X. 2. A devout jnan, and one that

feartth God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
K Matth. vi. 1 J . Give us this day our daily bread.
l> Matth. vi. 6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet ; and, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in se- cret ; and thy Father which seetK in secret shall reward thee openly, Eph. vi. 18. Praying always widi all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance, and supplication for all saints.
J Isa. Ivi. 6. Also the sons of the stranger, that join ihemselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that ketpeth the sabbath frompoUuting it, and tuketh hold of my covenant : Ver. 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in niy house of prayer : their burnt-offerings and . their sacrificrs shali be accepted upon mi? e altar ; for mine house shall be called an house of praytr lor all people. Heb. x. 25. Not forsaking the ussen-'bling of our«.elves together, a> the manner of some is ; but ex- horting one another -T and to much the more, as ye see the day ap- proaching. Prov. i. 20. Wisdom crieth without, she uttereth her voice in the stnets : Ver. 21. She crieth juq the chief place of coBcourse,
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