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Corol. 5 5. He can never pray importunately, that doth not pray daily; Intermission of duty will quickly cause an interruption in thine affections, you must therefore pray in secret, pray fervently, pray morning and evening. And to stir you up to and encourage you in this work;

Corol. 5 5. He can never pray importunately, that doth not pray daily; Intermission of dutie will quickly cause an interruption in thine affections, you must therefore pray in secret, pray fervently, pray morning and evening. And to stirre you up to and incourage you in this worke;

Consider 1. The example of those holy men of God who have done thus. Nehemiah 1 6. Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine ¹yet open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of ⟨p. 103⟩thy servant which I pray before thee day and night. So you have the example of Daniel, Dan. 6. 10.—he kneeled upon his knees ²three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before time. It was a custom that he had observed of former time. Though he was a great Courtier, and a man full of great employment, yet he would not neglect prayer. Nor was this an extraordinary fit but his ordinary course. So in David, Psal. 5. 3. My voice ³shall thou hear in the morning, and in the evening will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. So