The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes. Vol. I 4II. Places of Prayer

In all places where I record My Name, I will come to thee, and I will bless thee. ( Exod . xx. 24 .)

Let Thine eyes be open towards this house night and day; even toward the place of which Thou halt said My Name shall be there; that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall make towards this place. ( 1 Kings viii. 29 .)

"Thou that hearest the prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come.

The fierceness of man shall turn to Thy praise, and the fierceness of them shalt Thou refrain.

As for me, I will come into Thy house even upon the multitude of Thy mercy; and in Thy fear will I worship toward Thy Holy Temple.

Hear the voice of, my humble petitions, when I cry unto Thee; when I hold up my hands towards the mercy-seat of Thy Holy Temple.

We wait for Thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of Thy Temple.

1. Among the faithful and in the congregation. ( Ps . cxi. 1 .)

2. Enter into thy closet, and, when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret. ( Matt . vi. 6 .)

3. They went up into an upper room. ( Acts i. 13 .)

4. He went up upon the housetop to pray. ( Acts x. 9 .)

5. They went up together into the Temple. ( Acts iii. 1 .)

6. We kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. ( Acts xxi. 5. )

7. He went forth over the brook Cedron, where was a garden. ( John xviii. 1 .)

8. Let them rejoice in their beds. ( Ps . cxlix. 5 .)

9. He departed into a desert place and there prayed. ( Mark i. 35 .)

10. In every place lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting. ( 1 Tim . ii. 8 .)