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Q IS Prayer and Thanksgiving with humble re∣verence, both of Soul and Body unto God, a most necessary duty to be performed by us, both in private and publick, and that frequently?
A. Yea, Matth. 6.6. Jer. 10.25. Matth. 18.19. 20.
Q. Ought the Prayers of all true Christians and their Thanksgivings be offered up to God, in the name of our blessed Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ God-Man, and also to him, together with the holy Spirit?
A. Yea, John 14.1. 3.14. John 16.24.
Q. Are Angels and Saints to be prayed unto?
A. Nay, Rev. 19.10. Matth. 4.9. Exod. 20.3.
Q. Are Images to be made use of in the wor∣ship of God?
A. Nay, Exod. 20.4. 5. Acts 17.25. 29.30.
Q. For whom are we to pray?
A. Not only for our selves, but for all Men, for the King and all in Authority, and for the whole Church of God, and also for our Enemies, 1 Tim. 2.1. 2. Psal. 51.18. Psal. 137.5. Matth. 5.44.
Q. How are we to pray, and give thanks so as to be accepted?
A. In Spirit and in Truth, in sincerity of Heart, in Faith, in Humility, in Holy Fear, with the Un∣derstanding, with Love and Fervency of Heart, with frequency and constancy, to all which we need the continual help of God's Spirit and Grace to aid and assist us, John 4.23. Jam. 1.6. 5.16. 1 Thess. 5.17. 1. Cor. 14.15. Heb. 12.28.
Q. What are the things for which we are chiefly to pray?
A. They are briefly contained in that excellent form of Prayer, which Christ taught his Disciples saying, Our Father, &c.
Q. Doth the Spirit of God teach us to pray, without all outward means of instruction, or use of the holy Scriptures.
A. Nay.
Q. May we not therefore be taught in words what to pray, as well as what to believe?
A. Yea, Hos. 14.2. Luke 11.1. 2.
Q. Ought not great care be taken by all, to have their hearts in some prepared frame in order to Prayer?
A. Yea, Eccles. 5.1. 2.
Q. How is that preparation obtained?
A. By getting the mind freed from worldly and vain thoughts, and also by meditation on spi∣ritual things and matters, as the Spirit of God is pleased to assist us, who is never wanting to them who sincerely desire, and wait for his assi∣stance, Jer. 4.14. Psal. 119.113. Psal. 39.3.2 Cor. 3.5.
Q. Is it necessary for the best of Men, to con∣fess their sins and pray for the forgiveness of them.
A. Yea, 1 Joh. 1.9. Jam. 3.2.
Q. Ought not the first day of the week, (on which our Lord rose from the dead) be solemnly set apart for the worship and service of God both in publick and private, with abstinence from worldly affairs, and servile labour?
A. Yea, Matth. 28.1. Acts 20.7. 1 Cor. 16.2. Rev. 1.10.
Q. Ought not also times of thanksgiving to be observed by the Faithful, to give solemn thanks to God for solemn and extraordinary mercies and deliverances:
A. Yea.
Q. Is fasting at times a Christian Duty?
A. Yea, as it is a help to mortifie the flesh, and to prepare and dispose us, for more solemn humi∣liation, and confession of Sin, and Prayer either in private or publick, when some more than ordi∣nary occasion requires it, Matth. 6.17. 18. Acts 13.2. 3. Jonah 3.5. Exod. 15.1. Jer. 30.18. 19. John 10.22. Rev. 15.3. 4.