
           our
           spirit
           of
           devotion
           ,
           is
           a
           little
           discomposed
           and
           something
           out
           of
           countenance
           ,
           there
           is
           so
           much
           other
           imployment
           for
           the
           spirit
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           discerning
           and
           judging
           .
           All
           which
           
           inconveniences
           are
           avoyded
           in
           set
           formes
           of
           Liturgy
           .
           For
           we
           know
           before
           hand
           the
           conditions
           of
           our
           Communion
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           we
           are
           to
           say
           Amen
           ,
           to
           which
           if
           we
           like
           it
           we
           may
           repayre
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           harm
           done
           ,
           your
           devotion
           shall
           not
           be
           surprized
           ,
           nor
           your
           Communion
           invaded
           ,
           as
           it
           may
           be
           and
           often
           is
           in
           your
           
             extempore
          
           prayers
           .
           And
           this
           things
           hath
           another
           collaterall
           inconvenience
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           great
           consideration
           ,
           for
           upon
           what
           confidence
           can
           we
           sollicite
           any
           Recusants
           to
           come
           to
           our
           Church
           ,
           where
           we
           cannot
           promise
           them
           that
           the
           devotions
           there
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           shall
           be
           innocent
           ,
           nor
           can
           we
           put
           him
           into
           a
           condition
           to
           judge
           for
           himselfe
           ?
           If
           he
           will
           venture
           he
           may
           ,
           but
           we
           can
           use
           no
           argument
           to
           make
           him
           choose
           our
           Churches
           ,
           though
           he
           should
           quit
           his
           owne
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           But
           againe
           ,
           let
           us
           consider
           with
           sobriety
           .
           Are
           not
           
           those
           prayers
           and
           hymnes
           in
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           excellent
           compositions
           ,
           admirable
           instruments
           of
           devotion
           ,
           full
           of
           piety
           ,
           rare
           and
           incomparable
           addresses
           to
           God
           ?
           Dare
           any
           man
           with
           his
           gift
           of
           Prayer
           pretend
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           
             ex●tempore
          
           or
           by
           study
           make
           better
           ?
           Who
           dares
           pretend
           that
           he
           hath
           a
           better
           spirit
           then
           
             David
          
           had
           ,
           or
           then
           the
           Apostles
           and
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           other
           holy
           persons
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           whose
           Prayers
           and
           Psalmes
           are
           by
           Gods
           Spirit
           consigned
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Church
           for
           ever
           ?
           Or
           will
           it
           be
           denyed
           but
           that
           they
           also
           are
           excellent
           directories
           and
           patterns
           for
           prayer
           ?
           And
           if
           patternes
           ,
           the
           neerer
           we
           draw
           to
           our
           example
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           imitations
           and
           representments
           the
           better
           ?
           And
           what
           then
           if
           we
           took
           the
           samplers
           themselves
           ,
           is
           there
           any
           imperfection
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           can
           we
           mend
           them
           and
           correct
           
             Magnificat
             ?
          
        
         
           In
           a
           just
           proportion
           and
           commensuration
           ,
           I
           argue
           so
           
           concerning
           the
           primitive
           and
           ancient
           formes
           of
           Church
           
           service
           ,
           which
           are
           composed
           according
           to
           those
           so
           excellent
           patternes
           ,
           which
           if
           they
           had
           remained
           pure
           as
           in
           their
           first
           institution
           ,
           or
           had
           alwayes
           beene
           as
           they
           have
           beene
           reformed
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           they
           would
           against
           all
           defiance
           put
           in
           for
           the
           next
           place
           to
           those
           formes
           of
           Liturgy
           which
           
             Mutatis
             mutandis
          
           are
           nothing
           but
           the
           words
           of
           Scripture
           .
           But
           I
           am
           resolved
           at
           this
           present
           not
           to
           enter
           into
           Question
           concerning
           the
           matter
           of
           prayers
           .
           But
           for
           the
           forme
           this
           I
           say
           further
           .
        
         
           
           4.
           
           That
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           hath
           the
           promise
           of
           the
           spirit
           made
           to
           her
           in
           generall
           ,
           to
           her
           in
           her
           Catholicke
           and
           united
           capacity
           ,
           to
           the
           whole
           Church
           first
           ,
           then
           to
           particular
           Churches
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           lowest
           seate
           of
           the
           Category
           to
           single
           persons
           .
           Now
           then
           I
           infer
           ,
           if
           any
           single
           persons
           will
           have
           us
           to
           beleeve
           without
           all
           possibility
           of
           proofe
           (
           for
           so
           it
           must
           be
           )
           that
           they
           pray
           with
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           (
           for
           how
           shal
           they
           be
           able
           to
           prove
           the
           spirit
           actually
           to
           ab●de
           in
           those
           single
           persons
           )
           then
           much
           rather
           must
           we
           beleeve
           it
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           generall
           it
           is
           ,
           so
           much
           the
           more
           of
           the
           spirit
           she
           is
           likely
           to
           have
           :
           and
           then
           if
           there
           be
           no
           errors
           in
           the
           matter
           ,
           the
           Church
           hath
           the
           advantage
           and
           probability
           on
           her
           side
           ,
           and
           if
           there
           be
           an
           error
           in
           matter
           in
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           faile
           of
           their
           pretences
           ,
           neither
           of
           them
           have
           the
           spirit
           .
           But
           the
           publick
           spirit
           in
           all
           reason
           is
           to
           be
           trusted
           before
           the
           private
           ,
           when
           there
           is
           a
           contestation
           ,
           the
           Church
           being
           
             Prior
             &
             potior
             in
             promissis
             ,
          
           she
           hath
           a
           greater
           and
           
             prior
          
           title
           to
           the
           spirit
           .
           And
           why
           the
           Church
           hath
           not
           the
           spirit
           of
           prayer
           in
           her
           compositions
           as
           well
           as
           any
           of
           her
           children
           ,
           I
           desire
           once
           for
           all
           to
           be
           satisfied
           upon
           true
           grounds
           either
           of
           reason
           or
           revelation
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           Or
           if
           the
           Church
           shall
           be
           admitted
           to
           have
           the
           
           gi●t
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           of
           prayer
           given
           unto
           her
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           great
           promise
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           to
           abide
           with
           her
           for
           ever
           ,
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           she
           is
           taught
           to
           pray
           in
           a
           set
           forme
           of
           prayer
           ,
           and
           yet
           by
           the
           spirit
           too
           .
           For
           what
           thinke
           we
           ?
           When
           Christ
           taught
           us
           to
           pray
           in
           that
           incomparable
           modell
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           if
           we
           pray
           that
           prayer
           devoutly
           ,
           and
           with
           pious
           and
           actuall
           intention
           ,
           doe
           we
           not
           pray
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           if
           we
           prayed
           any
           other
           forme
           of
           words
           pretended
           to
           be
           taught
           us
           by
           the
           spirit
           ?
           We
           are
           sure
           that
           Christ
           and
           Christs
           Spirit
           taught
           us
           this
           Prayer
           ,
           they
           onely
           gather
           by
           conjectures
           and
           opinions
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           
             extempore
          
           formes
           the
           spirit
           of
           Christ
           teaches
           them
           .
           So
           much
           then
           as
           certainties
           are
           better
           then
           uncertainties
           ,
           and
           God
           above
           man
           ,
           so
           much
           is
           this
           set
           forme
           (
           besides
           the
           infinite
           advantages
           in
           the
           matter
           )
           better
           than
           their
           
             extempore
          
           formes
           in
           the
           forme
           it selfe
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           If
           I
           should
           descend
           to
           minates
           and
           particulars
           ,
           I
           
           could
           instance
           in
           the
           behalfe
           of
           set
           forms
           ,
           that
           God
           prescribed
           to
           
             Moses
          
           a
           set
           form
           of
           prayer
           and
           benediction
           to
           be
           used
           when
           he
           did
           blesse
           the
           people
           .
           7.
           
           That
           
             Moses
          
           composed
           a
           song
           or
           hymne
           for
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           to
           use
           to
           all
           their
           generations
           .
           8.
           
           That
           
             David
          
           composed
           many
           for
           the
           service
           of
           the
           tabernacle
           .
           9.
           
           That
           
             Solomon
          
           and
           the
           holy
           Kings
           of
           
             Iudah
          
           brought
           them
           in
           and
           con●inued
           them
           in
           the
           ministration
           of
           the
           temple
           .
           10.
           
           That
           all
           Scripture
           is
           written
           for
           our
           learning
           ,
           &
           since
           all
           these
           and
           many
           more
           set
           forms
           of
           prayer
           left
           there
           upon
           record
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           then
           probable
           that
           they
           were
           left
           there
           for
           our
           use
           and
           devotion
           .
           11.
           
           That
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           Baptist
           taught
           his
           Diciples
           a
           forme
           of
           prayer
           .
           12.
           
           And
           that
           Christs
           Disciples
           begged
           the
           same
           favour
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           
           granted
           as
           they
           desired
           it
           .
           13.
           
           And
           that
           Christ
           gave
           it
           not
           onely
           
             inmassâ
             materiae
             ,
          
           but
           
             in
             forma
             verborum
             ;
          
           not
           in
           a
           confused
           heap
           of
           matter
           ,
           but
           in
           an
           exact
           composure
           of
           words
           ,
           it
           makes
           it
           evident
           ,
           he
           intended
           it
           not
           onely
           
             proregula
             petendorum
             ,
          
           for
           a
           direction
           of
           what
           things
           we
           are
           to
           aske
           ,
           but
           also
           
             proforma
             orationis
             ,
          
           for
           a
           set
           forme
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           In
           which
           also
           I
           am
           most
           certainly
           confirmed
           (
           besides
           the
           universall
           testimony
           of
           Gods
           Church
           so
           attesting
           it
           )
           in
           the
           precept
           which
           Christ
           added
           ,
           
             When
             ye
             pray
             ,
             pray
             after
             this
             manner
             :
          
           and
           indeed
           it
           points
           not
           the
           matter
           onely
           of
           our
           prayers
           ,
           but
           the
           forme
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           manner
           and
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           addresse
           both
           .
           But
           in
           the
           repetition
           of
           it
           by
           Saint
           
             Luke
             ,
          
           the
           preceptive
           words
           seem
           to
           limit
           us
           ,
           and
           direct
           us
           to
           this
           very
           forme
           of
           words
           ,
           
             When
             ye
             pray
             ,
             say
             ,
             Our
             Father
             ,
             &c.
          
           14.
           
           I
           could
           also
           adde
           the
           example
           of
           all
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           who
           sung
           a
           great
           part
           of
           
             Davids
          
           Psalter
           in
           their
           Feast
           of
           Passeover
           ,
           which
           part
           is
           called
           by
           the
           Jewes
           the
           great
           
             Hallelu-jah
             ,
          
           it
           begins
           at
           the
           113.
           
           Psalme
           ,
           and
           ends
           at
           the
           118.
           inclusively
           .
           And
           the
           Scripture
           mentions
           it
           as
           part
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviours
           devotion
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           that
           they
           sung
           a
           Psalme
           .
           15.
           
           That
           this
           afterward
           became
           a
           Precept
           Evangelical
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           praise
           God
           in
           Hymnes
           ,
           Psalmes
           ,
           and
           spirituall
           songs
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           forme
           of
           Lyturgie
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           sing
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           but
           yet
           cannot
           make
           our
           Hymnes
           
             ex
             tempore
             ,
          
           (
           it
           would
           be
           wild
           ●tuffe
           if
           we
           should
           goe
           about
           it
           .
           )
           16.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           that
           a
           set-forme
           of
           worship
           and
           addresse
           to
           God
           was
           recorded
           by
           Saint
           
             Iohn
             ,
          
           
           and
           sung
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           composed
           out
           of
           the
           songs
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
             (
             Exod.
          
           15.
           )
           of
           
             David
             ,
             (
             Psal.
          
           145.
           )
           and
           of
           
             Ieremy
             ,
             (
             Chap.
          
           10.
           6
           ,
           7.
           )
           which
           certainly
           is
           a
           very
           good
           precedent
           for
           us
           to
           imitate
           ,
           although
           but
           revealed
           
           to
           Saint
           
             Iohn
          
           by
           way
           of
           vision
           and
           extasie
           .
           All
           which
           and
           many
           more
           are
           to
           me●as
           so
           many
           arguments
           of
           the
           use
           ,
           excellency
           ,
           and
           necessity
           of
           set-formes
           of
           Prayer
           for
           publike
           Lyturgies
           ,
           as
           and
           of
           greatest
           conveniencies
           ,
           even
           for
           private
           devotions
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           And
           so
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           all
           Ages
           did
           understand
           
           it
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           multiply
           authorities
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           too
           many
           and
           various
           ,
           but
           shall
           onely
           observe
           two
           great
           instances
           of
           their
           beliefe
           and
           practice
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           1.
           
           The
           one
           is
           the
           perpetuall
           use
           and
           great
           Eulogies
           of
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           assisted
           by
           the
           many
           Commentaries
           of
           the
           Fathers
           upon
           it
           .
           2.
           
           The
           other
           is
           that
           solemne
           forme
           of
           benediction
           and
           mysticall
           prayer
           (
           as
           Saint
           
             Augustine
          
           calls
           it
           ,
           
             Lib.
          
           3.
           
             de
             Trinit.
             c.
          
           4.
           )
           which
           all
           Churches
           (
           and
           themselves
           said
           it
           was
           by
           Ordinance
           Apostolicall
           )
           used
           in
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           blessed
           Sacrament
           .
           But
           all
           of
           them
           used
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           in
           the
           Canon
           ,
           and
           office
           of
           Consecration
           ,
           and
           other
           prayers
           taken
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           (
           so
           
             Iustin
             Martyr
          
           testifies
           ,
           that
           the
           Consecration
           is
           made
           
             per
             preces
             verbi
             Dei
             ,
          
           by
           the
           prayers
           taken
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           )
           and
           the
           whole
           Canon
           was
           short
           determined
           and
           mysterious
           .
        
         
           Who
           desires
           to
           be
           further
           satisfied
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           
           shal
           find
           enough
           in
           
             Walafridus
             Strabo
             ,
             Aymonius
             ,
             Cassander
             ,
             Flacius
             Illyricus
             ,
             Iosephus
             Vicecomes
             ,
          
           and
           the
           other
           Ritualists
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           old
           offices
           themselves
           .
           So
           that
           I
           need
           not
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           famous
           doxologie
           of
           the
           
             Gloria
             Patri
             ,
             &c.
          
           nor
           the
           
             Trisagion
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           of
           those
           memorable
           hymnes
           used
           in
           the
           ancient
           Church
           ,
           so
           knownly
           and
           frequently
           ,
           that
           the
           beginning
           of
           them
           came
           to
           be
           their
           name
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           knowne
           more
           by
           their
           owne
           words
           ,
           then
           the
           Authors
           inscription
           .
        
         
           At
           last
           when
           some
           men
           that
           thought
           themselves
           better
           
           
           gifted
           would
           be
           venturing
           at
           conceived
           formes
           of
           their
           owne
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           timely
           restraint
           made
           in
           the
           Councell
           of
           
             Milevis
          
           in
           
             Africa
             ,
             Placuit
             ut
             preces
             quae
             proba●ae
             fuerint
             in
             Co●cili●
             ab
             omnibus
             celebrentur
             ,
             nec
             aliae
             omnino
             dican●ur
             in
             Ecclesia
             ,
             nisi
             quae
             à
             prudentioribus
             fa●tae
             fuerint
             in
             Synodo
             .
          
           That
           's
           the
           restraint
           and
           prohibition
           ,
           publike
           prayers
           must
           be
           such
           as
           are
           publikely
           appointed
           ,
           and
           prescribed
           by
           our
           superiours
           ;
           and
           no
           private
           forms
           of
           our
           conceiving
           must
           be
           used
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           reason
           followes
           ,
           
             Ne
             forte
             aliquid
             contra
             ●idem
             ,
             vel
             per
             ign●rantia●
             ,
             vel
             per
             minus
             studium
             ●it
             compositum
             :
          
           Lest
           through
           ignorance
           or
           want
           of
           deliberation
           any
           thing
           be
           spoken
           in
           our
           prayers
           against
           faith
           [
           and
           good
           manners
           .
           ]
           The
           reason
           is
           good
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           eare-witnesses
           o●
           it
           that
           heare
           the
           variety
           of
           prayers
           before
           and
           after
           Sermons
           ,
           there
           ,
           where
           the
           Directory
           is
           practiced
           ,
           where
           (
           to
           speak
           most
           modestly
           )
           not
           onely
           their
           private
           opinions
           ,
           but
           also
           humane
           interests
           ,
           and
           their
           owne
           personall
           concernments
           ,
           and
           wild
           fancies
           ,
           borne
           perhaps
           not
           two
           daies
           before
           ,
           are
           made
           the
           objects
           of
           the
           peoples
           hopes
           ,
           of
           their
           desires
           ,
           and
           their
           prayers
           ,
           and
           all
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           pretend
           to
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           
           I
           will
           not
           now
           instance
           in
           the
           vaine-glory
           that
           is
           appendant
           to
           these
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           formes
           of
           prayer
           ,
           where
           the
           gift
           of
           the
           man
           is
           more
           then
           the
           devotion
           of
           the
           man
           :
           nor
           will
           I
           consider
           that
           then
           his
           gift
           is
           best
           ,
           when
           his
           prayer
           is
           longest
           :
           and
           if
           he
           take
           a
           compl●cency
           in
           his
           gift
           (
           as
           who
           is
           not
           apt
           to
           doe
           it
           ?
           )
           he
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           extend
           his
           prayer
           ,
           till
           a
           suspicious
           and
           scrupulous
           man
           would
           be
           apt
           to
           say
           ,
           his
           prayer
           pressed
           hard
           upon
           that
           which
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           reprehended
           in
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           who
           thought
           to
           be
           heard
           for
           their
           much
           babling
           .
           But
           these
           things
           are
           accidentall
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           .
           
           And
           therefore
           though
           they
           are
           too
           certainly
           consequent
           to
           the
           person
           ,
           yet
           I
           will
           not
           be
           too
           severe
           ,
           but
           preserve
           my selfe
           on
           the
           surer
           side
           of
           charitable
           construction
           ,
           which
           truly
           I
           desire
           to
           keep
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           their
           persons
           whom
           I
           much
           reverence
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           their
           actions
           .
           But
           yet
           I
           durst
           not
           doe
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           even
           for
           these
           last
           reasons
           ,
           though
           I
           had
           no
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           objected
           ,
           that
           in
           set
           formes
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           we
           restraine
           
           and
           confine
           the
           blessed
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           in
           conceived
           formes
           ,
           when
           every
           man
           is
           left
           to
           his
           liberty
           ,
           then
           the
           Spirit
           is
           free
           ,
           unlimited
           and
           unconstrained
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           either
           their
           conceived
           formes
           (
           I
           use
           their
           
           owne
           words
           ,
           though
           indeed
           the
           expression
           is
           very
           inartificiall
           )
           are
           premeditate
           and
           described
           ,
           or
           they
           are
           
             ex
             tempore
             .
          
           If
           they
           be
           premeditate
           and
           described
           ,
           then
           the
           Spirit
           is
           as
           much
           limited
           in
           their
           conceived
           formes
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Churches
           conceived
           forms
           .
           For
           as
           to
           this
           particular
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           one
           who
           describes
           and
           limits
           the
           forme
           ,
           whether
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           a
           single
           man
           does
           it
           ,
           still
           the
           Spirit
           is
           in
           constraint
           and
           limit
           .
           So
           that
           in
           this
           case
           they
           are
           not
           angry
           at
           set
           formes
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           make
           them
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           replyed
           ,
           that
           if
           a
           single
           person
           composes
           a
           set
           forme
           ,
           he
           may
           alter
           it
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           and
           so
           his
           spirit
           is
           at
           liberty
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           so
           may
           the
           Church
           ,
           if
           she
           see
           cause
           for
           it
           :
           and
           unlesse
           there
           be
           cause
           ,
           the
           single
           person
           will
           not
           alter
           it
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           doe
           things
           unreasonable
           ,
           and
           without
           cause
           .
           So
           that
           it
           will
           be
           an
           unequall
           and
           a
           peevish
           quarrell
           to
           allow
           of
           set
           formes
           of
           prayer
           made
           by
           private
           persons
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           set
           formes
           made
           by
           the
           publike
           spirit
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           It
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           Spirit
           is
           limited
           in
           both
           alike
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           by
           [
           
             Conceived
             formes
          
           ]
           in
           this
           objection
           they
           
           
           meane
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           prayers
           (
           for
           so
           they
           most
           generally
           practice
           it
           )
           and
           that
           in
           the
           use
           of
           these
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           spirit
           is
           best
           preserved
           .
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           being
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           or
           premedita●e
           will
           be
           wholly
           impertinent
           to
           this
           Question
           of
           limiting
           the
           spirit
           .
           For
           there
           may
           be
           great
           liberty
           in
           set
           formes
           ,
           even
           when
           there
           is
           much
           variety
           ;
           and
           there
           may
           be
           great
           restraint
           in
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           prayers
           ,
           even
           then
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           called
           unlawfull
           to
           use
           set
           formes
           .
           That
           the
           spirit
           is
           restrained
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           is
           free
           in
           either
           ,
           is
           accidentall
           to
           them
           both
           ;
           for
           it
           may
           be
           either
           free
           or
           not
           free
           in
           both
           as
           it
           may
           happen
           .
        
         
           
           But
           the
           restraint
           is
           this
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           is
           not
           left
           to
           his
           liberty
           to
           pray
           how
           he
           list
           ,
           (
           with
           premeditation
           or
           without
           ,
           it
           makes
           not
           much
           matter
           )
           but
           that
           he
           is
           prescribed
           unto
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           another
           .
           But
           if
           it
           be
           a
           fault
           thus
           to
           restraine
           the
           spirit
           ,
           I
           would
           faine
           know
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           spirit
           ●estrained
           when
           the
           whole
           Congregation
           shall
           be
           confined
           to
           the
           forme
           of
           this
           one
           mans
           composing
           ?
           or
           it
           shall
           be
           unlawfull
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           a
           disgrace
           and
           disparagement
           to
           use
           any
           set
           formes
           ,
           especially
           of
           the
           Churches
           composition
           .
           More
           plainly
           thus
           .
        
         
           
           2.
           
           Doth
           not
           the
           Minister
           confine
           and
           restraine
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Lords
           People
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           tyed
           to
           his
           forme
           ?
           It
           would
           sound
           of
           more
           liberty
           to
           their
           spirits
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           might
           make
           a
           prayer
           of
           his
           owne
           ,
           and
           all
           pray
           together
           ;
           and
           not
           be
           forced
           or
           confined
           to
           the
           Ministers
           single
           dictate
           ,
           and
           private
           spirit
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           it
           would
           breed
           confusions
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           might
           pray
           silently
           till
           the
           Sermon
           began
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           the
           avoiding
           one
           inconvenience
           runne
           into
           a
           greater
           ,
           and
           to
           avoid
           the
           disorder
           of
           a
           popular
           noyse
           restraine
           the
           blessed
           Spirit
           ,
           for
           even
           in
           this
           case
           as
           wel
           as
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           
           
             Where
             the
             spirit
             of
             God
             is
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             liberty
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           the
           spirit
           must
           be
           at
           liberty
           ,
           who
           shall
           assure
           
           us
           this
           liberty
           must
           be
           in
           formes
           of
           prayer
           ?
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           whether
           also
           it
           must
           be
           in
           publike
           prayer
           ,
           and
           will
           it
           not
           suffice
           that
           it
           be
           in
           private
           ?
           And
           if
           in
           publike
           prayers
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           sufficiently
           preserved
           in
           that
           the
           publicke
           spirit
           is
           free
           ?
           That
           is
           ,
           the
           Church
           hath
           power
           upon
           occasion
           to
           alter
           and
           increase
           her
           Letanyes
           .
           By
           what
           argument
           shall
           any
           man
           make
           it
           so
           much
           as
           probable
           ,
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           is
           injured
           ,
           if
           every
           private
           Ministers
           private
           spirit
           shall
           be
           guided
           (
           and
           therefore
           by
           necessary
           consequence
           limited
           )
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Churches
           publick
           spirit
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Does
           not
           the
           Directory
           that
           thing
           which
           is
           here
           
           called
           restraining
           of
           the
           spirit
           ?
           Does
           it
           not
           appoint
           every
           thing
           but
           the
           words
           ?
           And
           after
           this
           is
           it
           not
           a
           goodly
           
             Palladium
          
           that
           is
           contended
           for
           ,
           and
           a
           prin●ely
           liberty
           that
           they
           leave
           unto
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           be
           free
           onely
           in
           the
           supplying
           the
           place
           of
           a
           Vocabulary
           and
           a
           
             Copia
             V●rborum
             ?
          
           For
           as
           for
           the
           matter
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           there
           described
           and
           appointed
           ,
           and
           to
           those
           determined
           senses
           the
           spirit
           must
           assist
           or
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           onely
           for
           the
           words
           he
           shall
           take
           his
           choyce
           .
           Now
           I
           desire
           it
           may
           be
           considered
           sadly
           and
           seriously
           :
           Is
           it
           not
           as
           much
           injury
           to
           the
           spirit
           to
           restraine
           his
           mat●er
           ,
           as
           to
           appoint
           his
           words
           ?
           Which
           is
           the
           more
           considerable
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           sense
           or
           Language
           ,
           Matter
           or
           Words
           ?
           I
           meane
           when
           they
           are
           taken
           singly
           and
           separately
           .
           For
           so
           they
           may
           very
           well
           be
           (
           for
           as
           if
           men
           prescribe
           the
           matter
           onely
           ,
           the
           spirit
           may
           cover
           it
           with
           severall
           words
           and
           expressions
           ,
           so
           if
           the
           spirit
           prescribe
           the
           words
           ,
           I
           may
           sti●l
           abound
           in
           variety
           of
           sense
           ,
           and
           preserve
           the
           liberty
           of
           my
           meaning
           ;
           we
           see
           that
           true
           in
           the
           various
           interpretations
           of
           the
           same
           
           words
           of
           Scripture
           .
           )
           So
           that
           in
           the
           greater
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           is
           restrained
           when
           his
           matter
           is
           appointed
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           him
           amends
           for
           not
           trusting
           him
           with
           the
           matter
           without
           our
           directions
           and
           limitations
           ,
           we
           trust
           him
           to
           say
           what
           he
           pleases
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           to
           our
           sense
           ,
           to
           our
           purposes
           .
           A
           goodly
           compensation
           surely
           !
        
         
           
           5.
           
           Did
           not
           Christ
           restraine
           the
           spirit
           of
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           when
           he
           taught
           them
           to
           pray
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           whether
           his
           precept
           to
           his
           D●sciples
           concerning
           it
           ,
           was
           
             Pray
             this
             ,
          
           or
           
             Pray
             thus
             ,
             Pray
             these
             words
             ,
          
           or
           
             Pray
             after
             this
             manner
             ?
          
           or
           though
           it
           had
           been
           lesse
           then
           either
           ,
           and
           been
           onely
           a
           Directory
           for
           the
           matter
           ,
           still
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           which
           our
           Brethren
           in
           all
           other
           cases
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           are
           resolved
           perpetually
           to
           call
           a
           restraint
           ;
           Certainly
           then
           this
           pretended
           restraint
           ,
           is
           not
           such
           formidable
           thing
           .
           These
           men
           themselves
           doe
           it
           by
           directing
           all
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           much
           of
           the
           manner
           ,
           and
           Christ
           himselfe
           did
           it
           ,
           by
           prescribing
           both
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           the
           words
           too
           .
        
         
           
           6.
           
           These
           restraints
           (
           as
           they
           are
           called
           )
           or
           determinations
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           are
           made
           by
           the
           Spirit
           himselfe
           .
           For
           I
           demand
           ,
           when
           any
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           appoint
           the
           matter
           of
           Prayers
           to
           all
           particular
           Ministers
           as
           this
           hath
           do●e
           ,
           is
           that
           appointment
           by
           the
           Spirit
           or
           no
           ?
           If
           no
           ,
           then
           for
           ought
           appeares
           ,
           this
           Directory
           not
           being
           made
           by
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           may
           be
           an
           enemy
           to
           it
           .
           But
           if
           this
           appointment
           be
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           then
           the
           determination
           and
           limitation
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           is
           by
           the
           Spirit
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           such
           indeed
           is
           every
           pious
           and
           prudent
           constitution
           of
           the
           Church
           in
           matters
           spirituall
           :
           Such
           as
           was
           that
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           when
           he
           prescribed
           orders
           for
           publique
           proph●cying
           ,
           and
           interpretation
           ,
           and
           speaking
           with
           tongues
           .
           The
           spirit
           of
           some
           he
           so
           restr●ined
           ,
           
           that
           he
           bound
           them
           to
           hold
           their
           peace
           ,
           he
           permitted
           but
           two
           or
           three
           to
           speak
           at
           one
           meeting
           ,
           the
           rest
           were
           to
           keep
           silence
           ,
           though
           possibly
           six
           or
           seven
           might
           at
           that
           time
           have
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Is
           it
           not
           a
           restraint
           of
           the
           Spirit
           to
           sing
           a
           Psalme
           in
           
           meeter
           by
           appointment
           ?
           Cleerly
           as
           much
           as
           appointing
           formes
           of
           Prayer
           or
           Eucharist
           .
           And
           yet
           that
           we
           see
           done
           daily
           ,
           and
           no
           scruple
           made
           .
           Is
           not
           this
           to
           be
           partiall
           in
           judgement
           ,
           and
           inconsiderate
           of
           what
           wee
           doe
           ?
        
         
           8.
           
           And
           now
           after
           all
           this
           strife
           ,
           what
           harme
           is
           there
           
           in
           restraining
           the
           spirit
           in
           the
           present
           sense
           ?
           What
           prohibition
           ,
           what
           law
           ,
           what
           reason
           or
           revelation
           is
           against
           it
           ?
           What
           inconvenience
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ?
           For
           can
           any
           man
           be
           so
           weak
           as
           to
           imagine
           a
           despite
           is
           done
           to
           the
           spirit
           of
           grace
           ,
           when
           those
           gifts
           to
           his
           Church
           are
           used
           regularly
           and
           by
           order
           ?
           As
           if
           prudence
           were
           no
           gift
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           as
           if
           helpes
           in
           government
           ,
           and
           the
           ordering
           spirituall
           matters
           were
           none
           of
           those
           graces
           which
           Christ
           when
           he
           ascended
           up
           on
           high
           gave
           unto
           Men
           .
           But
           this
           whole
           matter
           is
           wholly
           a
           stranger
           to
           reason
           ,
           and
           never
           seen
           in
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           For
           Divinity
           never
           knew
           any
           other
           vi●ious
           restraining
           
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           either
           suppressing
           those
           holy
           incitements
           to
           virtue
           and
           good
           life
           ,
           which
           Gods
           Spirit
           ministers
           to
           us
           externally
           or
           internally
           ,
           or
           else
           a
           forbidding
           by
           publike
           authority
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           word
           and
           Sacraments
           ,
           to
           speake
           such
           ●ruths
           as
           God
           hath
           commended
           ,
           and
           so
           taking
           away
           the
           liberty
           of
           prophecying
           .
           The
           first
           is
           directly
           vitious
           
             In
             materia
             speciale
             ,
          
           the
           second
           is
           ●yrannicall
           and
           Antichristia●
           .
           And
           to
           it
           persecution
           of
           true
           religion
           is
           to
           be
           reduced
           .
           But
           as
           for
           this
           pretended
           limiting
           or
           r●straining
           the
           spirit
           ,
           
           
             viz.
          
           by
           appointing
           a
           regular
           forme
           of
           prayer
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           very
           a
           C●imera
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           no
           footing
           or
           foundation
           upon
           any
           ground
           where
           a
           wise
           man
           may
           build
           his
           confidence
           .
        
         
           
           9.
           
           But
           lastly
           ,
           how
           if
           the
           spirit
           must
           be
           restrained
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           precept
           Apostolica●l
           ?
           That
           calls
           us
           to
           a
           new
           account
           .
           But
           if
           it
           be
           not
           t●ue
           ,
           what
           meanes
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           by
           saying
           
             The
             spirits
             of
             the
             prophets
             must
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             Prophets
             ?
          
           What
           greater
           restraint
           then
           subjection
           ?
           if
           subjected
           ,
           then
           they
           must
           be
           ruled
           ,
           if
           ruled
           ,
           then
           limited
           ,
           prescribed
           unto
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           under
           restraint
           as
           the
           spirits
           of
           the
           superiour
           Prophets
           shall
           judge
           convenient
           .
           I
           suppose
           by
           this
           time
           this
           objection
           will
           trouble
           us
           no
           more
           .
           But
           perhaps
           another
           will
           .
        
         
           
           For
           why
           are
           not
           the
           Ministers
           to
           be
           left
           as
           well
           to
           their
           liberty
           in
           making
           their
           Prayers
           as
           their
           Sermons
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           the
           Church
           may
           it
           she
           will
           ,
           but
           whether
           she
           doth
           well
           or
           no
           let
           her
           consider
           .
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           and
           I
           feare
           the
           experience
           the
           world
           hath
           already
           had
           of
           it
           ,
           will
           make
           demonstration
           enough
           of
           the
           inconvenience
           .
           But
           however
           the
           differences
           are
           many
           .
        
         
           
           1.
           
           Our
           prayers
           offered
           up
           by
           the
           Minister
           ,
           are
           in
           behalfe
           and
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           therefore
           great
           reason
           they
           should
           know
           beforehand
           ,
           what
           is
           to
           be
           presented
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           like
           not
           the
           message
           ,
           they
           may
           refuse
           to
           communicate
           ,
           especia●ly
           since
           people
           are
           so
           divided
           in
           their
           opinions
           ,
           in
           their
           hopes
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           faiths
           :
           it
           being
           a
           duty
           to
           refuse
           Communion
           with
           those
           prayers
           which
           they
           thinke
           to
           have
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           matter
           of
           sinne
           or
           doubting
           .
           Which
           reason
           on
           the
           other
           part
           ceases
           ,
           for
           the
           Minister
           being
           to
           speak
           from
           God
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           if
           he
           speakes
           what
           he
           ought
           not
           ,
           God
           can
           right
           himsel●e
           ,
           
           however
           is
           not
           partner
           of
           the
           sin
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           other
           case
           ,
           the
           people
           possibly
           may
           be
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           more
           fit
           a
           liberty
           be
           left
           in
           preaching
           than
           
           praying
           ,
           because
           the
           addresse
           of
           our
           discourses
           and
           exhortations
           are
           to
           be
           made
           according
           to
           the
           understanding
           and
           capacity
           of
           the
           audience
           ,
           their
           prejudices
           are
           to
           be
           removed
           ,
           all
           advantages
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           to
           be
           surprized
           that
           way
           they
           lye
           most
           open
           [
           
             But
             being
             crafty
             I
             caught
             you
             ,
          
           saith
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           to
           the
           
             Corinthians
          
           ]
           and
           discourses
           and
           arguments
           
             ad
             hominem
             ,
          
           upon
           their
           particular
           principles
           and
           practices
           may
           more
           move
           them
           than
           the
           most
           polite
           and
           accurate
           that
           doe
           not
           comply
           and
           wind
           about
           their
           fancies
           and
           affections
           .
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           from
           the
           absurd
           practice
           of
           being
           baptized
           for
           the
           dead
           ,
           made
           an
           excellent
           argument
           to
           convince
           the
           
             Corinthians
          
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           .
           But
           this
           reason
           also
           ceases
           in
           our
           prayers
           .
           For
           God
           understandeth
           what
           we
           say
           sure
           enough
           ,
           he
           hath
           no
           prejudices
           to
           be
           removed
           ,
           no
           infirmities
           to
           be
           wrought
           upon
           ,
           and
           a
           fine
           figure
           of
           Rhetoricke
           ,
           a
           pleasant
           cadence
           ,
           and
           a
           curious
           expression
           move
           not
           him
           at
           all
           ;
           no
           other
           twinings
           and
           complyances
           stirre
           him
           ,
           but
           charity
           ,
           and
           humility
           ,
           and
           zeale
           ,
           and
           importunity
           ,
           which
           all
           are
           things
           internall
           and
           spirituall
           .
           And
           therefore
           of
           necessity
           there
           is
           to
           be
           great
           variety
           of
           discourses
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           permissions
           accordingly
           ,
           but
           not
           so
           to
           God
           ,
           with
           whom
           a
           
             Deus
             miserere
          
           prevailes
           as
           soone
           as
           the
           great
           office
           of
           40.
           houres
           not
           long
           since
           invented
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           prayers
           spun
           out
           to
           a
           length
           beyond
           the
           extension
           of
           the
           office
           of
           a
           Pharisee
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           feare
           it
           cannot
           stand
           with
           our
           reverence
           to
           God
           ,
           
           to
           permit
           to
           every
           spirit
           a
           liberty
           of
           publike
           addresse
           to
           him
           in
           behalfe
           of
           the
           people
           .
           Indeed
           he
           that
           is
           not
           fit
           to
           pray
           ,
           is
           not
           alwayes
           fit
           to
           preach
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           more
           safe
           
           to
           be
           bold
           with
           the
           people
           then
           with
           God
           ,
           if
           the
           persons
           be
           not
           so
           ●it
           .
           In
           that
           there
           may
           be
           indiscretion
           ,
           but
           there
           may
           be
           impiety
           and
           irreligion
           in
           this
           .
           The
           people
           may
           better
           excuse
           and
           pardon
           an
           indiscretion
           or
           a
           rudenesse
           (
           if
           any
           such
           should
           happen
           )
           then
           we
           may
           venture
           to
           offer
           it
           to
           God
           .
        
         
           
           4.
           
           There
           is
           latitude
           of
           Theologie
           ,
           much
           whereof
           is
           left
           to
           us
           ,
           so
           without
           precise
           and
           cleere
           determination
           ,
           that
           without
           breach
           either
           of
           faith
           or
           charity
           ,
           men
           may
           differ
           in
           opinion
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           may
           not
           be
           permitted
           to
           abound
           in
           their
           owne
           sense
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           complain
           of
           tyrannie
           over
           consciences
           ,
           and
           that
           men
           Lord
           it
           over
           their
           faith
           ,
           In
           Prayer
           this
           thing
           is
           so
           different
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           imprudent
           and
           full
           of
           inconvenience
           to
           derive
           such
           things
           into
           our
           prayers
           which
           may
           with
           good
           profit
           be
           matter
           of
           Sermons
           ,
           Therefore
           here
           a
           liberty
           may
           well
           enough
           be
           granted
           ,
           when
           there
           it
           may
           better
           be
           denyed
           .
        
         
           
           5.
           
           But
           indeed
           if
           I
           may
           freely
           declare
           my
           opinion●
           I
           think
           it
           were
           not
           amisse
           if
           the
           liberty
           of
           making
           Sermons
           were
           somthing
           more
           restrained
           than
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           that
           either
           such
           persons
           only
           were
           intrusted
           with
           the
           liberty
           for
           whom
           the
           Church
           her selfe
           may
           safely
           be
           responsall
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           men
           learned
           and
           pious
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           other
           part
           ,
           the
           
             Vulgus
             Cleri
             ,
          
           should
           instruct
           the
           people
           out
           of
           the
           fountaines
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           publicke
           stock
           ,
           till
           by
           so
           long
           exercise
           and
           discipline
           in
           the
           schooles
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           they
           may
           also
           be
           intrusted
           to
           minister
           of
           their
           owne
           un●o
           the
           people
           .
           This
           I
           am
           sure
           was
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Primi●ive
           Church
           when
           preaching
           was
           as
           ably
           and
           religiously
           performed
           as
           now
           it
           is
           ,
           But
           in
           this
           prescribe
           nothing
           .
           But
           truely
           I
           thinke
           the
           reverent
           .
           Divines
           of
           the
           Assemby
           are
           many
           of
           my
           mind
           in
           this
           particular
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           observe
           a
           liberty
           indulged
           to
           some
           persons
           to
           preach
           ,
           which
           I
           thinke
           they
           
           had
           rather
           should
           hold
           their
           peace
           ,
           and
           yet
           thinke
           the
           Church
           better
           edified
           in
           your
           silence
           than
           ,
           their
           Sermons
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           But
           yet
           me thinks
           the
           argument
           objected
           ,
           if
           it
           
           were
           turned
           with
           the
           edge
           the
           other
           way
           ,
           would
           have
           more
           reason
           in
           it
           :
           and
           instead
           of
           arguing
           [
           
             Why
             shall
             no●
             the
             same
             liberty
             be
             allowed
             in
             praying
             as
             in
             preaching
          
           ]
           it
           were
           better
           to
           substitute
           this
           .
           If
           they
           can
           pr●y
           with
           the
           spirit
           ,
           why
           also
           do
           they
           not
           preach
           with
           the
           spirit
           ?
           &
           if
           praying
           with
           the
           spirit
           be
           praying
           
             extempore
             ,
          
           why
           shall
           they
           not
           preach
           
             extempore
          
           too
           ,
           or
           else
           confesse
           that
           they
           preach
           without
           the
           spirit
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           have
           not
           the
           gift
           o●
           preaching
           ?
           For
           to
           say
           that
           the
           gift
           of
           prayer
           ,
           is
           a
           gift
           
             ex
             tempore
             ,
          
           but
           the
           gift
           of
           preaching
           is
           with
           study
           and
           deliberation
           ,
           is
           to
           become
           vaine
           and
           impertinent
           .
           
             Quis
             enim
             discrevit
             ?
          
           Who
           hath
           made
           them
           of
           a
           different
           consideration
           ?
           I
           mean
           as
           to
           this
           particular
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           efficient
           cause
           .
           Nor
           reason
           ,
           nor
           revelation
           ,
           nor
           God
           ,
           nor
           man
           .
        
         
           To
           summe
           up
           all
           .
           If
           any
           man
           hath
           a
           mind
           to
           exercise
           
           his
           gift
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           let
           him
           set
           himselfe
           to
           worke
           ,
           &
           compose
           books
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           (
           we
           have
           great
           need
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           so
           apparent
           need
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           have
           made
           it
           an
           objection
           against
           us
           )
           and
           this
           his
           gift
           of
           Prayer
           will
           be
           to
           edification
           .
           But
           otherwise
           ,
           I
           understand
           it
           is
           more
           fit
           for
           ostentation
           ,
           then
           any
           spirituall
           advantage
           .
           For
           God
           heares
           us
           not
           the
           sooner
           for
           our
           
             ex
             tempore
             ,
          
           long
           ,
           or
           conceived
           prayers
           ,
           possibly
           they
           may
           become
           a
           hindrance
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           cases
           before
           i●stanced
           .
           And
           I
           am
           sure
           if
           the
           people
           be
           intelligent
           ,
           and
           can
           discern
           they
           are
           hindred
           in
           their
           devotion
           ,
           for
           they
           dare
           not
           say
           
             Amen
          
           till
           they
           have
           considered
           ,
           and
           many
           such
           cases
           will
           occur
           in
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           prayers
           ,
           that
           need
           much
           considering
           before
           we
           attest
           them
           .
           But
           if
           the
           people
           be
           not
           intelligent
           ,
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           swallow
           all
           the
           inconveniencies
           
           which
           may
           multiply
           in
           so
           great
           a
           licence
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           were
           well
           that
           the
           Governors
           of
           the
           Church
           who
           are
           to
           answer
           for
           their
           soules
           ,
           should
           judge
           for
           them
           ,
           before
           they
           say
           
             Amen
             ,
          
           which
           judgement
           cannot
           be
           without
           set
           formes
           of
           Lyturgie
           .
           My
           sentence
           therefore
           is
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           Let
           us
           be
           as
           we
           are
           already
           .
           Few
           changes
           are
           for
           the
           better
           .
        
         
           
           For
           if
           it
           be
           pretended
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Lyturgie
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           which
           was
           composed
           with
           much
           art
           and
           judgement
           by
           a
           Church
           that
           hath
           as
           much
           reason
           to
           be
           confident
           she
           hath
           the
           Spirit
           and
           gifts
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           as
           any
           single
           person
           hath
           ,
           and
           each
           learned
           man
           that
           was
           at
           its
           first
           composition
           ,
           can
           as
           much
           prove
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           the
           objectors
           now
           adayes
           :
           (
           and
           he
           that
           boasts
           most
           ,
           certainly
           hath
           the
           least
           .
           )
           If
           I
           say
           it
           be
           pretended
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           errors
           and
           inconveniences
           both
           in
           the
           order
           and
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Common
           .
           Prayer
           boo●e
           ,
           made
           by
           such
           men
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           industry
           :
           How
           much
           more
           ,
           and
           wi●h
           how
           much
           greater
           reason
           may
           we
           all
           dread
           the
           inconveniencies
           and
           di●orders
           of
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           prayers
           ?
           where
           there
           is
           neither
           conjunction
           of
           heads
           ,
           nor
           premeditation
           ,
           nor
           industry
           ,
           nor
           method
           ,
           nor
           art
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           those
           things
           (
           or
           at
           least
           not
           in
           the
           same
           degree
           )
           which
           were
           likely
           to
           have
           exempted
           the
           Common-Prayer●
           booke
           from
           errors
           and
           disorders
           .
           If
           these
           things
           be
           in
           the
           greene
           tree
           ,
           what
           will
           be
           done
           in
           the
           dry
           ?
        
         
           
           But
           if
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           the
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           and
           conceived
           prayers
           will
           be
           secured
           from
           error
           by
           the
           Directory
           ,
           because
           that
           chalkes
           them
           out
           the
           matter
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           because
           if
           when
           men
           study
           both
           the
           matter
           and
           the
           words
           too
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           (
           and
           it
           is
           pretended
           are
           actually
           )
           much
           more
           may
           they
           when
           the
           matter
           is
           left
           much
           more
           at
           liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           words
           under
           no
           restraint
           
           at
           all
           .
           And
           no
           man
           can
           avoid
           the
           pressure
           and
           the
           weight
           of
           this
           ,
           unlesse
           the
           Compilers
           of
           the
           Directory
           were
           infallible
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           their
           followers
           are
           so
           too
           ,
           of
           the
           certainty
           of
           which
           I
           am
           not
           yet
           fully
           satisfied
           .
        
         
           And
           after
           all
           this
           I
           would
           faine
           know
           ,
           what
           benefit
           &
           advantages
           shall
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           her
           united
           capacity
           ,
           and
           every
           particular
           in
           the
           diffused
           capacity
           received
           by
           this
           new
           device
           ?
           for
           the
           publike
           it
           is
           cleere
           ,
           that
           whether
           the
           Ministers
           pray
           before
           they
           Study
           ,
           or
           Study
           before
           they
           pray
           ,
           there
           must
           needs
           be
           infinite
           difformity
           in
           the
           publicke
           worship
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           benefits
           which
           were
           before
           the
           consequents
           of
           conformity
           and
           unity
           ,
           will
           be
           lost
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           be
           not
           valuable
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           all
           them
           to
           consider
           ,
           who
           know
           the
           inconveniences
           of
           publike
           disunion
           ,
           and
           the
           publike
           disun●on
           that
           is
           certainly
           consequent
           to
           them
           who
           doe
           not
           communicate
           in
           any
           common
           formes
           of
           worship
           .
           And
           to
           think
           that
           the
           Directory
           will
           bring
           comformity
           ,
           is
           as
           if
           one
           should
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           are
           under
           the
           same
           Hemisphere
           are
           joyned
           in
           
             Communi
             patriâ
             ,
          
           ●nd
           will
           love
           like
           country-men
           ,
           for
           under
           the
           Directory
           there
           will
           be
           as
           different
           religions
           ,
           and
           as
           different
           desires
           ,
           and
           as
           differing
           formes
           as
           there
           are
           severall
           varietyes
           of
           men
           and
           manners
           under
           the
           one
           half
           of
           heaven
           ,
           who
           yet
           breath
           under
           the
           same
           half
           of
           the
           Globe
           .
           But
           I
           aske
           again
           ,
           what
           benefit
           can
           the
           publicke
           receive
           by
           this
           forme
           ,
           or
           this
           no
           forme
           ,
           for
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           to
           call
           it
           .
           Shal
           the
           matter
           of
           prayers
           be
           better
           in
           all
           Churches
           ?
           Shall
           God
           be
           better
           served
           ?
           Shall
           the
           word
           of
           God
           and
           the
           best
           pat●ernes
           of
           prayers
           be
           alwayes
           exactly
           followed
           ?
           It
           is
           well
           if
           it
           be
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           security
           given
           us
           by
           the
           Directory
           ,
           for
           the
           matter
           is
           left
           at
           every
           mans
           dispose
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           depend
           upon
           the
           honesty
           of
           every
           particular
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           any
           man
           proves
           a
           Heretick
           ,
           or
           a
           Knave
           ,
           then
           he
           may
           introduce
           what
           impiety
           he
           please
           ,
           into
           the
           publick
           formes
           of
           Gods
           worship
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           law
           
           made
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           be
           cured
           afterwards
           if
           it
           can
           ;
           but
           before-hand
           it
           is
           not
           prevented
           at
           all
           by
           the
           Directory
           ,
           which
           trusts
           every
           man
           .
           But
           I
           observe
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           benefit
           which
           is
           pretended
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           make
           an
           able
           Ministery
           ,
           which
           I
           confesse
           I
           am
           very
           much
           from
           beleeving
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           every
           man
           be
           that
           considers
           what
           kind
           of
           men
           they
           are
           that
           have
           been
           most
           zealous
           for
           that
           way
           of
           conceived
           Prayer
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           very
           few
           of
           the
           learnedst
           ,
           very
           many
           ignorants
           ,
           most
           those
           who
           have
           made
           least
           abode
           in
           the
           Scooles
           of
           the
           Prophets
           .
           And
           that
           I
           may
           di●grace
           no
           mans
           person
           ,
           we
           see
           Tradesmen
           of
           the
           most
           illiberall
           arts
           ,
           and
           women
           pretend
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           doe
           it
           with
           as
           many
           words
           (
           and
           that
           's
           the
           maine
           thing
           )
           with
           as
           much
           confidence
           ,
           and
           speciousn●sse
           ,
           and
           spirit
           ,
           as
           the
           best
           among
           them
           .
           And
           it
           is
           but
           a
           small
           portion
           of
           learning
           that
           wil
           serve
           a
           man
           to
           make
           conceived
           formes
           of
           prayer
           ,
           which
           they
           may
           have
           easily
           upon
           the
           stock
           of
           other
           men
           ,
           or
           upon
           their
           owne
           fancy
           ,
           or
           upon
           any
           thing
           in
           which
           no
           learning
           is
           required
           .
           He
           that
           knowes
           not
           this
           ,
           knowes
           nothing
           of
           the
           craf●
           that
           may
           be
           in
           the
           Preachers
           trade
           .
           But
           what
           ?
           Is
           God
           b●tter
           served
           ?
           I
           would
           faine
           see
           any
           authority
           ,
           or
           any
           reason
           ,
           or
           any
           probability
           for
           that
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           ignorant
           men
           offer
           him
           none
           of
           the
           best
           sacrifices
           
             ex
             tempore
             ,
          
           and
           learned
           men
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           deliberate
           ,
           and
           know
           ,
           God
           is
           then
           better
           served
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           served
           by
           a
           publike
           ,
           then
           when
           by
           a
           private
           spirit
           .
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           what
           accruements
           will
           hence
           come
           to
           the
           publike
           :
           It
           may
           be
           some
           advantages
           may
           be
           to
           the
           private
           interests
           of
           men
           .
           For
           there
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           whom
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           noted
           ,
           who
           doe
           
             devoure
             widowes
             houses
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             pretence
             make
             long
             prayers
             .
          
           They
           make
           prayers
           ,
           and
           they
           make
           them
           long
           ,
           by
           this
           meanes
           they
           receive
           double
           advantages
           ,
           for
           they
           get
           reputation
           to
           their
           ability
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           piety
           .
           And
           although
           the
           Common●Prayer-booke
           in
           the
           Preface
           to
           the
           Directory
           be
           charged
           with
           unnecessary
           
           length
           ,
           yet
           we
           see
           that
           most
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           they
           that
           are
           most
           eminent
           or
           would
           be
           so
           ,
           make
           their
           prayers
           longer
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           lose
           the
           benefits
           which
           their
           credit
           gets
           ,
           and
           they
           by
           their
           credit
           ,
           for
           making
           their
           prayers
           .
        
         
           Adde
           to
           this
           that
           there
           is
           no
           promise
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           prayes
           
             ex
             tempore
          
           shall
           be
           heard
           the
           better
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           shall
           be
           assisted
           at
           all
           to
           such
           purposes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           innovate
           in
           so
           high
           a
           matter
           without
           a
           warrant
           to
           command
           us
           ,
           or
           a
           promise
           to
           warrant
           us
           ,
           is
           no
           better
           then
           vanity
           in
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           presumption
           in
           the
           person
           .
           Hee
           therefore
           that
           considers
           that
           this
           way
           of
           prayer
           is
           without
           all
           manner
           of
           precedent
           in
           the
           primitive
           Church
           ,
           against
           the
           example
           of
           all
           famous
           Churches
           in
           all
           Christendom
           in
           the
           whole
           descent
           of
           15.
           ages
           ,
           without
           all
           Command
           and
           warrant
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           unreasonable
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing●
           against
           prudence
           and
           the
           best
           wisdome
           of
           humanity
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           without
           deliberation
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           innovation
           in
           a
           high
           degree
           without
           that
           authority
           ,
           which
           is
           truly
           &
           by
           inherent
           and
           ancient
           right
           ,
           to
           command
           and
           prescribe
           to
           us
           in
           externall
           formes
           of
           worship
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           much
           to
           the
           disgrace
           of
           the
           first
           reformers
           ,
           of
           our
           religion
           ,
           that
           it
           gives
           encouragement
           to
           the
           Papists
           ,
           to
           quarrell
           with
           some
           reason
           and
           more
           pretence
           against
           our
           Reformation
           ,
           as
           being
           by
           the
           Directory
           confessed
           to
           have
           beene
           done
           in
           much
           blindnesse
           ,
           and
           therefore
           might
           erre
           in
           the
           excesse
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           defect
           ,
           in
           the
           throwing
           out
           too
           much
           ,
           as
           casting
           off
           too
           little
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           more
           likely
           ,
           because
           they
           wanted
           zeal
           to
           carry
           him
           farre
           enough
           .
           He
           that
           considers
           the
           universall
           difformity
           of
           publike
           worship
           ,
           and
           the
           no
           means
           of
           union
           ,
           no
           Symbol
           of
           publick
           communion
           being
           publickly
           consigned
           ,
           that
           all
           heresies
           may
           with
           the
           same
           authority
           be
           brought
           into
           our
           prayers
           ,
           and
           offered
           to
           God
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           authority
           that
           any
           truth
           may
           ,
           all
           the
           matter
           of
           our
           prayers
           being
           left
           to
           the
           choice
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           of
           all
           
           perswasions
           ,
           and
           then
           observes
           that
           actually
           there
           are
           in
           many
           places
           ,
           heresie
           ,
           and
           blasphemy
           ,
           and
           impertinency
           ,
           &
           illiterate
           rudenesses
           put
           into
           the
           devotions
           of
           the
           most
           Solemne
           dayes
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           publike
           meetings
           ,
           and
           then
           lastly
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           divers
           parts
           of
           Liturgie
           ,
           for
           which
           no
           provisions
           at
           all
           is
           made
           in
           the
           Directory
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           administration
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           left
           so
           loosely
           ,
           that
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           essentiall
           in
           the
           formes
           of
           Sacraments
           ,
           the
           Sacrament
           may
           become
           ineffectuall
           by
           want
           of
           due
           words
           ,
           and
           due
           ministartion
           .
           I
           say
           he
           that
           considers
           all
           these
           things
           (
           and
           many
           more
           he
           may
           consider
           )
           will
           finde
           that
           partticular
           men
           are
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           intrusted
           to
           offer
           in
           publike
           with
           their
           private
           spirit
           ,
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           the
           people
           ,
           in
           such
           solemnities
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           so
           great
           concernment
           ,
           where
           the
           honour
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           the
           interest
           of
           Kingdomes
           ,
           the
           being
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           the
           unity
           of
           minds
           ,
           the
           ●onformity
           of
           practice
           ,
           the
           truth
           of
           perswasions
           ,
           and
           the
           salvation
           of
           soules
           ,
           are
           so
           very
           much
           concerned
           ,
           as
           they●
           are
           in
           the
           publike
           prayers
           of
           a
           whole
           Nationall
           Church
           :
           An
           unlearned
           man
           is
           not
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           and
           a
           wise
           man
           dare
           not
           trust
           himselfe
           ;
           he
           that
           is
           ignorant
           cannot
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           knowing
           will
           not
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67898e-160
           
             Vid.
             Act.
             19.
             21
             
             Act.
             16.
             7
             ,
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Apoc.
             15.