VI. Neither prayer, nor any other part of religious

worship, is, now under the gospel, either tied unto, or made more acceptable by, any place in which it is per- formed, or towards which it is directed ""i but God is to be worshipped every where '^ in spirit and in truth *=; as
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God, and his judgments and his statutes.
y Isa. xix. 21. And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyp- tians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifi i and obla- tion ; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it. With Eccl. V. 4. When thou vow- est a vow unto God, defer not to pay it, for he hath no plea- sure in fools ; pay that which thou hast vowed. Ver. 5. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than tliat thou shouldest vow and not pay.
^ Joel li, 7 2. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. Esth. iv. 16. Go, gather together all the Jews that are pre- sent in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day ; I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and sa will. I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law ; and if I perish, I perish. Matth. ix. 15, Av.d Jesus said unto them. Can the children of the bride- chamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them .■* but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. I Cor. vii. 5. Defraud ;ye not one the other, except it^be
with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer ; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
^ [Psal. evil, throughout.'] Esth. ix. 22. As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day : that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to ano- ther, and gifts to the poor,
b Heb. xii. 28. Wherefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably^ with reverence and godly fear.