270 of the danger to which he was exposed on account of it, he chose not to conceal himself. It had been customary for the Jews, while in their own country, ιο pray with their faces towards the temple. David, when he prayed, turned his eyes to mount Zion, and lifted up his hands towards the tabernacle, the holy oracle of Jehovah. So also Solomon, in his prayer at the dedication of the tempe, said, (i Kings, viii. 29, 30.) * That thou, O Lord, my God, mayesthearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make towards this place.” And— “hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray towards this place.” *} While this holy man was, in like manner, offering up his petitions and thanksgivings to Him who had been the God of his youth and of his old age, his enemies were not idle. Bywatching him through his windows or, it maybe, by entering his chember, they easily discovered that he hu dispbered de late law. went therefore iquediale у to the i8, and i, (vi.12) “ Hast thou not signed a decree,
