DAILY PRAYERS. PREPARATION. 1. Times of Prayer. Always. Luke xviii. 1. Without ceasing. 1 Thes. v. 17. At all times. Eph. vi. 18. Samuel among such as call upon His name'. Ps. xcix. 6. GOD forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you and showing you the good and the right way. 1 Sam. xii. 23. We will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. Acts vi. 4. He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his GOD, as he did aforetime. Dan. vi. 10. pray, In the evening, and morning, and at noon day will I and that instantly, and He shall hear my voice. Ps. lv. 18. Seven times a day do I praise Thee. Ps. cxix. 164. 1. In the morning, a great while before day. Mark i. 35. 2. In the morning watch. Ps. lxiii. 6. [vid. also Ps. cxxx. 6.] 3. The third hour of the day. Acts ii. 15. 4. About the sixth hour. Acts x. 9. 5. The hour of prayer, the ninth. Acts iii. 1. 6. The eventide. Gen. xxiv. 63. 1 Transferred from p. 4. of Edition of 1675. 7. By night. Ps. cxxxiv. 2. At midnight. Ps. cxix. 62. 2. Places of Prayer. In all places where I record My Name, I will come to thee, and I will bless thee. Exod. xx. 24. Let Thine eyes be open towards this house night and day, even toward the place of which Thou hast said, My Name shall be there; that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall make towards this place. 1 Kings viii. 29. Thou that hearest the prayer unto Thee shall all flesh come. The fierceness of man shall turn to Thy praise, Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto Thee; when I hold up my hands towards the mercy seat of Thy Holy Temple. 1. Among the faithful and in the congregation. Ps. cxi. 1. 2. Enter into thy closet and, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret. Matt. vi. 6. Acts i. 13. 3. They went up into an upper room. 5. They went up together into the Temple. Acts x. 9. Acts iii. 1. 6. We kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. Acts xxi. 5. 7. He went forth over the brook Cedron, where was a garden. John xviii. 1. 1 Transferred from pp. 5, 6, and 9, of Edition 1675. 8. Let them rejoice in their beds. Ps. cxlix. 5. 9. He departed into a desert place and there prayed. Mark i. 35. 10. In every place lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting. 1 Tim. ii. 8. 1. Kneeling, 3. Circumstances of Prayer. humiliation. He kneeled down and prayed. Luke xxii. 41. He went a little further, and fell on His face, and prayed. Matt. xxvi. 39. My soul is brought low, even unto the dust, my belly cleaveth unto the ground. 2. Sinking the head, Drooping the face. [Ezr. ix. 6.] shame. 3. Smiting the breast, [Luke xviii. 13.] indignation. 4. Shuddering, [Acts xvi. 29.] 5. Groaning, [Isai. lix. 11.] Clasping of hands. fear. sorrow. 6. Raising of eyes and hands, [Ps. xxv. 15. cxliii. 6.] 7. Blows, [Ps. lxxiii. 14.] vehement desire. revenge. 2 Cor. vii. 11. Litany. ORDER OF MATIN PRAYER. Glory be to Thee, O LORD, glory to Thee. to recruit my weakness, and to remit the toils of this fretful flesh. To this day and all days, a perfect, holy, peaceful, healthy, sinless course, Vouchsafe O LORD. The Angel of peace, a faithful guide, to encamp around me, and ever to prompt what is salutary, Vouchsafe O LORD. Pardon and remission of all sins and of all offences Vouchsafe O LORD. To our souls what is good and convenient, and peace to the world Vouchsafe O LORD. Repentance and strictness for the residue of our life, and health and peace, to the end, Vouchsafe O LORD. Whatever is true, whatever is honest, whatever just, whatever pure, whatever lovely, whatever of good report, |