greatest enemies No man will doe so much for his friend as God doth for his foes Wee came into the world with neuer a penny in our Purse with neuer a sheare in our Barnes with neuer a sheepe in our folds with neuer a Coate on our backe and yet the Lord hath filled our liues with great abundance Thirdly in sparing of our 〈◊〉 and that diuersly First in hiding many of our sinnes from the eyes of the world For if the world knew as much by vs as God knowes the best man that liues would blush to shew his face Secondly in giuing vs a time to repent for if God should damne euery sinner so soone as hee sinnes against him wofull were our case for none would be saued it is Gods mercy that wee liue and breathe vpon the Earth being guiltie of so many rebellious mutinies and treasons against our heauenly King as Ieremtah saith Lament 3. 22. Thirdly in vsing all meanes to draw vs to repentance like one that would gladly vndoe a doore he tries key after key till he hath tryed euery key in his bunch So God hath tryed by Mercy and tryed by Iudgement he hath tryed by pouertie and tryed by plenty because he would gladly by some meanes bring vs to him Esay 5. 4. As when a great fish is caught vpon the hooke the fish pulls and the man pulls and the fish pulls againe So God and the sinfull soule lie wresting together the soule drawes to Hell and God pulls to Heauen so fâ—ine God would haue vs who care too little to be saued of him Q. What vse may wee make of this Propertie A. First that men haue good cause to loue God seeing hee doth more for them then the deerest friend in the world will do If we should iniure your friend but halfe so much as we iniure God he would sooue cast vs off Psal. 27. 10. Secondly they doe the Lord of Heauen great wrong who pray to the Virgin Mary or to any of the Saints as if they were more fauourably inclined to Mercie then the Lord Psal. 50. 15. Q. What is the last Propertie of God A. Hee is Infinite Wherein appeareth the infinitenesse of God A. In two things First in respect of Time Secondly in respect of Place In respect of Time because hee is euerlasting without beginning and without end beyond all time Esay 51. 5. In respect of place because he filleth all places with his presence Psalme 139. 7. 8. Qu What vse doe wee make of this Propertie A. First to walke with feare and reuerence all our daies because God is an eye-witnesse of all we doe or say and therefore wee ought to walke with as great shamefacednesse and bashfulnesse before him as before the greatest Prince or power in the world Prou. 15. 11. Secondly not to be dismayed in any trouble because God is euer at hand to take our part As a childe will not care for the seruants so long as hee is in his fathers presence Psal. 23. 4. Thirdly that the diuine Nature ought rather with reuerence to be adored then curiously to be searched for seeing God is infinite in all his nature so mightie that none can conceiue how mightie he is so wise that all the wits in the world cannot tell how wise he is Wee are no moreable to comprehend his excellent Nature then wee are to graspe the Mountaines in our armes or to span the broadest of the Sea with our fingers 1. Tim. 6. 16. Qu. How many persons be there in the Godhead A. Three the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost Qu. Is it needfull for vs to know the distinction of the Persons A. Very needfull for the Turkes and the Iewes confesse one God but because they denie the distinction of the Persons they neither acknowledge the Sonne of God their Redeemer nor the holy Ghost their Sanctifier Secondly the Maiestie of God is vnsearchable and cannot be apprehended but as it commeth forth and reueales it selfe in the Person of the Sonne and therefore they that know not the Sonne of God they in very deed know not God Iohn 1. 18. 1. Ioh. 2. 23. Qu. What is the Father A. The Father is that Person in the Godhead who begetteth the Sonne Psal. 2. 7. Qu. What is the Sonne A. The Sonne is that person who is begotten of the Father Iohn 1. 14. Qu. What is the Holy Ghost A. The Holy Ghost is that Person who proceedeth from them both from the Father and the Sonne Iohn 15. 26. Gal. 4. 6. Qu. Was not the Father before the Sonne A. The Sonne is euerlasting as well as the Father for the Sonne is the Wisdome of the Father and therefore as wee cannot say there was any time when God was without wisedome So wee cannot say there was any time when God was without a Sonne Pro. 8. 23. Qu. Are there not three Gods as there are three Persons A. No for all the three Persons are but one and the selfe-same God so that as the Root and the Body and branches of a tree are all but one tree So the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost are all but one God and therefore they that conceiue the three Persons to be so distinct as threemen are they entertaine a false conceite of the liuing God Cor. 8. 4. Qu. What vse may wee make of this A. That whosoeuer worshippeth one of the diuine Persons worshippeth them all because they are all but one and the selfe-same God And therefore men may not thinke when they pray to one of the diuine Persons the other is passed by but hee that honoureth one honoureth all and hee that prayeth to one prayeth to all Iohn 5. 23. Qu. How must wee serue God A. According to his Word not after our fancies but as God himselfe will be serued Deut. 12. 32. Qu. What gather wee of this A. That all will-worship brought in by men without warrant of the Word of God is to be condemned Mark 17. 17. Qu. What is the word of God A. That which is contained in the holy Scriptures in the Bookes of the old and new Testament there God speakes vnto vs and breakes his minde familiarly how and in what sort hee will be serued of vs 2. Tim. 3. 16. Qu. What vse may wee make of this A. To remember that as oft as the Bible appeareth the blessed mouth of God is open to instruct vs and that they which regard not the Scriptures regard not the voyce of God and they that suffer the Bible to lye clasped and shut in their houses doe as it were seale vp the mouth of God that hee may not speake vnto them Qu. How know wee that the Scriptures are the word of God A. By the power of them for God alone is able to conuert the soule of a sinner and to beget faith and therefore seeing the preaching of the Scriptures hath begotten faith in vs. and conuerted vs vnto God wee must needes confesse euen from
is an holy and a Christian-like spending of the day wherein a man may rest with peace assuring himselfe that he leades a life in some measure pleasing to God Q. What are wee to doe at night A. When the night is come then we are to looke backe and to marke how we haue spent the day then wee must call our selues to a reckoning and an account how wee walked in the duties of our Calling then how wee haue behaued our selues towards God towards our brethren towards our selues If we finde that we haue spent it well then to blesse God and to thanke him for it if not then to be humbled by it and to seeke to God for comfort and grace that we may lie downe in his fauour and make an end of all after-reckonings Qu. For further practise of Religion What is to bee done A. Wee must see what is to be belieued and practise the same The somme whereof is contained in the Apostles Creede Q. Why is it called the Apostles Creede A. Not that the Apostles made it for then it should bee Canonicall Scripture as well as the rest of their Writings But because it containes the summe of the Apostles doctrine Q. How many parts hath the Creed A. Two The first treateth of God The second of the Church Qu. What is the somme of the Creed A. Wee professe therein that we beleeue in God distinct in three Persons The Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost And that this God hath gathered to himselfe a Church that is A company of faithfull people vpon whom hee will bestowe his graces in this world and the glory of his Kingdome in the world to come Q. What is it to beleeue in God A. Not barely to beleeue that there is a God for the Deuills doe so and tremble and if this were our faith our faith were no better then the deuills faith and therefore to beleeue in God is to put our whole trust in God and rest our selues vpon him in all estates to bee assured in our hearts wee shall finde him a God that is mercifull and good to vs in all our needs 2. Tim. 1. 12. Q. What gather we of this A. That they who are cleane out of heart in their troubles be they neuer so great or seeke to winde out of themselues by vnlawfull meanes they care not how doe not belieue in God And therefore so oft as they say the Creed they lye because they say they Trust in him when indeed they are not inwardly perswaded that he will helpe them Qu. How many kindes of faith bee there A. Two An Historicall faith which the deuills may haue Iam. 2. 19. Secondly Iustifying or sauing faith which none but the true Christians and Gods elect may haue Tit. 1. 1. Q. What difference is there betweene these two A. The deuills beleeue that there is a God that there is a Christ But they doe not beleeue that they shall fare the better for him Nay they know that heshall one day condemne them and therefore their faith doth not comfort them but make them the more affraid But the Christian beleeuing that there is a God that there is a Christ beleeueth also that he shall fare the better by them that God will be his God and Christ the Sauiour will be a Sauiour as his Sauiour And therefore this faith is so farre from affrighting him that it comforts him exceedingly Gal. 2. 20. Q. Why doe wee say I beleeue not wee beleeue as wee say our Father A. Because our prayers may be profitable vnto others But our faith shall not saue any but our selues Abac. 2. 4. Q. May a man know that he hath faith A. Hee may for hee that beleeueth in God hath faith But euery man if hee would search himselfe and his owne heart can tell whether he repose trust and confidence in God or no And therefore euery man if hee would search himselfe can tell whether he haue faith or no 2. Cor. 13. 1. Q. If a Christian may bee sure that he hath Faith then he may be sure of his saluation A. It is true For hee that beleeueth in the Sonne of God he shall be saued Iohn 3. 36. But I know that I beleeue in God and therefore warranted by Gods promise I know that I shall besaued 1. Iohn 5. 13. Q. Doe not many deceiue themselues in their assurance A. Surely many doe because they thinke they haue faith but when it comes to scanning it is not faith but a vizard and a shadow of it like one that keepes an old Euidence by him and thinkes his land is sure But when it comes to tryall his deed is naught and will not carry it Q. How may a man know that he hath true faith A. Two wayes By the Nature of Faith And by the effects and fruites of it Q. How may a man know it by the nature of Faith A. If a man feele himselfe inwardly perswaded in his heart that God loues him in Christ and because he loues him will prouide him of all things needfull both for this life and for the life to come so that wee run not out to any wicked and vnlawfull meanes but rest our selues on God with contentment in all estates This is a sure note that his faith is true Iob 13. 15. Q. How may a man know it by the effects of Faith A. If a man haue an earnest loue to God so that he be glad to doe any thing that may please him and loath to doe the least thing that may displease him Secondly if he loue them that loue the Lord so much the more they shew the more affection to him This sealeth to his soule that his faith is true 1. Iohn 3. 14. Qu. Why doe wee say I beleeue in God not I beleeue in the Catholike Church A. Because we must beleeue in God and in none but God not in Saints not in Angels nor in any other power Ierem. 17. 5. Q. What gather wee of this A. That as we beleeue in God and in none but God so we must pray to God and to none but God For prayer and faith be linked together So that we may not pray to any in whom we may not beleeue Rom. 10. 14. And therefore seeing we may not beleeue in the Saints but in God alone it is euident that wee may not pray to any but to God alone Q. Who is this God in whom wee beleeue A. The three Diuine Persons the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost Q. What gather wee of this A. That the Turkes and Iewes though they confesse that there is a God yet because they doe not confesse the three diuine Persons acknowledge not the true God the true God being hee whom the Scriptures describe the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost 1. Iohn 2. 23. Q. Whose Father is God A. He is the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ And then by meanes of Christ he is our Father Ioh. 20. 17.
God is the installing of him in his Kingdome and in his Throne the aduancing and lifting of him vp to bee the head of the Church and that person by whom God will rule all things both in Heauen and in Earth Phil. 2. 9. Q. What learne we of this A. That Christ is now exalted in his kingdome and in his Priesthood So that now he administreth both his kingly his Priestly office with greater might and Maiestie then euer hee did before Q. What fruit haue wee by the lifting vp of Christ in his Priesthood A. Wee know thereby that Christs Intercession shall bee more profitable for vs. For if Christs prayer on Earth was alwayes heard wee may well thinke that being Sutour for vs in so great Maiestie and glory hee shall not bee denied Rom. 8. 34. Q. What fruit haue we by the lifting vp of Christ in his kingdome A. First wee know that now he is more able to blesse the Church and euery member of it And therefore if hee then healed the sicke fed his followers with small prousion made the ministry of the Word effectuall much more is hee able to doe it now 2. Cor. 9 8. Secondly wee know that Christ is more able to defend the Church and subdue all the enemies of it and stampe them vnder foote And therefore if hee then cast out deuill he is now much more able to cast out sinne and if then hee were able with one word to calme the Sea hee is now much more able to scatter all our troubles and to disperse them Rom. 26. 20. Q. What gather wee of this A. That they who doubt of Gods fauour or feare they shall not be able to liue this hard yeare or thinke they shall neuer get Religion or ouercome the lets howsoeuer they say they beleeue yet doe not indeed beleeue that Christ sits at the Right hand of God that is that hee more mightily administreth his Kingdome and Priesthood now then euer hee did before Q. What is the last degree of Christs Exaltation A. From thence hee shall come to iudge quick and dead Q. What is the meaning hereof A. That Christ in the end of the world when the sinnes of men be ripe shall descend in a Cloude and sit downe vpon his throne and all both great and small shall stand before him and the Bookes shall bee opened and they shall bee iudged according to the things that they haue done be they good or bee they euill Qu. What note wee hence A. 1. That there shall be a Iudgement 2. The generalitie of the Iudgement 3. The Person of the Iudge 4. The Time of it Qu. How know wee that there shall be a Iudgement A. First by the Scriptures Secondly by the light of Reason Q. What Scriptures proue it A. Iude 14. 15. 2. Cor. 5. 10. Act. 17. 31. Q. What is the Reason A. We know that God is a iust and righteous God and therefore hee cannot but make the state of the godly better then the state of the wicked But in this world it is not so For godly Lazarus lyes pyning at the doore while the wicked Glutton sits surfetting at the Board And therefore there must bee a Iudgement that the godly may bee blessed and the wicked punished Q. What fruit haue we by this A. Wee know that Christs comming is for the further glorifying of his Church and the punishing of the enemies of it And therefore howsoeuer we are here pressed and afflicted for a while and crowned with contempt as our Master was with thornes yet a day will come when all our infirmities and miseries shall haue an end and the faces of our enemies shall be filled with shame 2. Thess. 1. 6. 7. 8. Q. What are wee taught concerning the generality of the Iudgement A. That all shall be iudged both quicke and dead Q. Who are meant thereby A. By the quicke are meant they whom Christ shall finde aliue at his comming And by the dead they are meant that shall bee dead before So that all shall be iudged Rom. 14. 10. Q. What gather wee of this A. That a day will come when euery one of vs shall giue an account to God for his whole life for euery oath that he hath sworne for euery lie that he hath told for euery penny that he hath deceiued for euery Sabboth that he hath prophaned And therefore that wee must be carefull to flie these sinnes and the like as wee will answer to God for the contrarie at the Iudgement seate Q. Who shall be the Iudge A. Christ in his humane Nature Iohn 5. 22. 27. Q. What learne wee by this A. That Christs comming shall be comfortable to the godly and fearefull to the wicked Comfortable to the godly because he shall be their Iudge who is their Sauiour Luke 21. 28. Fearefull to the wicked because he shall be their Iudge whose blood they haue despised whose Ministers they haue disgraced whose name they haue blasphemed whose Sacraments they haue contemned whose Sabboths they haue prophaned Reu. 6. 15. 16. Q. When shall the Iudgement bee A. In the end of the world what yeare or what day or what houre knoweth no man no not the Angels but God alone Math. 24. 36. Q. Why would the Lord haue it secret A. That men might be alwayes vpon their watch and preparing for it For the count day will come suddenly and therfore we must euer keepe our reckonings streight lest it come like a thiefe in the night to steale away all our peace and prosperitie and pleasures for euer Mark 30. 35. Q. What is the third Person in whom wee must beleeue A. The Person of the Holy Ghost Q. What are wee to beleeue concerning the Holy Ghost A. Two things First that he is the effentiall Power of the Father and of the Sonne the same God in nature but distinct in Person That hee proceedeth from the Father the Scripture is plaine Iohn 15. 26. That hee proceedeth from the Sonne is as plaine Gal. 4. 6. That he is a distinct person from them both is cleare Iohn 14. 16. Secondly that he is the Sanctifier of Gods elect and therefore hee is called the Holy Ghost not onely because he is holy in himselfe but also because he makes vs holy sanctifying both our bodyes and our soules vnto God Q. What learne wee by this A. That by nature wee are more barren then the barrenest ground in the world hauing no sparke of grace or goodnesse in vs And therefore if there be any loue of vertue any hatred of sinne we may well know it is not of our selues but the Spirit of God which wrought it in our hearts Phil. 2. 13. Qu. What doth the Spirit of God worke in vs A. First knowledge of the will of God For whereas by nature a man hath no more true Religion then a very beast The Spirit of God opening and enlightening the eyes of his minde makes him able to conceiue the secret things
the blood of Christ that it hath fully and cleerely discharged vs of all our sinnes Rom. 5. 1. Q. What is the second fruit of Iustification A. It is ioy in the holy Ghost whereby a man reioyceth with vnspeakable gladnesse for the great fauour and mercy of God in Christ Rom. 5. 2. Q. What is the third fruit of Iustification A. The third fruit is reioycing in troubles for all the troubles of the Godly are the blessings of God and are sent for their good and therefore vnlesse they will grieue at Gods blessings and the furtherance of their owne good they cannot grieue at any of the troubles which God in fauour and mercy brings vpon them Rom. 5. 3. Qu. What gather wee of this A. That when the will of God is so it is better for vs to lose cur wealth then to haue our wealth To lose our children then to haue our children to part with our liberties then to inioy them and therefore we ought to rest with comfort in whatsoeuer it shall please God to bring vpon vs Rom. 5. 4. Qu. What is the fourth fruit of Iustification A. Sensible feeling of the loue of God for the godly shall euen sensibly perceiue that they are in good regard and in good account with the Lord in that hee takes not euery occasion to breake off and to be angerie with them but passeth by many iniuries and many wrongs that are done against him Rom. 5. 5. Q. What is the second benefite we receiue by faith in Christ A. We are daily Adopted and made the sonnes of God Gal. 3. 26. Q. How are wee made the sonnes of God by faith A. By faith we are made one with Christ members of his body flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone And therefore seeing Christ is the Sonne of God we who are one with Christ must needs bee the sonnes of God for being members and parts of Christ we haue good right and interest in all the honour that ariseth vnto our Head Ephes. 5. 30. Q. What are the fruits of our Adoption A. We are thereby made the heires of God and haue all his royalties and the right of his Crowne and kingdome made ouer to vs so that if God be most blessed then wee shall bee most blessed who must sit downe in the Throne and in the kingdome with him Rom. 8. 17. Qu. How stands this with the poore and base estate of Gods children here A. Very well for they are yet vnder age and their lands are not yet come into their hands and therefore no maruell if in this their minoritie they differ nothing from Seruants though they be Lords of all Gal. 4. 1. Qu. What may wee learne of this A. To passe our dayes with comfort remembring that how hard soeuer our state bee in this world yet we are the heires of a great King and the day will shortly come when wee shall be fetched home with honour to endlesse happinesse in our Fathers house Q. What is the second fruit of our Adoption A. Wee are thereby put in assurance of eternall life For the Sonne saith Christ in Iohn 8. 35. abideth in the house for euer and therefore if wee be the sonnes of God wee are sure that wee shall abide with him for euer A father will not cast his children out of doores for euery fault No more will God his children for euery sinne Psal. 89. 30. Q. How is this further declared A. By the care a father hath of his childrens good For as a father will bend all his wit and wisedome to preferre his children and will put by as much as hee can those lets and hindrances which may stop them from it So God bearing a fatherly affection to his children will imploy the vttermost of his wisedome and his skill to saue them And therefore vnlesse wee will say God hath not wisedome or skill enough to doe it we must needs confesse that we shall be saued 2. Tim. 1. 12. Q. What is the third fruit of our Adoption A. Wee grow into such confidence of God that wee dare trust him with our whole estate and therefore laying downe our liues and our liberties and all we possesse at his holy feet wee are well content he dispose of vs and of all we haue according to his owne will 2. Sam. 15. 26. Q. What is the fourth fruit of our Adoption A. Wee are assured thereby that God careth for vs and watcheth ouer vs and delighteth to doe vs good for being our Father we may assure our selues we shall finde him a Father euen most tenderly and most fatherly affected to doe vs good So that as a father is carking and caring for his children when his children are fast asleepe So God cares more for vs then wee care for our selues and many times thinkes of our good when wee our selues are carelesse of it Deut. 8 5. 1. Pet. 5. 7. Q. How is this further declared A. A kings childe shall not be suffered to goe abroad without his guard So without a Guard of heauenly Angels we stirre not a foot alwayes these heauenly warriours are attending and waiting on vs Psal. 91. 11 12. Q What is the fift fruit of our Adoption A. We may pray with boldnesse and assurance that we shall be heard For as a childe will moane himselfe to his father thinking that if any will helpe him his owne father will doe it So we may boldly poure forth all our complaints into the lappe of God with assurance that if any man heare vs hee will being our Father be most ready to heare and to helpe vs 1. Iohn 5. 14. Q What is the sixt fruit of our Adoption A. Wee know that God will accept our poore seruice and our weake obedience at our hands For euen as a father had rather heare his little childe stammer then some others speak plainly So God is more pleased with the weake prayers and the small obedience of his children then with all the toyles and labours of the wicked Heb. 11. 4. Qu. What is the third benefite wee receiue by faith in Christ A. Sanctification whereby we are freed from the Bondage of sinne and by little and little enabled through the spirit of Christ dwelling in vs to loue that which is good and to walke in it 1. Cor. 6. 11. Qu. How are we sanctified by Faith A. Faith makes vs members of Christ and Christ is the head distills Life and Grace and holinesse into all his parts So that they who are Christs must needes partake of the Spirit and life of Christ Ephes. 4. 16. Qu. How is this further declared A. As a wilde Oliue being ingrafted into a naturall and a kinde stocke loseth his wilde nature and partaketh of the stocke So we being once ingrafted into Christ feele our naturall corruption by little and little to abate and the sanctifying grace of Christ to poure forth it selfe into vs and partaketh of the goodnesse of the stocke
Q. What is the meaning when wee say we beleeue in God the Father A. Wee professe thereby that whereas God the Father was displeased with vs for our sinnes now he is reconciled to vs in the blood of Christ so that we dare boldly trust him with our whole state and perswade our selues that as wee call him Father so we shall finde him a Father euen most tender and fatherly affections in him Q. Wherein are wee to perswade our selues wee shall finde him a father A. First as a Father feeds his children and cloathes them and prouides things needfull for them though happily they deserue it not So we are to perswade our selues that God being become our gratious and good Father in Christ will feed vs cloathe vs and prouide for vs though wee deserue it not Math. 6. 31. Secondly as a father turnes not his children out of doores for euery fault So wee must not thinke God will cast vs off for euery sinne if there bee any hope of amendment in vs Iohn 8. 31. Thirdly as a father makes his sonne his heire and leaues him his lands and his liuing though hee keepe him short and vnder for a time So howsoeuer our portion bee but small in this world yet we are to beleeue God will make vs his heires and one day bestow his Crowne and Kingdome on vs Luke 12. 32. Q. What are wee to beleeue concerning God the Father A. Two things First that he is Almighty Secondly that hee Created Heauen and Earth Q How is God said to be Almighty A. Two wayes first because hee hath all might and all power in his hand and is able to doe whatsoeuer hee will in Heauen and in Earth no power being able to hinder his work and to hold out against him Psal. 114. 3. Q. God cannot doe all things for hee cannot sinne A. It is true that God cannot doe any thing that is contrarie to his Nature to doe Heb. 6. 18. hee cannot lye 2. Tim. 2. 13. hee cannot denie his word and yet he is Almighty Because these things imply not power but want of power Q. What meane wee when wee say Wee beleeue in God Almighty A. We beleeue not onely that God is Almighty in himselfe but that he is Almighty for our good and wee shall feele the benefite of that Almightie and infinite power that is in him Q. What vse may wee make of this A. It serueth to strengthen our faith not only concerning the things of this life but also of the life to come Qu. How for the things of this life A. Seeing God is Almighty that is able to do all things Wee know we are neuer so poore but God is able to enrich vs neuer so lowe but God is able to exalt vs neuer so heauy but God is able to reioyce vs neuer so entangled but God is able to loose vs Rom. 4 21. Q. How for the things of the life to come A. Seeing God is Almighty wee know that though our weakenesse be great and our corruptions many yet God is able to carrie vs comfortably through the vast and warring Wildernesse of this world into the land of happinesse and eternall rest Ioh. 10. 29. Qu. How is God secondly said to be Almighty A. Because all the might and power that is in any of the creatures is from God the least thing in the world being not able to moue it selfe but by the strength and power which it hath from God Q. What gather wee of this A. That the Sparrow lights not on the ground that a hayre falls not from the head that a leafe dropps not from the tree but it is ordered and disposed by the mighty hand of God Math. 20. 29. 30. Q. Doth nothing then happen by fortune and chance A. Surely no these are tearmes brought in to robbe God of his glorie in the gouernment of the world For euer that which seemes to be most casuall is caried wholly by a secret hand of God Prou. 16. 33. Q. What vse may we make of this A. First it will teach vs patience For seeing all things are wrought by the hand of God we make our account that sicknesse losses miseries they are all from God and therefore must be borne contentedly vnlesse in the pride of our hearts we wil lift vp our selues against the Lord 2. Sam. 16. 10. Qu. What is the second vse A. It will teach vs comfort for seeing nothing is able to lift vp it selfe without the Lord wee are to make our account that a dogge cannot wagge his tongue a wicked man cannot mooue his hand against vs without his leaue and licence who is our Father Ioh. 19. 11. Q. What is the third vse A. It will teach vs thankfulnesse For seeing it is God that worketh all in all it is God alone who is to bee blessed for all the comforts that we haue because it is he that enclineth mens hearts to vs and causeth this or that thing to doe vs good 1. Sam. 25. 32. Q. Why is God called the Creatour of Heauen and Earth A. Because he made Heauen and Earth of nothing all the power in this world being not able to worke vnlesse it haue some matter to worke vpon Heb. 11. 31. Q. How did God Create the world A. Wee must not thinke that the Lord lay labouring and soyling at it as wee see men doe when they build an house but as Psalme 35. 6. by the word of God were the Heauens made c. Q. What is meant by Heauen and Earth A. By heauen is meant Heauen and euery Creature in Heauen and by Earth is meant the Earth and all things in it so that the meaning indeed is that God created all Q. What learne we by this A. That if wee haue any comfort in any thing in this world in the earth that beares vs in the heauens that couer vs in the fire that warmes vs in the water that cooles vs in our eyes that wee see with in our eares that wee heare with in our legges that wee goe with God alone is to be thanked and blessed for it Q. Why is Heauen set before Earth A. Heauen is mentioned first to teach man to seeke it first and to begin our worke at heauen as God begun Q. What vse may wee make of this A. Hee that made all is able to destroy all And therefore in a moment God is able to strip and turne the wealthiest of vs out of all wee haue Q. What is the next Person we must beleeue in A. In Iesus CHRIST Q. What doth he Creed teach vs concerning Christ A. Two things 1. What his Person is 2. What his Office is His office is set our two wayes 1. By the Titles 2. By the actions of it Qu. What is the first Title A. Iesus which signifieth a Sauiour according to that Math. 1. 21. Thou shalt call his name Iesus Qu. What doth hee saue vs from A. From sinne and the punishments thereof
come humbly and submissiuely into the Lords presence abiecting and casting downe our selues as before a power greater then all the power of this world It is a distinction that one hath of two sorts of Humility Humilitas Immediata Humilitas Accepta It was a kind of Humility in Iohn Baptist when hee refused Christs offer Matth. 3. 14. saying I haue neede to be baptized of thee and commest thou to me but Humilitas accepta was in Christs acceptation that hee would haue it so and answered him accordingly So it was humility in Peter Iohn 13. 8. When he said thou shalt neuer wash my feete but Humilitas accepta when Christ was content to doe it So in this case it is a kinde of Humility when we can say O I am a sinfull man I dare not be so bold with such a power but Accepta Humilitas tels vs we must doe it we must come at the Lords bidding at his commandement So that this glory of the Lord must not driue vs from him but wee must come of our selues and to him alone and that with feare and reuerence The fourth affection that must be vsed in prayer is That we must come with eleuation of our hearts and mindes as high as Heauen For seeing God is in Heauen our affections must neuer stay till they come as high as Heauen where God is And so oft as we pray so oft in our thoughts and in our minds we must rise higher then the cloudes aboue Sunne and Moone and all the Stars Elias his story shewes that hee was carryed in a fiery Chariot into Heauen euen so must we by prayer bee transported out of this world to be present with God in the highest heauens It was a signe betwixt Dauid and Ionathan when he shot his Arrowes that if any of them fell short there was no danger in it c. So it is not with our affections if they be short and not eleuated and carried vp as high as Heauen there is great hazzard and danger that the Lord will not accept nor regard them Thus haue we seene with what affection we must pray In Faith in Loue with Reuerence with Eleuation Yet ere we come to the Petitions wee must consider certaine duties of them that pray First We must labour for the grace of adoption For how ccn we truly call God Father if we be not his children Alas what doe we otherwise but so oft as we pray vnto God so oft continually we doe lye in the eares of God It is like the aggrauation of Ananias his sinne Act. 5. 4. Thou hast not lyed vnto man but vnto God So if we come vnto God in prayer call him father and yet be not his children the very same may be said of vs c. Then you see now what great cause there is that euery man should labour for this grace of Adoption in himselfe to repent his finnes to lay hold vpon the promises of the Gospell to be renued by the Spirit of Christ that we may truely call God Father because now wee haue his true word if we be his children he is our Father yea we may the bolder goe vnto God and challenge him of his promise according to that comfort in Hosea after so many threatnings chap. 1. 10. Yee are the sonnes of the Liuing God c. The second Duty is That we must labour to be perswaded of the fatherly care and loue of God towards vs that we haue a Father in Heauen one that doth respect and regard vs. And so whatsoeuer our estate is in this world though neuer so poore and meane yet to thanke God that we haue our honour with the Lord we may come as boldly into the presence of God as the greatest King Prince or Monarch of the world as Malac. 2. 10. Haue we not all one Father and 1 Iohn 3. 1. Behold what loue the Father hath shewed on vs that we should be called the sons of God so that as I say it is our honor comfort and happinesse that what estate soeuer we be of in this world yet we know that he who is the Father of Kings is our gracious and good Father by the meanes and merits of Iesus Christ. The third Duty is that seeing God is our Father Wee endeuour to walke worthy of such a father that wee doe not dishonor and disgrace him by our sins 1 Pet. 1. 17. And if you call him Father passe the time of your pilgrimage in feare Thus if we proclaime God our Father then our care must be to walke worthy of him It is the blame that God layes vpon the Iewes Ierem. 3. 5. Thou hast said thou art my Father and yet thou doest euill more and more c. So when men will call vpon God as a Father and yet haue no care to please and obey him to doe his will and honour him with a true heart O how shall this one day light heauy vpon their hearts howsoeuer we doe not feele or regard it in this world Thus then if wo call God Father truely carry in our hearts a setled purpose neuer to offend him howsoeuer our owne weaknesses and frailties put vs by yet the end of our life must be that we walke worthy of such a father that is striue with flesh and blood as farre as possibly we can to liue in holinesse and righteousnesse to come to repentance and compunction of spirit euery day to renue our Couenant for the amendment of our sinfull liues Vse 1 Hitherto of the Preface or entrance into this Prayer the vse of all which may be first to reioyce in it as a goodly blessing that God would vouchsafe to be a Eather to such as we be especially men so silly and meane in the eyes of the world secondly to comfort our selues in this that what estate or condition soeuer wee be of yet to thanke God that wee haue a heauenly Father one that reserues a Kingdome for vs greater and better then this whole world So much for the Preface now come we to the Petitions as they lye in order 1. PETITION Hallowed be thy Name THey be sixe in number whereof the three first concerne The glory of God The last three Our owne good In the three former the first prayes for the glory of God in it selfe the second and third pray for the meanes of his Glory First then we pray for the glory of God in it selfe that the Lord may haue a holy Name amongst vs. The Name of God is most holy in it selfe But we pray that it may be holy vnto vs that we may giue the Lord glory and honour which is his due as God is a most excellent and most high power of himselfe so we pray that he be so taken and acknowledged all the world ouer that the whole world may be ready to stoope and yeeld to the excellent and eminent power that is in God
herbes meet for them by whom it is dressed receiueth blessing from God If a man haue found out an excellent plaister which will cure his sore if he pluck it away and doe not let it lye when he is on the mending hand but expose it to the aire Hee may relapse into a worser condition or kill himselfe So when a man hath got some profite by the vse of good meanes if he doe not then keepe to them but grow loose and idle hee may fall into as bad estate as before he knew of any cure or much worse Trees that grow by the sent of water if the water be drawne from them they cannot thriue thriuingly as before so take away the constant vse of good meanes from a Christian and you take away his life hee cannot thriue or grow Meanes to grow in grace 4 Fourthly Wee must so vse all the meanes as we must be carefull and indeauour to bee bettered by them and not onely grow but grow to a taste of perfection by the vse of them as neere as may bee According to the Apostles Exhortation 2. Cor. 6. 1. Wee then as workers together with him beseech you also that you receiue not the grace of God in vaine Therefore wee must doe as wise merchants who when they haue made a venture at Sea cast vp their bookes and looke into their accounts to see what they haue gained So Christians who beare a part in the house of God and traffique against sinne with his graces must cast vp their accounts looke into their bookes see what they haue gotten or gained what graces bee the stronger and what graces the more weakened in their hearts Lastly it may be obiected is there now remaining any thing else to be said in this Treatise of Repentance I answer for my selfe nothing else I haue to deliuer vnto you concerning this Treatise onely to intreate you that as one hauing passed alongst a goodly pleasant long valley where he hath seene on both sides great store of delightfull Woods Townes Castles Riuers c. when he is readie to leaue that plaine turnes about to view the place once more and make impression thereof in his memorie so that you hauing passed along and heard so many excellent points in this doctrine of Repentance would turne about againe once more to view them all ere wee leaue them First you haue heard of the Necessitie of Repentance that wee cannot be saued without it Secondly The order of it with other Graces Repentance being first seene in the life of a Christian. Thirdly The Nature of Repentance in which was foure things First that it is a changing and turning Secondly a turning in all and euery faculty of the soule Thirdly a turning from all sinâ— Fourthly a turning from all sinne vnto God Fourthly The Causes of Repentance were three 1. God the Efficient Cause 2. The preaching of the Law and Gospell the Instrumentall Cause 3. The helping Causes the Mercies of God his Iudgements and our owne considerations Fiftly The Time of Repentance was twofold Generall and Particular in the Generall two Rules 1. That we must repent in this life 2. That we must repent as soon as we can 2. In the speciall time of Repentance were fiue Particulars 1. When we haue fallen into any new sinne 2. When the iudgements of God are threatned against vs 3. When there is an offer of spirituall meanes of grace 4. When we are to vndertake any great worke 2. To renew our repentance euery morning and eueuing Sixtly The parts of Repentance in which foure things was obserued 1. Examination 2. Humiliation 3. Deprecation 4. Resolution for the time to come Seuenthly The Impediments of Repentance were two First in Iudgement Secondly in Affection In Iudgement foure wayes First either to thinke our selues not sicke of sinne or secondly sicke not so sicke as indeed we be Thirdly if sicke yet that we may recouer without repentance or fourthly if Repentance must needs be yet that it needes not to be so full and strict as Preachers tell vs. Secondly Impediments in our affections were first the loue of the world Secondly the loue of pleasures Thirdly the loue of our owne ease Fourthly the loue of our sinnes Fiftly the desire to keepe credit with the world Then we came to The Cases of Repentance fiue in number First the case of Relapse Secondly the Case of Iteration Thirdly the Case of Restitution Fourthly the Case of Teares Fiftly the Case of Comfort in death Ninthly The Contraries to Repentance First Impenitencie Secondly vnsound Repentance Lastly the Increase of Repentance in two things First that Repentance can neuer bee but imperfect in this life Secondly wherein it failes Thus haue I according to that abilitie God gaue indeuoured to cast the seed of God into your hearts now your wisedome â—â—st bâ—… to water it when you are at home in your houses that as my paines hath beene to preach it vnto you so yours may be to remember and make a right vse thereof and so I end beseeching God that the memorie of these things may remaine with you till your dying day That as euery day you sinne so euery day you may so renew your Repentance as Peter speakes Act. 3. 19. That your sinnes may bee blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. FINIS God Godhead Word of God Scriptures Saluation Fall Sinne. Our sinfull state Sorrow for Sinne. Saluation second thing Christ. Faith Fruites of Faith Iustification Adoption Fruites of Adoption Sanctification Fruites of Sanctification Godlinesse Sinne. Darling sinne Killing of sinne Loue of God Feare of God Spirituall vnderstanding Wisedome Obedience Ordering of our life Sobrietie In Dyet In Apparell In Labours In worke In Sorrowes In our Mirth To men Righteousnesse In our Assections Anger In Words In our Deeds Loue to their Persons Soules In drawing them to Christ. â—o incourage â—hem Admonition We must loue them in their goods Vsurie Couetousnesse Godlinesse Second poiâ—â— Godlinesse Trusting in God Thirdly Humbling Affliction Fourthly Prayer Fiftly Thankes-giuing Sabboth Wiues Parents Children Masters Seruants Officers Subiects Pastors People Helpes to a Holy life 1 Diligence 2 Graces nourished 3 To watch our Life 4 Daily Triall 5 Scriptures reading How to reade with profite 6 Marking Particulars 7 Meditation on good things 8. Affliction Sanctified 9 Remembrance of vowes and Couenants 10 Communion of Saints 11 Withstanding Lettes 12 Daily Practise Daily Practise how Daily Armour â—ay spending Lords day Weeke day The Creede Faith God the Father A mighty Creatour of Heauen and Earth And in Iesus Christ. Onely Sonne Our Lord. Conceiued by the Holy Ghost Borne of the Virgin Mary Hee suffered Vnder Pontius Pilate Was Crucified Dead And Buried Third day Hee rose againe from the Dead Hee ascended into Heauen And sits at the right hand of God The Iudgement day I beleeue inthe Holy Ghost The Church Communion of Saints The forgiuenesse of sinnes The
an honest and godly moderation must be vsed That our gate be not stately and proud That our hayre be not vndecently long That no more ornaments be hanged vpon vs then seemelinesse and that Christian sobrietie which hath beene spoken of will permit Of the gate Isay 3. 16. Of the rest 1. Pet. 3. 3. Q. Is it not lawfull for men to haue long hayre A. The Apostle saith 1. Corinth 12. 14. It is a shame for a man if hee weare long haire And therefore vnlesse it be not lawfull for men to shame themselues it is not lawfull for men to haue long hayre And he giue vs such a reason as being well weighed may mooue them much Doth not nature it selfe teach you saith hee As if he had said Though men haue neither religion nor honesty nor grace nor any conscience in them yet nature it selfe may teach them that when they glorie in their long locks they glory in their shame Q. How may wee vse our recreations moderately and lawfully A. If wee be not excessiue in them if wee spend not too much time vpon them but vse them so sparingly that thereby we may become the more fit and cheerefull in our calling Colos. 4. 5. and redeeme the time which we doe not when our exercises doe not make vs more fit for our duties Secondly if we be not eagerly set vpon them that we fall to swearing chafing fretting quarrelling or hurting our neighbours corne grasse cattell and the like Thirdly if we vse them at lawfull and conuenient times not when we haue fitnesse to better things nor vpon the Sabboth nor in time of priuate or publike mourning Ecles 3. 1. Q. Why may wee not vse them when wee are fit for better things A. Because Recreations are permitted onely to refresh vs and therefore if we play when we are as well able to worke or to pray or to reade or to doe some such better things we abuse our libertie because wee runne to recreations before wee need them Q. Why may wee not vse them on the Sabboth A. Because the whole day is set apart for the seruice of God Isay 58. 13. Qu. Why not in the time of mourning A. Because wee may not laugh when God would haue vs weepe Wee may not be sporting when we had more need bee repenting for our sinnes Isay 22. 12. 13. 14. Qu. How may wee be sober and moderate in resting from our labours A. If no more time be spent in our rest then may well serue to refresh vs Marke 6. 31. Q. How may we alwayes keepe our selues in worke A. If wee consider that the Lord hath stored vs with such varietie of duties that wee need not be idle one houre in a day If wee cannot worke yet wee may reade If wee cannot reade yet we may heare others reade If not that yet wee may pray or meditate or comfort our brethren If wee tyred in one yet wee may recreate and refresh our selues in another Coloss. 4. 5. Qu. How may wee be sober and moderate in our sorrows A. If wee obserue three things First that wee grieue not our selues for euery needlesse thing for the Lord would haue vs liue in some comfort and in some cheere And therefore we must not take euery thing to heart and make our liues wearisome and bitter to vs Phil. 4. 4. Secondly that wee grieue lesse for matters of lesse weight and more for matters of greatest weight More for our sinnes then wee doe for our troubles and more when we lose God then when we part with our dearest friends Zachariah 12. 10. Thirdly that we suffer not our selues to bee swallowed vp of sorrow no though it be for the best things 2. Cor. 2. 7. Qu. How may we be sober and moderate in our mirth A. If wee weigh the matter of our ioy that we neuer reioyce in euill things as in iesting scoffing talking wantonly nor in those things that are transitorie and passe away as in riches fauour honour further then they are pawnes and pledges of the loue of God not in euill things 1. Cor. 5. 6. not in transitory Ier. 9. 23. and the 24. Iob 31. 25. Secondly if we shew not too great lightnesse in our mirth but alwayes it haue some seasoning of Christian grauitie in it Ephes. 5. 4. Thirdly if we be not merry when our owne sinnes or our brethrens miseries giue vs more cause to mourne Hos. 9. 1. Amos 6. 5. 6. Q. Are there no other things wherein sobrietie must bee shewed A. Yes many other things as in our sleepe in our feares and in our cares for the world and the like But by these few which haue beene handled we may measure out all the rest Q. What is the duty which wee owe to men A. To liue righteously that is to giue euery man that which is his due Rom. 13. 7. Q. What is their due A. That we loue them in their persons both in their bodies and in their soules in their goods in their good names and in euery thing that belongs vnto them Rom. 13. 8. Q. How may wee shew loue in their persons A. Three wayes 1. In our Affections 2. In our Words 3. In our Deeds 1. Iohn 3. 18. Q. How in our Affections A. Wee must not rashly be angry with them for loue suffereth long it will put vp many iniuries and passe by many wrongs and therefore they that fall out and suffer their loue to quench for euery offence declare euidently they haue no loue See Solomons Song 8. 7. Q May wee not be angry A. Yes but therein three things must be looked vnto First that the cause be iust and earnest Math. 5. 22. Secondly that our anger be not furious that it breake not out into immoderate heate into cursing banning reuiling and the like Ephes. 4. 31. Thirdly that it hold not long for both should seeke Reconciliation As the father ranne to meet his sonne and the sonne his father And therefore they that being once salne out will neuer be reconciled againe or straine courtesie who shall begin bewray notably their want of loue Eph. 4. 16. 1. Cor. 3. 12. 13. Q. What is the second point of Inward loue A. Wee must not enuy their good It must not grieue vs to see others wealthier wiser and better thought of then ourselues Wee must be as glad of their welfare as of our owne and reioyce as much to heare them praised as we would doe if our selues were commended Rom. 12. 15. Q. What is the third point of Inward loue A. Wee must not take that which may be well meant in euill part wee must not be too iealous and too suspicious of our brethren vpon euery conceite thinking hardly of them Rom. 1. 29. Q. What is the fourth point of Inward loue A. Wee must not disdaine them nor set vp our selues against them For though in some one gift they came behinde vs yet happily in some other
of God 1. Cor. 3. 14. Q. What is the second thing A. Regeneration For by nature a man is giuen to like best of the worst things and worst of the best things and therefore the Spirit of God is faine to cast him new and to change euery affection in him Iohn 3. 5 Q. What is the thirdthing A. Communion with Christ For by Faith the Spirit of God implanteth vs into Christ as the Branches are knit into the stocke so that as the Branches liue and are nourished from the stocke So wee partake of all the rich graces that bee in Christ 1. Cor. 6. 11. Q. What is the fourth thing A. Spirituall Gouernment For by nature wee are so babish that wee know not when to speake nor when to hold our peace how to pray nor how to vse our Christian liberties c. And therefore the Spirit of God is giuen vs as a guide to direct vs in euery thing that we take in hand Rom. 8. 14. Q. What is the fift thing A. Comfort in Troubles For the Spirit of God assuring our hearts that God loues vs in Christ makes vs to contemne the vanities of the world and setting vs in hope of the life to come makes vs set the lesse by the things of this life Ioh. 14. 16. Q. What is the sixt thing A. Strengthening vs. For whereas naturally wee are quickly weary of good things the Spirit of God so vpholding vs in grace that euery day wee feele our selues brought into greater loue and liking of the same Eph. 3. 16. Q. In whom doth the Spirit of God worke these things A. In none but the Elect. A Reprobate may haue the Spirit of God according to some effects of it as to make him see his sinnes to be ashamed of them and to restraine him from the outward acts of them to liue ciuilly in the world But the Spirit of God inwardly killing sin and sanctifying the Soule in all his gracious effects is neuer giuen but to Gods Elect Iohn 14. 17. Q. May a man lose the Spirit of God A. The wicked because they neuer had it soundly may wholly lose it The godly cannot lose it wholly but onely according to some graces of it and that not finally but for a time Because the Spirit like Sampsons hayne will reuiue againe Iohn 7. 38. Q. May wee therefore liue secure because wee cannot lose the Spirit A. Nay but wee must vse the meanes which God hath appointed for the nourishing of the Spirit as hearing of the Word Prayer Meditation c. otherwise the best of vs shall finde the Graces of Gods Spirit wonderfull dead and damped in vs 1. Thess. 5. 18. Q. How may a man know that hee hath the Spirit of God A. Hee may know that hee hath the Spirit of God by the working of the Spirit For as a man knowes there is life in himselfe as long as he breathes and moues and doth the rest of the actions of a liuing man So when a man liues the life of the Spirit and doth the things which without Gods spirit hee could not doe hee may well know that hee hath the Spirit in him Q. Doe not many deceiue themselues in this point A. Many doe for want of iudgement for there is a certaine working like the Spirit but it is not the Spirit A certain boldnesse in the heart like Faith but it is not Faith A certaine kinde affection like Loue but it is not loue A certaine hot humour like Zeale but it is not Zeale They bee but vizards and counterfeits which the deuill makes to deceiue poore people with To make them beleeue they haue Faith and Loue and other vertues when indeed they haue not but certaine emptie shewes and shadowes of them Q. What is the first marke whereby a man may know that he hath the Spirit of God A. If a man feele himselfe better able to conceiue the Mysteries of Faith and to take profite by the Ministry of the Word either to the begetting or strengthening of Faith in him This is a sure token that he hath the Spirit Act. 16. 14. Q. What is the second Marke A. If a man feele a sensible change in himselfe so that hee loues that good which hee thought hee should neuer loue and hates that euill which hee thought hee should neuer hate and sets himselfe with diligence to the weakening and killing not of some few but of all his sinnes This is a true Testimony that hee hath Gods Spirit working in his heart 1. Cor. 6. 11. Q. What is the third Marke A. If a man feele himselfe checkt inwardly for sinne so that hee cannot tread or looke awry but by and by hee is closely touched and rebuked for it This is a sure token that he hath the Spirit Isay 30. 21. Q. What is the fourth Marke A. If a man haue an earnest desire to please God to wish from his very heart that he could walke with greater care and obedience in all the wayes of God This shall seale vnto his soule that he belongs to God 1. Iohn 2. 5. Qu. What is the fift Marke A. If a man feele himselfe much giuen to Prayer not onely in company and at ordinary times but also priuately by himselfe alone with assured perswasion that hee shall fare the better for it This is a certaine signe of the Spirit of God Gal. 4. 6. Q. What is the fift Marke A. If a man dare trust the Lord with his whole state and say vnto God in sinceritie of heart Lord I desire not health nor peace nor plenty but according to thy will I lay downe my selfe my life and my comforts and all that I haue at thy feet dispose of mee as best pleaseth thee this is a seale that the Spirit of God workes in his heart 2. Sam. 15. 26. Qu. What if a man feele not all these in himselfe A. Yet hee is not to despaire if there be any one of them truly in him For as there may be life in man though hee can neither see nor heare nor speake nor mooue So though the Spirit work not so strongly in one yet as long as he desires to please God so long as hee is sorry for his sinnes or at leastwise sorry that hee cannot be sorry for them hee is not vtter ly to discomfort himselfe in his estate Rom. 7. 22. 23. Qu. What doth the second part of the Creed entreate of A. Of two things 1. The Church 2. The Benefites bestowed vpon it Q. Why is the Church mentioned immediatly after the Doctrine of the Trinitie A. Because whatsoeuer the holy Trinitie hath wrought they haue wrought it for the good of the Church And therefore the benefite of the Father in Creating of the Son in Redeeming of the holy Ghost in Sanctifying wholly and entirely belongeth to the Church It is the Churches dowrie Q. What learne wee by this A. That if a man can approue himselfe to bee a true member of the Church
Word The Sacraments And Prayer Q. What is Prayer A. Prayer is a pouring forth of the Soule before God in the feeling of our wants together with an earnest desire of remedy for the same Qu. How many things are required in Prayer A. Three things 1. That a man knowe his wants 2. That hee earnestly desire to haue them supplied 3. That for this end hee put vp his sute to God Q. Why did the Lord teach vs a set forme of prayer A. Because wee are not able to looke into the bottome of our owne hearts nor to carry our selues in such a wise course as becommeth speakers to so great a King Therefore the Lord vouchsafed to direct vs with his owne mouth that keeping our selues to the rule that hee hath set vs wee might be assured that our prayers should be to his good liking and well accepted Q. How many parts be there of the Lords Prayer A. Three 1. The Preface 2. The Petitions and 3. The Conclusion Q. Why doth the Lord vse a Preface to the Prayer A. To teach vs that wee may not pray without reuerence till wee haue in some holy and heauenly sort fitted and prepared our selues for it My heart is fixed c. my heart is fixed Psal. Qu. What learne wee by this A. That their sinne is great who rush bluntly and boldly vpon the Lord without due consideration and most holy regard of the excellent and high Maiestie before whom they stand Eccles. 10. 1. Q. What other reason is there A. To teach vs that wee may not pray without zeale till wee haue quickened and wakened vp our hearts to it Q. What learne we by this A. That they sinne in prayer who let their prayere fall from them without zeale and without life For why should God care for those prayers which wee ourselues care not for Q. How must wee prepare our selues to Prayer A. By a serious meditation of the great mercy and power of God his mercy will teach vs how willing and ready hee is his Power how able and mightie he is to helpe vs in our needs Q. How is the mercy of God set forth A. In tearming himselfe our Father For in calling God Father wee bring our selues in minde that wee shall finde him a Father euen fatherly affections in him ready to heare vs and encline to our demands Q. What will this worke in vs A. An vndoubted assurance that wee shall bee heard For where shall a man speed himselfe if hee speed not with his Father And therefore seeing wee come to God in prayer not as to a stranger that knowes vs not not as to a stately person that regards vs not but as to a most louing and tender Father whose eare hearkeneth whose eye pittieth whose hand is helpfull to our needes wee may assure our selues that wee shall not come emptie handed and with faces cast downe from his presence Q. How is God our Father A. By nature wee are become the children of the Deuill But through Christ God hath adopted vs and taken vs for his owne sonnes intending to bestowe his crowne and kingdome on vs. Q. Why doth Christ direct this prayer to God alone A. To shew that none but God is to be prayed vnto neither Saint nor Angell nor any other Q. What gather wee of this A. That the Papists in praying to Saints and Angels pray amisse because their prayers be contrary to the rule of prayer Indeed they knocke oft and lay loade vpon the doore but they knocke at a wrong gate and they mistake the doore Two little rappes at Gods gate would doe more good then all their crying like Baals Priests to them that heare them not c. Q. Why are wee taught to say our Father A. First to teach vs that wee must pray for our brethren as well as for our selues and that their miseries must bring vs many times vpon our knees Secondly to shew that if wee bee true members in the body of Christ wee haue a part in euery mans prayer so that when wee are heauy and troubled and cannot pray for our selues we may then remember that a 1000. hands are lifted to heauen and a 1000. mouthes are speaking to God in our behalfe Q. How is the Power of God set forth A. In saying that hee is heauen for thereby we are brought in minde of the heauenly Maiestie and power that is in him whereby hee is able to goe through with his owne worke and to accomplish whatsoeuer shall be for our good Deut. 33 26. Q. What gather wee of this A. That God is able to speed vs and wee need goe no further for any thing we want Q. What else doe these words teach vs A. First to lift vp our hearts to Heauen when wee pray Secondly to thinke that God sits in the Watch-Tower of the world and therefore hee sees vs and markes how and in what sort and how oft wee pray vnto him Q. How many Petitions are there A. 6. Whereof The three first concerne the glory of God The three other our owne good Q. What learne wee by this A. That nothing must bee more pretious and deare vnto vs then the Name and Glory of our God and therefore that we must alwayes begun our suite in the earnest desire that the Lord may haue a wonderfull name among vs that wee may set forth his glory whatsoeuer become of vs. Q. What gather wee of this A. That the prayers of such shall neuer bee heard to any benefit or comfort of themselues who are wholly taken vp with a care of their owne good and neuer thinke what honour and glory may come vnto the Lord thereby Q. What thinke you then of the Prayers of the Common sort A. That for the most part they please not God for it is not the care of Gods glory but the onely feeling of their owne wants that makes them pray For if it were not more for their owne good and for their owne comfort then for any care they haue of Gods glorie they would neuer pray Q. What doe wee pray for in the first Petition A. We pray for the hallowing or sanctifying of the Name of God Q. What is the Name of God A. It is the report of him his remembrance and his memoriall amongst men so that when wee pray Hallowed bee thy name wee pray that the Lord may haue a glorious and a great Name among vs that wee may neither thinke nor speake of him but with high reuerence and feare with holy admiration of the excellent and great things that be in Him Q. What are the speciall good things wee pray for A. First we pray that God would make his Mercy Iustice Loue c. so knowne vnto the world that euery one may bee forced to admire it and wonder at it That the Lord would shew forth such euident and cleere tokens of the great might and wisedome and Iustice and power that bee in him that all men
that they do not spare them and why it is for their health c. So must we thinke and conceiue that when God doth not heare or grant our requests he heares so farre as it is for our good though he doe not heare vs to our wils For it is a dangerous thing to bee heard according to our desire Because thus Christ heard the Diuell when he suffered him to enter into the heard of swine or we may say thus This is not the greatest mercy to be heard according to our will but this to be heard for our profit when God giues vs that onely which is best for vs. Secondly That we must pray in loue For Christ instructing vs to say Our Father would teach vs loue and charity that is not onely to pray for our selues but also in the behalfe of our brethren for this is a duty requisite in our prayers to take in the whole Communion of the body of Christ that euery one may haue a part in our prayer So holy men of God haue done before vs Dauid saith Pray for the peace of Ierusalem Peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy Pallaces He prayes God to heare the prayers which he made speaking and praying and confessing his sins and the sins of his people Whereupon an Angell came flying vnto him Pray one for another in the time of trouble Thus by the rule of Christ we must not onely pray for our selues in faith but for our brethren also in loue and compassion and fellow feeling of the wants needs one of another When many ships Trade and Traffiicke vpon the sea some goe for one thing and some for another some goe to one place and some to another and yet all tends to the good of the Countrey So it is in the prayers of the Saints some pray for one thing some for another some for grace some for remission of sinnes some for peace of conscience some for temporall blessings and yet all in the end for the good of the Church I should now come to speake of the Duties of them that pray but first I must a little enlarge my selfe in the former of Faith and Loue which should haue beene touched before Faith being a maine pillar and foundation whereupon this building of prayer consists yea such a one as I may truely affirme Sine qua non Ere I goe further I will shew two grounds of Faith 1 A perswasion of the power of God that he can 2 A perswasion of Gods willingnesse that hee will helpe vs. For if we doubt either of his power that he cannot or his will that he will not helpe vs though he be able We can neuer pray in Faith that is with vndoubted assurance that God will heare vs. And because the greatest questiō is of the will of God for not many especially amongst Christians I suppose doubt of the power of God Christ first resolues and settles vs in that point and shewes that God is Our Father and because he is our Father we shall be sure to find a most fatherly affection in him that no father shall be so ready to heare the requests of his children as the Lord will be to heare vs in all things we pray for So that this is one ground of our Faith not to thinke we come vnto God as vnto a stranger that doth not respect or regard vs in our needs but we come to him as to a Father and one that doth loue vs tenders vs and will be as ready to releeue vs as the dearest friend we haue in this world So Dauid saith Psal 103. 13. As a father pittieth his children c. And Malach. 3. 17. I will spare them as a man spareth his owne sonne that serueth him The prodigall sonne when he had slipt away from his father and naughtily spent all he had he had no hope to returne with any comfort but this Ibo ad Patrem c. I will goe to my Father c. Howsoeuer I haue been a bad and a lewd child yet I thanke God I haue a good Father to goe to This now is our very case Alas wee haue runne away from God as farre as euer did the Prodigall sonne from his father we haue spent all we haue nothing left by our bad husbandry onely wee haue this hope and comfort remaining that still we haue a good Father to goe to God is our Father who will heare vs receiue vs releeue vs and this as I said is the ground of a Christian man that he may pray in faith which thing holy men in their prayers haue much regarded Isa. 63. 16. Though Abraham be ignorant of vs doubtlesse thou art our Father c. and chap. 64. 8. But now O Lord thou art our Father wee are clay c. worke of thy hands Yea our Sauiour Christ himselfe in this very Preface of Prayer argues from the very disposition and nature of an earthly Father Matth. 7. 9. For what man is there if his sonne aske bread will hee giue him a stone c. from whence his inference is If yee then being euill can giue good things to your children who aske c. how much more will your Father which is in Heauen giue his holy Spirit vnto those who aske it So that this needs must be a goodly comfort vnto a poore Christian to consider of because it is our Father not a stranger our good Father our louing and compassionate Father that deales with vs so that wee shall easily find him inclined to goodnesse and mercy towards vs. Many places of Scripture doe inlarge this and all to strengthen our faith and make vs come the readier vnto God Psal. 27. 10. Though my father and my mother should for sake me yet the Lord will gather me vp c. Isa. 49. 15. Can a woman forget her child and not haue compassion vpon the sonne of her wombe Yea they may c. Where the Lord himselfe shewes and sayes that hee will not forget vs so that knowing this loue care and tendernesse of the Lord that he hath this fatherly affection in him we may well thinke the Lord will be most ready to heare and helpe vs in all that we pray for Alas they that be not thus perswaded that God hath such a heart bosome and bowels of loue open vnto vs that he hath a fatherly care and compassion towards vs he I say that hath not this sweet and comfortable apprehension of God that knowes not God to be a Father to him must needes make faint and cold prayers vnto God But whosoeuer shall be perswaded in his soule that the Lord is become a Father vnto him accepteth of him as his son what is it but that such a man may hope for at the hands of God which as I said is the first ground of our Faith viz. A perswasion that God will heare vs when we pray vnto him
wisheth well vnto himselfe desires his owne peace and hearts ease as much as may bee Therefore when hee apprehends the fearfull iudgements of God due vnto him for his sinne euen the hatefulnesse of vile actions which hee hath committed the very conscience and horror of these things will make him many times weepe so that a naturall man may shed teares for sinne and yet not repent him of it as wee see in Esau Gen. 27. 34. He wept for the losse of his Fathers blessing and his birth-right and yet so farre from repenting of his sinne that at that same instant after his Fathers death hee resolued to kill his brother So the Holy storie affirmes of Saul 1. Sam. 24. 17. that when Dauid had cut off the lap of his garment when hee might haue killed him and when he had made his innocencie knowne to him Saul hee lift vp his voyce and wept and made confession of his sinnes before God and yet for all this chap. 26. wee see hee persecuted him againe euen against his owne conscience so we see hee wept for his sinne and yet neuer repented Hee confessed hee had done ill and that Dauid was more righteous then hee So Mal. 2. 13. The people of Israel is said to haue couered the Altar of God with their teares with weeping and mourning and yet for all that liued in their sinnes without Repentance and said wherein shall wee returne So it is cleere that teares are not alwayes a true signe of true Repentance For the most part all the Religion of the world is this that if a man can bring himselfe so farre not onely to be touched for sinne but also to weepe for it to shed a few teares by and by they thinke themselues to bee safe yea though they liue loosely and prophanely after but this is to build vp their comfort vpon a safe ground because as wee haue heard a man may shed teares for sinne and yet not repent it so that teares bee not alwayes the true companions of true Repentance Obiect But here it may bee that some who are willing to repent and ready to indeauour this way may obiect and say How can a poore Christian take any comfort in his Teares If teares bee not alwayes a true signe of Repentance Answ. I answer for all this that there bee two wayes whereby a Christian may finde comfort in his teares 1. Hee must looke into the causes of them 2. Hee must looke into the Effect and fruit of them Hee must looke into the cause and fountaine from whence they flowe whether it bee for feare of damnation and of hell torments hee weepes or not for these may make a wicked man much to be astonished for the time and repent of his sinne as Act. 24. 26. so the children of Israel when the Lord told them that they should not enter into the land of Canaan repented of their sinnes and did weepe before the Lord but the cause was the iudgements and scourge of God vpon them being chafed by the Amorites Deut. 1 45. so that a man may weepe to no purpose for the iudgements and punishments that follow sinne but when a man can weepe for sinne because it is sinne which indeed would bring him vnto Repentance because hee hath offended so good a God displeased so gratious and so mercifull a Father done that which is prophane and vnseemly in his sight then wee may haue ioy and comfort in our teares So wee see in the example of the Prodigall sonne Luke 15 21. he more lamented that he had offended so good and louing a Father then for the losse of his money then for all the miserie which was vpon him and hardnesse hee had sustained yea I say all this did not so much grieue him as that hee had offended his good Father The like wee see by Dauid Psal. 51. 4. saith hee Against thee onely haue I sinned did hee sinne onely against God hee had also sinned against Vriah Barsheba against the people and against the peace of his owne soule Yet aboue all his greatest griefe was for offending his God a God that had dealt so bountifully with him in his aduancement and mercifully in his preseruation and so by the consideration of the cause wee may receiue comfort in our teares when wee consider from what motiues they proceed and principally moouing Causes Secondly a man that would haue comfort in his tears must looke vnto the Effect and fruit of them for if a man doe so weepe for his sinnes as that by and by hee be ready to fall into and commit the same sinnes againe and that as greedily and carelesly as hee did before then it is to bee feared that the watrie teares shed here is but a beginning of that euerlasting weeping and mourning in hell But if a man doe so weepe for sinne as that thereby hee is made more watchfull ouer sinne more to hate it carefull to resist it more willing to weaken the sudden power thereof in himselfe then a man may haue comfort in his teares as it is 2. Cor. 7. 10. 11. For godly sorrow worketh Repentance to saluation not to bee repented of c. For behold this that yee haue beene godly sorrowfull what care it hath wrought in you what cleering of your selues c. So then you see there are two sorts of teares First Teares of prophane men for they haue their Teares too but there is small comfort in them a man is neuer the better for such teares they are seldome put home to the conscience nor is the life reformed by them they leaue no steps of goodnesse nor prints of Grace behinde them Secondly the teares of the godly bee indeed sorrowfull teares but they are mightie and quickning like Aqua fortis which make strong and lasting impressions of vertue and of grace which leaue a seed and â—…it behinde to worke vpon their soules and conscience Thus much of the first Conclusion the second is this Conclusion 2. Euery one that commits sinne hath iust cause aboue all Conclusion 2 things to shed teares for the same This is proued first By Reason Secondly By Example for there are three things which will make a man to shed teares 1. For the losse of some great good 2. The feare of some great euill 3. The sence and feeling of some grieuous paine Now in all these cases a man hath cause to shed teares for sinne First In regard of the great losse that comes by sinne worldly men as wee know will weepe for the losse of children goods lands and such like but all the losses of the world are not comparable vnto the losse which comes by sin for it is neither of children goods or lands but by sinne we lose the fauour of God all our parts of that wee haue in Christ heauen and happinesse yea wee faile of Gods blessed presence for euer and so of all losses the greatest comes by sinne So that
But when God had denyed him this request and told him he must die in the wildernesse hee went as willingly vnto the place of his death as wee doe to a feast or banquet So old Simeon when he had once gotten Christ into his armes became most willing to die Luke 2. singing that Song Now Lord let thou thy seruant depart in peace for mine eyes haue seen thy saluation this is the first thing in this holy disposition to be willing to die Wherefore it is a lamentable case that a number professing Christianitie should so hang vpon the world at that time like naturall men mentioned Psal. 17 14. Which haue their portion in this life whose bellie thou fillest with thy hid treasure c. It is wonderfull that worldlings doe thus but that Christians should doe so who haue layed vp their hope in God the comforts of saluation in Christ and expect this as thechiefest happinesse it is a wofull thing The good people Numb 13. when they saw the clusters of grapes which were brought vpon a barre betweene two men they made hast towards the land of promise and incouraged one another to rise vp and enter euen so when God hath giuen vs some first fruites of the Spirit some taste of the ioyes of the life to come some little grapes of our heauenly countrey what should we doe but make haste and dispatch speedily to enter into the full possession of the same Secondly One must then let all goe and apply himselfe wholly to the saluation of his soule So wee see the good theefe did when hee came to die all his care was for the saluation of his soule though hee hung in paine and torment yet hee prayes to Christ not for reliefe from death or to ease his paine but onely that Christ would remember him when hee came into his kingdome Euen so must wee doe when we come to die wee must not looke after our paines nor after our ease or worldly accounts but that our soules may bee saued how wee may stand before God with an vpright conscience If a mans house be on fire and hee cannot in this danger saue all his goods hee will yet apply himselfe to saue his best things carry out his jewells plate and money with some of his best houshold stuffe that if any perish the worst may burne first Thus must a man doe at the day of death when hee sees that he cannot saue all because he must lose his soule or his goods the best way then is to let all goe and wholly to apply ones selfe to saue his soule at the day of death Thirdly One must labour to die in faith as hee hath liued therein as Heb. 11. 13. It is said of the Fathers all these died in faith They died not all in their beds nor of a lingring sicknesse nor amongst their friends for some were sawen asunder some stoned but all died in faith And our Sauiour Christ wee know when hee came to die and his very greatest extremities of death vpon him on the very agonie of death hee did wholly rest vpon God crying out My God my God so must wee doe in the greatest paines and calamities of death yea in torments wholly cast ourselues vpon Gods loue and fauour as our surest hold wee should shut vp our eyes and cast our selues on his mercie with full perswasion that though wee shall dwell in the dens of death for a little while yet one day he will raise vs vp and make vs partakers of Heauen where wee shall haue the comfortable presence of God and his holy Angels and blessed Saints for euer It is obserued that when a man is in danger of drowning looke what they haue in their hands they hold fast and neuer part with it no not when life leaues them so must a Christian soule doe in the time of death cast vp his armes and lay hold vpon Christ neuer part with him no not when the last breath leaues him The Faith a Christian must die in consists in three things First He must die in the faith of his owne Reconciliation with God that God is at peace with him and become his good Father by the meanes of Iesus Christ and therefore boldly to go vnto God as vnto our Father knowing that no childe can be so welcome to his father as we shall be vnto the Lord our God which is the comfort that the Church hath left vnto her by Christ Ioh. 20. 17. Goe vnto my brethren and say vnto them I ascend vnto my Father and your Father and vnto my God and your God As if hee should say Let it be your comfort that God is your Father heauen is your home he is not a stranger vnto you but your God is more compassionate then any earthly father can be This way onely the Prodigall sonne took for mercie when his case was desperate Luk. 15. 18. For hee thus disputed with himselfe whatsoeuer I haue beene or wheresoeuer I haue liued it is no matter yet because he is my Father I will goe home and craue pardon in hope of mercie So must a man thus by the meanes of faith say I will goe to God as to my Father Though I walke in the midst of the valley of the shadow of death yet will I feare none euill for my Father will haue a care of me in all estates I am his this man may depart with comfort and finde ioy and peace accompany his passage Secondly A man must die in the faith of his owne happie and comfortable estate after death that being a true penitent death shall be nothing else but a doore to let him into euerlasting life So that as Christs death Luk. 9. 31. is tearmed Transitus a departing a passage onely a passing from one place to another so death is but a departing a passing from earth to heauen from sinfull men to be with God Saints and Angels and with the spirits of iust men come to perfection from things transitorie to things euerlasting To this effect Iob speakes Iob. 14. 14. If a man die shall hee liue againe and all the dayes of my appointed time will I waite vntill my change come So Paul Philip. 1. 23. I desire to bee dissolued and to bee with Christ. Againe For wee know that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle bee dissolued wee haue a building of God an house not made with hands which is eternall in the heauens Whereby is signified the state of eternall glorie and life euerlasting and therefore as old Iacob reuiued when hee saw the Chariots and horses come which should carry him into Aegypt so because death is the fierie chariot of Almightie God whereby all his children and chosen are carried home vnto eternall life let vs comfortably lay hold vpon faith when wee see the chariots of Almighty God stand ready at our doores and reioyce
Resurrection of the Body Life Euerlasting Prayer Our Father Which art in Heauen Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done c. Giue vs this day our daily bread Forgiue vs our sinnes And lead vs not into temptation For thine is the kingdome c. Sacraments Baptisme The Lords Supper 1 Prayer what it is 1 Sam. 1. 13. Psal. 20. 4. Ephes. 5. 19. Hos. 7. 14. 1 Kings 8. 39. Gen. 13. 11. Fowles Abrahams seruants Gen. 22. 5. Psal. 5. 3. Psal. 25. 1. Damasc. lib. 3. Cap. 24. Fiery Chariot 3 Psal. 10. 7. Psal. 27. 4. Matth. 20. 10. Exod. 17. 4. 2 Chron. 20. 12. Iam. 1. 5. Ground Many hands 2 General point in prayer Iohn 5. 11. Obiections against Prayer answered Malac. 3. 6. 1 Obiection answered Sunne eyes shut Dionis cap. 3. de Diuis Nominibus Sicut si quis slans c. 2 Obiection answered 2 King 20. 5. Act. 27. 31. Reasons why we must pray Psal. 50. 15. Luke 22. 46. Iam. 5. 13. Augustine 2 Reason why we must pray Marke 11. 24. 1 Iohn 5. 14. Iohn 4. 11. Deepe well August Ascendit Precatio discendit misericordia Gregor Oratio in terra o pater in Coelo c. Chrysost. Hom. 53. ad P. idem Feeding fountaine 3 Reason why we should pray Psal. 14 4. Isa. 46. 7. Temple robbery Child weake 4 Reason why we must pray Iam. 4. 2. Gen. 24. 12. and 26. Seed sowne 1 Reason why Christ giues a direction to pray Luke 11. 1. Hosh. 14 3. Gen 47. 12. Iosephs Piety 2 Reason why Christ giues a direction to pray Rom. 8. 26. Cyprian Isa. 58 3. 1 Chron. 15. 13. 3 Reason why Christ giues a direction 10 pray 1 Iohn 14 Woman of Tekoah 2 Sam. 14. 19. Cyprian 2 Maine Branch Note Psal. 10. 17. Psal. 108. 10. Speech to a King Seamooued A Cloâ—… 〈◊〉 Phil. 4. 6. Iam. 1. 5. Rom. 10. 14. 1 Reason why Prayer must be directed to God onely August lib. de vera Religione cap. 55. 2 Reason why Prayer must be to God onely 1 Cor. 3. A Clocke 1 Lib. de Inuocatione Sanctorum 1. 20. August lib. 114. Enchirid. Maledictus c. Chrysost. Hom. 9. Quandâ— orat quis c. 1 Affection wee must pray in 2 Cor. 6. vlt. Iam. 1. 6. Marke 11. 24. Augustine A Corrasiue Mothers diligence and loue 2 Affection we must pray in Psal. 122. 6. Dan. 9. 20. Iam. 5. 16. Ships trading Two grounds of Faith Psal. 103. 13. Malach. 3. 17. Isa. 63. 16. and chap. 64. 8. Matth. 7. 9. Psal. 27. 10. Isa. 49. 15. 2 Ground of Faith Isa. 3. 7. Psal. 50. Psal. 115. 3. Deut. 33. 26. 2 King 9. 14. Matth. 8. 2. Psal. 8. Matth. 14. 36. Psal. 122. 6. Iam. 5. 6. Sicke man Marke 2. 3. 3 Affection to pray with Heb. 12. 9. Eccles. 5. 1. Gen. 18. 2. Gen. 32. 10. Rudinius in Gen. 24. Rebekah Water conueighed Matth. 3. 14. Iohn 13. 8. 4 Affection of Prayer Elias Ionathans Arrowes 1 Dutie of them that pray Acts 5. 4. Hos. 1. 10. 2 Duty Mal. 2. 10. 1 Iohn 3. 1. 3 Duty 1 Pet 1. 17. Ierem. 3. 5. Meaning 1 Thing prayed for the glory of God Rom 9. 3. Exod. 32. 32. 1 Kings 19. 14. Isa 37. 34. Matth. 4. 10. Gen. 4. 7. Exod. 3. 7. 2 The discouery of our corruption Gen. 11. 4. Dan. 4. 30. Hagg. 1. 3. 2 Sam. 7. 2. 1 Grace we pray for 1 Pet. 3. 15. Rom. 15. 6. 1 Cor. 6. vlt. 1 In our hearts 2 With our mouthes Luke 2. 20. Shepheards Iob 1. vlt. Reuel 14. 7. Reuel 19. 7. 3 In our liues Matth. 5. 16. Rom. 2. 24. 3 Things to quicken our care of Gods glory 1 Psal. 19. 1. Reuel 5. 13. and 14. 1 Sam. 2. 30. Iohn 17. 4 5. Num. 20. 12. 2 Part of this Petition Psal. 96. 7 8. Ierem. 13. 16. Iob 1. 5. Gen. 18. 19. Iob. 12. 2â— Isa. 66. 5. Iohn 9. 24. 1 Sense of the Petition Ephes 2. 2. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Gen. 1. 15. Light House Sea-gaining 2 Thing obserued 1 For others Mat. 20. 31. Amalecke 2 Impediments in our selues Iohn 12. 42 43. Palsie man 3 Thing praid for in this Petition Definition of the Kingdome of grace Luke 19. 14. Esau. Gen. 27. 38. Rom. 7. 22 23. Sicke man Godly Differences and excellency of Christs Kingdome of grace before all others Isa. 32. 1 2. A further scope of the Petition 1 Tim. 2 1. Matth. 9. 38. Exod. 5. 7. Pharaob Pro. 29. 18. Isaac Gen. 22. 7. Colos. 3. 15. Psal. 48 vlt. Zeph. 3. 15. Blindman Deut. 28. 28. 2 Chron. 12. 8. Ambrose o quam multos habent Dominos c. Psal. 116. Psal. 37. vlt. Hosh. 2. 7. A Tenant Citâ—e 2 Thing we pray for is for the kingdome of glory Cant. 2. 16. Reuel 22. 20. Rom. 8. 22. Impertinent Dan. 4. 8. Rom. 13. 1. Lame man A Coach Reasons why we pray especially for the kingdome of Glory Matth. 19. 28. Iuke 22. 50. Matth. 13. 4â— Reuel 21. 4. Bees Hebr. 12. 28. 1 Thing we pray for Reuel 6. 10. 2 Pet. 3. 10. Iob 14. 14. Phil. 1. 23. Respects to pray for death 1 1 Whose will must be done Psal. 49. 8. Psal. 143. 10. 1 Pet. 4. 〈◊〉 Crooked stick Will of God opposed by three other wills 1 Ephes. 4. 25. Act. 5. 3. Hebr. 12. 16. Iohn 8. 44. 2 Ephes. 2. 3. Ierem. 44. 16. Iohn 5. 40. Acts 27. 12. Marriners Acts 4. 19. 2 Thing what will of God must be done Deut. 12. vlt. Psal. 119. 105. Marriners Pole-starre Iohn 5. 39. Iosh. 1. 8. Statute booke Ezek. 33. 11. 2 Pet. 3. 9. Bleeding wounds 2 1 Iohn 5. 23. Shipwracke Luke 22. 42. 3 General thing in the Petition House Field Ploughed Modus rei cadiâ— subpraecepto Heb. 8. 5. Psal. 14. 12. Isa. 64. 6 7. Philip. 2. 2. Marriners Heb. 1. 6. Phil. 3. 20. Ephes. 2. 19. How the Angels doe Gods will Psal. 103. 20. Psal. 119. 56. 2 Sam. 3. Ezek. 9 7. Dan. 8. 16. Luke 5. 5. Iohn 2. 7. Psal. 18. 44. Iohn 4. 34. Gen. 21. 12. Psal. 119. 16. Psal. 4. 7. Ezek. 3. 14. Dan. 9. 21. Deut. 6. Psal. 119. 4. Sound Violl Psal. 119. 33 Psal. 44. 18. Luke 1. 75. Retayners Isâ—l 18. 22. Psal. 119. 6. 1 To order ouâ— care Matth 6. 33. Luke 10. 42. Abrahams seruant 2 To moderate our care Water to a Mill. Why we pray for daily bread before remission of sinnes Iohn 4. 10. Vessell tryed 2 Sam. 9 〈◊〉 Isa. 4. 1. Psal. 78. 18. Iam. 4. 3. Gen. 28. 20. 2 Tim. 6. 8. Psal. 136. 2â— Psal. 145. 15. 1 Chron. 10. 13. Riuers Sea running See for this August Sâ—rm 43 Dâ— plenitudine Dei Isa 3. 1. Gen. 32. 10. 2 Sam. 7. 8. Rom. 6. 23. Gen. 28. 20. Prou. 30. 8. Shippes Low Meddowes ouerflowen Esaâ— Isa. 5. 3. Habak 2. 5. â—… Couetous man Mico Indenting Psal. 128. 2. 2 Thess. 3. 12. Matth. 4. Stones Isa. 11. 7.