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[ 799] Neglect of Prayer unto God, condemned.
IT is observable that amongst the worst of Men, Turks, and the worst of Turks, the Moores,* 1.1 it is a just exception against any witness by their Law, that he hath not prayed six times in every naturall day; It being usuall with them, That be∣fore the day break, they pray for day; when it is day, they give thanks for day; At noon they thank God for halfe the day past; after that, they pray for a good Sun••set; after that, they thank God for the day past; and lastly, pray for a good night after their day.* 1.2 Shall not such as these rise up against many Christians amongst us? who suf∣fer so many Suns and Moons to rise and set upon their heads, and never lift up their hearts to their Creator, to ask his blessing, or to acknowledge it, such as rush into the affairs of God, and of their calling, and thrust themselves into acti∣ons either perilous or important, without ever lifting up their eyes unto the God of Hea∣ven, as if they made good that slanderous speech which Surius the Jesuite cast upon Mart. Luther,* 1.3 Nec propter deum haec res coepta est, nec propter deum ••inietur? &c. This businesse was neither begun for God, nor shall be ended for him.