John Trapp on Psalms 55:17

Verſ. 17. Evening and morning, and at noon will I pray] So Daniel prayed three times a day, chap. 6.10. and in the Temple they prayed at the third, ſixth, and ninth hour of the day. The Saints ſet themſelves certain hours to pray in (beſides extraordinary occaſions puttin[illegible: 1 letter] them upon that daily ſacrifice) the better to arrouſe their ſpirits, and to keep conſtant intercourſe with God. Papiſts have their ſet times; and Mahometans, what occaſion ſoever they have, either by profit or pleaſure, to divert them, will pray five times every day. This they do of form and cuſtome, not of conſcience; take we heed of thoſe ordinary marre-goods, formality, and cuſtomarineſſe: it hath been bewailed before, that many hold only a certain ſtint of daily duties (as malt-horſes their pace, or mil-horſes their round) and reſt upon them when they have done, uſing the means as Mediators; and ſo fall ſhort of Chriſt.

And cry aloud] Rouſing up my ſelf, and wreſtling with God, not in a cuſtomary, frigid, bedulling way; but with all intention of ſpirit, and contention of ſpeech.

And he ſhall hear my voice] How ſhould he do otherwiſe, I comming upon him with ſuch earneſtneſſe? Preces fundimus, caelum tundimus, miſericord[illegible: 1 letter]as extorquemus, ſaid thoſe Primitive Chriſtians whoſe prayers came before God as the noiſe of many waters, Rev. 14.2.