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Private prayer is that which is made by some few together,¹ or by one alone: by few, as when two or three friends go together into some secret place (as^a when Elisha and his servant were alone in a chamber praying for the Shunamites child, and^b Christ took Peter, and John, and James, and went into a mountain to pray) or an whole household pray together in the family, as^c when Cornelius prayed in his house. This charge especially belongeth to the master of the family. For as he is in his family a Lord to govern, and a Prophet to teach, so also a Priest to offer up the sacrifice of prayer: as a Minister in the Church, so he in the house must utter the prayer (or at least provide one to perform that duty) and withal, cause his whole household to be present thereat.

PRiuate prayer is that which is made by some few together,¹ or by one alone: by few, as when two or three friends goe together into some secret place (as^a when Elisha and his seruant were alone in a chamber praying for the Shunamites childe, and