A discourse concerning liturgies

Nay, it cannot be denied, but these phrases do sometimes denote, when applied to Prayer or Thanksgiving, the Exercise of personal abilities for Prayer; as when Chrysostom tells us, in Gen. Hom. 26. that Noah gave Thanks [Greek or Hebrew], (sure it was in no Form composed ⟨p. 119⟩for him by another) and then exhorts to imitate him; and in the application shows how, viz. taking account every day and hour, not only of Mercies common to others, but particular and personal; yea and those which we observe not, [Greek or Hebrew]. (for all this could not be done in a stated Form) [Greek or Hebrew] p. 202. he adds, God made us rational, [Greek or Hebrew], therefore he gave us faculties, Souls and Tongues, [Greek or Hebrew], that he might be sensible of his favours, and [Greek or Hebrew], p. 203. And in the next Homily 27. we should endeavour [Greek or Hebrew], having always his benefits in our minds ([Greek or Hebrew] that our memory may be helpful to us therein) tho' they be more than we can recount, [Greek or Hebrew], &c. For who can ([Greek or Hebrew];) reckon up those which we have, those which are promised, and [Greek or Hebrew], those which we meet with every day, (so every day there's new matter of Thanksgiving) then enumerating abundance of particulars, p. 204, 205. and adding still [Greek or Hebrew], they can never be numbered. [Greek or Hebrew]; how can any Tongue of Man express them? [Greek or Hebrew], they transcend all human apprehension; yet will have us notwithstanding, remember, conceive, reckon them up, and express them as we are able, and would have us employ mind, memory, tongue, all faculties, therein, as much as we can: for he adds again after all, we must [Greek or Hebrew], such Thanksgivings are according to the abilities of him who offers them. [Greek or Hebrew] (which I proved before to be the ⟨p. 120⟩same with [Greek or Hebrew]) signifies that which is inconsistent with any confinement to a set Form, by our selves or others.

Nay, it cannot be denied, but these phrases do sometimes denote, when applyed to Prayer or Thanksgiving, the Exercise of personal abilities for Prayer; as when Chrysostom tells us, in Gen. Hom. 26. that Noah gave Thanks 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, (sure it was in no Form composed ⟨p. 119⟩