§. 4. Of the means to prepare us to Prayer.§. 4. Of the meanes to prepare vs to Prayer.
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§. 4. Of the means to prepare us to Prayer.
§. 4. Of the meanes to prepare vs to Prayer.
Quest. How doth this Preface teach us to prepare our selves to Prayer?
Quest. HOw doth this Preface teach vs to prepare our selues to Prayer?
Answ. By describing and setting forth God.
Quest. What is thence taught us?
Quest. What is thence taught vs?
Answ. 1A due consideration of his person to whom we pray is an especial means to prepare us unto Prayer. They who duly weigh the Majesty of a king above other men, will with better respect approach his presence. I find it usual with the Saints, whose prayers are recorded in the Scripture, to be ample in setting forth the glorious properties of God in the beginning of their prayers, for which purpose note the prayers ofa Solomon, b