The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Public Prayer is, for the Minister to offer unto God the Prayers and Supplications of the Church; that as in Preaching he is the Mouth of God unto his people, so in Prayer he is the peoples mouth unto God: for the Church or Congregation is the place of public Prayer; and if one list to do it by himself, he hath his house to pray in, but in the Church all are to attend the ⟨p. 368⟩Minister, which is in CHRISTS place unto them.

Publike Prayer is, for the Minister to offer vnto God the Prayers and Supplications of the Church; that as in Preaching hee is the Mouth of God vnto his people, so in Prayer hee is the peoples mouth vnto God: for the Church or Congregation is the place of publike Prayer; and if one list to doe it by himselfe, hee hath his house to pray in, but in the Church all are to attend the ⟨p. 368⟩Minister, which is in CHRISTS place vnto them.

And that which he, one man doth offer, well appeareth to be the Prayers of the Church, by the peoples giving of consent to that he prayeth, and saying Amen unto it, which appeareth to have been the laudable use of the old Church, Nehem. 8. 7. Where EZRA blessing JEHOVAH the great God, all the people answered Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands, and stooped, and bowed down themselves to JEHOVAH, with their faces to the ground-ward.

And that which he, one man doth offer, well appeareth to be the Prayers of the Church, by the peoples giuing of consent to that hee prayeth, and saying Amen vnto it, which appeareth to haue beene the laudable vse of the old Church, Nehem. 8. 7. Where EZRA blessing IEHOVAH the great God, all the people answered Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their hands, and stooped, and bowed downe themselues to IEHOVAH, with their faces to the ground-ward.