grant that thy Holy Name may be worshipped and called upon by all men in the earth Petition II. Thy Kingdom come BEat down the Power of Satan and exalt thy Dominion amongst us do you reign more and more by thy ruling and reforming Spirit in the hearts of thy chosen Servants and let the number of Believers be daily encreased do thou rule and govern the hearts of all the Members of thy Church Militant in this thy Kingdom of Grace that in the World to come we may be Members of thy Church Triumphant and obtain an everlasting Inheritance in the Kingdom of Glory Petition III. Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven O Heavenly Father direct and govern our Wills by thy holy Spirit that we may as voluntarily as readily and as cheerfully submit to thee as thy Creatures in Heaven do and to that end correct our untamed Affections that they lead us not astray and drive away the darkness of our Understandings that we may see and know the true way wherein we ought to walk Give us grace to forsake our own perverse and wicked Wills and to frame our selves wholly according to thy Good and Holy Will lest in Prosperity we grow proud and secure or in Adversity murmur or despair Petition IV. Give us this day our daily Bread. O Thou Giver Preserver of all our lives bestow upon us what thou seest convenient for our sustenance and support Give thy Blessing also along with it or else tho' we abound never so much we confess it is not able to nourish us We are daily asking bread of thee but O Lord we are not distrustful of thy loving Providence and therefore we ask but for this day and depend upon thee for the next And we put up this Petition to thee in the Night also because our whole life time is but one day wherein our frail bodies have continual need of thy sustaining and upholding them But as we implore thy Care for our Bodies much more ought we to do it for our Souls Give us such a daily Measure of continual Grace as shall enable us to go through the Remainder of our War-fare Feed our Souls with the Graces of thy Holy Spirit that our Understandings may be enlightened our Wills and Affections rectified our Corrupt Natures renewed and our Souls and Bodies purified and sanctified that both our Souls and Bodies may be now and ever precious in thy sight Petition V. And forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us FOrgive us our Trespasses our spiritual Debts which bind us to an eternal Payment Alas The best of us is not able to satisfy thee for the least Trespass he commits and therefore with bended knees and prostrate souls we adore thy Goodness in sending thy Son to cloath and cover us with Holiness Innocency and Justice And as we can never hope to obtain this unless we also freely and heartily forgive others let this be the Token to know whether we desire Forgiveness of thee or not keep us from thinking that we deserve Forgiveness at thy hands for forgiving others yet by being merciful as thou art merciful lest this qualifie us for thy Pardon Petition VI. And lead us not into Temptation but deliver us from Evil. DEliver us O Lord out of those snares which the Devil our Lusts or the World have laid for us Our Enemies O Lord are mighty and vigilant and the best of us unable of himself to withstand the least of their Assaults Leave us not O God of our strength to be overcome by their Wiles or Power and suffer us not to be tempted above what thy Grace does enable us to bear And though in those Temptations that thou permittest us to be led into thy favour may seem to be shadowed from us for a time yet teach us so much spiritual Wisdom as not to despair of Deliverance but to be satisfied that thou hast appointed them their Limits which they are not able to go beyond The Doxology or giving of Glory to GOD. For thine is the Kingdom FOr thou art he that rules and governs all the World therefore we submit and surrender up both our bodies and souls to be wholly and solely at thy disposal The Power Thine is the Power therefore we sue to thee the Fountain of All-sufficiency for Grace Strength and what ever else thou seest convenient for us And the Glory And to thee we acknowledge the Thanks the Honour and the Glory due for what we are and for all that we have For ever and ever And thy Kingdom Power and Glory is from everlasting and shall continue world without end Amen So be it The Ten Commandments EXPOUNDED The Preface God spake these Words and said I am the Lord thy God. I Am here assur'd that the Lord my God is the Author of all these Laws and that I may gather from their duration from the trouble of my Conscience when I break them and from the Purity of the Laws themselves I am sure that he has Power to require my Obedience to these Laws and therefore I ought in duty to observe them that he has all Justice as my Lord to punish me if I transgress them and all Love as my God to reward me if I keep them and therefore the Fear of his Anger and the Hope of his sweet Love should make me obedient to them O Lord give me Grace and Strength to do what thou Commandest and then Command me what thou wilt The Order of the Precepts THese Laws are divided into Two Tables One tells me my Duty towards God and the other my Duty towards Man. Now it is but Reason as well as my Saviour's Precept that my Duty towards God should be set first And as the first Precept that relates to God bids me worship him and none but him that made me so the first Precept that concerns Man is to respect him first that begat me O God without thy help I am not able to keep the least Commandment therefore I am bound to pray unto thee by the first that thou maist give me Spiritual Power and Abilities to observe and keep the rest Commandment I. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me THere is a God above who influences all inferiour Beings and this God is but one and there is none besides him And therefore I am bound first To love him above all and all other things that I love must be beloved either as they come from him or as they are helpful to us in performing our Duties to him I may know whether I have this Love or not by examining whether I endeavour to keep his Commandments whether I love to frequent his Ordinances give Respect to his Embassadors pity and help Christ's distressed Lambs and desiring the Company of none but good Men. Secondly I am obliged by this Precept to fear him above all i. e. be afraid to offend or anger him and this Fear should be
that God is but one And that there neither is nor can be any more And thus I believe in God. I believe in God the Father I believe that this one God is the Father of all things of Men and Angels because they are his Off spring by Creation and that he is in a more peculiar manner the Father of all those whom he regenerates by his Spirit whom he adopteth in his Son as Heirs and Co-heirs with him whom he crowneth with the Reward of an eternal Inheritance in the Heavens But far above all this besides his general Off-spring and peculiar People to whom he hath given power to become the Sons of God I believe him in a more eminent manner to be the Father of one singular and proper Son his own his beloved his only begotten Son whom he hath not only begotten of the Blessed Virgin by the coming of the Holy Ghost and the over-shadowing of his Power not only sent with special Authority as the King of Israel not only raised from the Dead and made Heir of all things in his House but before and in order to all this hath begotten him from all eternity in the same Divinity and Majesty with Himself whereby I acknowledge him to be always a Father as much as always a God. And in this Relation I believe That as he is the Original Cause of all things because they were Created by him so he is the Fountain of the Son begotten by him and of the Holy Ghost proceeding from him Almighty I believe that this Father is not subject to the Infirmities of Age and that there is no weakness attending the Ancient of days but on the contrary I believe that Omnipotency is part of the Being of the God-head and that thereby he has not only power to work or do any thing but Authority and an eternal Right both of making what when and how he pleaseth and of possessing whatsoever he makes and of using and disposing all things which he thus possesseth I believe that this power is most absolute because he that has it depends upon none neither is he to give any account for the Use and Exercise of it that it is infinite for largeness as being a power over all things without exception that it is full and perfect as being over every thing without limitation to be Eternal as having neither Beginning nor End. Maker of Heaven and Earth I believe that both Heaven and Earth and all things contained in them have not their Being of themselves but were made in the beginning that there was nothing at first but God who produced most part of this World out of nothing and the rest out of that which was formerly made out of nothing This I believe was done by the most free and voluntary Act of the Will of God of which no Reason or Motive can be given but his Goodness And that this was done by the determination of his Will at what time he pleased probably within an hundred and thirty Generations of Men most certainly within six or seven thousand years I acknowledge this God who is the Creator of the World to be the same God who is the Father of our Lord JESVS CHRIST And thus I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth Article II. And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord. I Believe that there was and is a Man whose Name by the Ministry of an Angel was Called Iesus I believe this Iesus to be the Saviour of the World in that he hath revealed to the Sons of Men the only way for the Salvation of their Souls and has wrought out this Salvation for them by his own Blood obtaining Remission for Sinners making Reconciliation for his Enemies paying the price of Redemption for Captives and that he shall at last actually confer this salvation which he hath revealed and procured upon all those that unfeignedly and stedfastly believe in him I acknowledge that there is no other way to Heaven than this which he hath shewn us that there is no other means that can procure it for us but his blood and that there is no other person that shall confer it on us but himself And in Iesus Christ. I believe that there was a man promised by God foretold of the Prophets to be the Messias the Redeemer of Israel and the expectation of the Nations I believe that this Messias is already come that the Man born in the days of Herod of the Virgin Mary who by an Angel from Heaven was Called Iesus is that true Messias so long and so often promised that as he was the Messias he was also the Christ that is the Anointed of God and that he was anointed to three special Offices belonging to him as the Mediator between God and Man that he was a Prophet revealing to us the whole Will of God for the Salvation of man that he was a Priest and hath given himself a Sacrifice for Sin and so hath made an atonement for us that he is a King set down at the Right hand of God far above all Principalities and Powers whereby when he hath subdued all our Enemies he will confer actual perfect and eternal Happiness upon us I believe that this Unction by which he became the true Messias was not performed by any material Oyle but by the Spirit of God which he received as the Head and conveyeth to his Members His only Son. I believe that Iesus Christ the Saviour and Messias is the true proper and natural Son of God begotten of the substance of the Father which substance cannot be multiplyed or divided and yet it is so totally communicated to the Son that he is of the same Being with the Father God of God Light of Light very God of very God. And as he is the Son of God so he alone was begotten of God by a proper and natural Generation all God's other Sons which are said to be begotten being Sons only by Adoption Our Lord. I believe that Iesus Christ the only begotten Son of God is the true Jehovah whose Being is of it self from all eternity and on whom all other things do depend and therefore he hath an absolute supream and universal Dominion over all things as he is God and is invested with all Power in Heaven and Earth as he is Man. That he hath this Power partly for the compleating our Redemption and the Destruction of our Enemies that this Power is to continue to the end of all things and then to be resigned to the Father That he has this Power also partly because the God-head and Manhood is united or it was due to him for suffering so obediently and therefore this Power must be eternal because it belongs unto that Kingdom which shall have no end And though he is thus Lord of all things by right of the first Creation and constant Preservation of them yet he is more peculiarly the Lord of us who by Faith are
either in Act or in Thought the sins whereof I shall not here reckon up And here I am Commanded all Chastity Sobriety and Temperance least I fall into them In short I must banish all Wanton Desires use all sober Means to keep my Body Chast and whenever I am tempted never to give way to it Lord have Mercy upon me c. Command VIII Thou shalt not steal THis Precept secures every mans Goods to him and therefore I must neither keep nor sue for that which is another Mans. I must not cheat steal rob or borrow with an intent never to pay again but must be content with my own Estate suffer every one to enjoy his own quietly pay every Man his full Due be just in my Dealings frugal in my Expences lest I spend that which is not mine restore what I have unjustly gotten and strive to do good with what I have Lord have Mercy upon me c. Command IX Thou shalt not bear false Witness c. ANd as I must not wrong my Neighbour in his Estate so I am not to take away his good Name but in all things I must speak the Truth nay I am bound to speak Charitably of my Neighbour and when I am called to be a Witness before a Lawful Magistrate I cannot be too cautious of what I say See the Third Commandment for a Larger Exposition on this Lord have Mercy upon me c. Command X. Thou shalt not Covet c. THis Commandment strikes deeper than all the rest it plucks up the Root and destroys the Seed of all Injustice and Uncharitableness As I must not take so I must not desire any thing that is my Neighbour's and if I never desire it I shall never wrong any Person What was hinted at before is now plainly spoken Here God reaches my Thoughts and most inward Intentions I must not covet nor desire other Men's Goods I must subdue all my Craving Lusts and mortify all the secret Inclinations of my perverse Nature Lord have Mercy upon me and write all these thy Laws in my Heart I most humbly and heartily beseech thee DEVOTIONS A Prayer to be said in the Morning O Most Gracious and Loving Father I the vilest of Sinners do acknowledge mine Unworthyness either to ask any thing of thee or to appear before thee For O Lord as I was conceived in Sin and brought forth in Iniquity so ever since as thou hast multiplyed the number of my days I have encreased the measure of my sins that if thou enter into Judgment with me to me belongeth nothing but Shame and Confusion both of Body and Soul yet O Gracious Father since thy Loving Mercy hath granted me so long time of Repentance and given thine only Son to suffer for me and to reconcile me unto thee Lord grant that I may feel the Comfort of the one and enjoy the Benefit of the other And though my Heart is so hardned with a constant Custom of sinning that I am not able to think a good Thought much less to turn heartily and penitently unto thee yet I humbly beg of thee to lay before mine Eyes such a sight of my Sins and such a Prospect of thy Judgments that I loathing the former and standing in awe of the latter may be drawn unto thy Son Jesus Christ who has most graciously promised Rest and Refreshment to those that are heavy laden with the Conscience and Burden of their Sins O Lord I beseech thee accept the Death of thy Son as sufficient Satisfaction for all my Sins and grant that I may feel the same effectually working in me a Death unto Sin killing in me the Lusts of the Old Adam Seal up in me the Truth of his Resurrection by raising me up to the Life of Righteousness that I may give my Soul and Body an holy living and acceptable Sacrifice unto thee which is but a reasonable Service And because that whilst I carry about me this earthly Tabernacle this body of Sin my whole Life is nothing but a continual Rebellion against thee I earnestly implore such a Measure of thy good Spirit as may work a Newness of Life in me and drive away the darkness of my Understanding that I may see the Way wherein I ought to walk subdue the Rebellion of my Will that it may submit to thy Commandments and correct my untamed Affections calling them from Hunting after Vanities to delight in thy Testimonies Give me also an Hope of thy Promises a Love of thy Majesty a tender Affection towards my Brethren a Care of my Duty and what other Graces thou knowest needful for a Member of Christ that thus I may live in thy Fear to the Honour and Glory of thy Name I may die in thy Favour to the Comfort of my Conscience and may receive the end of my Faith which is the Salvation of my Soul through the Merits and Mediation of Iesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour Furthermore O Lord I give thee most hearty Thanks for all thy Benefits bestowed upon me from the beginning of my days to this present time namely that thou hast Elected me before the Foundations of the World were laid Created me after thine own Image and Similitude Redeemed me by Iesus Christ's Death and Resurrection Sanctified me by the inward working of thy Holy Spirit and in due and convenient Time called me to the Knowledge of my Election Creation Redemption and Sanctification by the Preaching of the Gospel O Lord encrease day unto my years so grant that in the same I may grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ In whose name for these and for what ever else thy infinite Wisdom knows to be convenient for me I humbly Pray as he in compassion of mine infirmities hath taught me saying Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name thy Kingdom come thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that Trespass against us And lead us not into Temptation but deliver us from Evil for thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen A Prayer to be said in the Evening O Most Gracious and Loving Father I the vilest of Sinners do acknowledge mine Unworthyness either to ask any thing of thee or to appear before thee For O Lord as I was conceived in Sin and brought forth in Iniquity so ever since as thou hast multiplyed the number of my days I have encreased the measure of my sins that if thou enter into Judgment with me to me belongeth nothing but Shame and Confusion both of Body and Soul yet O Gracious Father since thy Loving Mercy hath granted me so long time of Repentance and given thine only Son to suffer for me and to reconcile me unto thee Lord grant that I may feel the Comfort of the one and enjoy the Benefit of the other And though my
against me yet a stedfast and true Faith in Christ Jesus shall Triumph over it Vouchsafe O God that Faith unto thy Servant that I may be enabled by the fellowship of his Death and Resurrection to Crucify the old Man and Mortify the whole body of sin Make me strong O God in the Power of his Might that all the days of my Life I may be defended from all adversities and in the evil day the day of my death strengthned in the inner Man That having finished my course I may with those that have overcome through the Blood of the Lamb arrive at those Blessed Mansions that thou hast prepared for all those that fight the good fight of Faith. Grant that in the hopes of that I may victoriously fight under my Saviour's Banner against all the assaults of Sin the World and the Devil Hear me O Lord in these my requests for Jesus Christ his sake in whose Name and Words I further Pray as he hath taught me saying Our Father which art c. A Prayer to be said in time of Sickness O Most Gracious Merciful Father thou Lord of Life and Death in whose hands is the power of Sickness and Health Thou who woundest and healest whom thou wilt Unto thee O God I commit my self beseeching thee for thy love in Christ Jesus to be merciful unto me O my God I confess that I have many ways offended thee and provoked thy wrath and indignation against me but as I have been disobedient so now I return Penitent and heartily Submissive Remember O Lord that I am but dust and let not thy Spirit strive with me seeing thou hast promised that at what time soever a sinner does Repent from the bottom of his heart he shall live and not die Fulfill this Gracious word unto thy servant that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice My Flesh O Lord drieth up my Strength fails me and my Life draweth near to an end in all this thou art Just in chastiseing my disobedience and Merciful in not suffering me to run on any longer in the course of my sins and without such Fatherly admonitions how prone are we to forget thee O Lord I am comforted when I remember that thou lovest every Son whom thou Chastenest and scourgest every Son whom thou dost receive that when we receive correction God dealeth with us as with sons and if we be without it whereof all are partakers then we are bastards and not sons Lord I believe all this help thou mine unbelief I see that Iob Daniel Hezekiah and all thy holy Children have drunk of the cup that thou hast made their bed easy in their sickness and delivered their Souls out of trouble I therefore hope that as I am made partaker of their sufferings I shall also be a partaker of their Comfort and Refreshing O Lord let the Meditation of these and such like examples be always present with me and make me firmly believe that I shall receive the like deliverance as they did Add unto that Faith Patience that I may quietly undergoe whatever thy hand shall lay upon me and may receive this thy Fatherly chastisement with thanksgiving knowing that though this outward man perish yet the inward man shall be in the hands of its most faithful Creatour O Lord the Spirit is willing to be dissolved and to be with Christ but the flesh is weak pardon the weakness of my flesh and forgive the infirmities of my froward Nature which looks back to the world and is loath to be separated but fills me with impatience and murmuring Strengthen me with Faith which is the Victory whereby I shall overcome the world strengthen me with Patience wherein thy children possess their Souls strengthen me with Hope which is the true and firm Anchor of the Soul and strengthen me by thy Comfortable Promises in Christ Jesus my Lord and Saviour that thus I may wait for the Issue of thy Gracious Providence that if I live I may live to thy Glory if I die I may die in thy Favour receive the end of my Hope Patience and Faith which is the Salvation of my Soul in thy Everlasting Kingdom of Glory through Jesus Christ my only Saviour and Redeemer in whose Name and Words I conclude these my weak Prayers for whatever thou seest convenient for me saying Our Father which art c. TO THE READER Christian Reader AS Man is subject to many alterations and changes in his Actions so he has need of different forms of Devotion suitable to every Case that he shall happen to be in but because I will not swell this little Book beyond the reach of the poor man's pocket for whose use I design it therefore I direct thee to the Prophet David a Person who had variety of Turns in his Life and has expressed himself to God in such Excellent and Proper Words as nothing but the Spirit of God could inspire into his mind Read therefore these following Psalms frequently over and thou wilt the more readily know which of them best suit thy present Circumstances Psalms of Prayer against Spiritual and Temperal Enemies are the 3. 5. 6. 12. 13. 17. 21. 31. 35. 38. 44. 51. 64. 69. 70. 74. 77. 79. 84. 86. 88. 90. 130. 139. 140. 141. 142. 145. Psalms of Thanksgiving for Deliverance from them are the 8. 9. 30. 66. 67. 75. 81. 92. 96. 98. 100. 103. 106. 113. 116. 117. 124. 138. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. Psalms of Comfort in Trouble are the 11. 27. 37. 40. 42. 46. 56. 63. 73. 85. 93. 94. 102. 107. 118. FINIS Advertisement Books Printed for Robert Clavell THE Reflections of the Reverend and Learned Mounsieur Jurieu upon the Strange and Miraculous Ecstasies of Isabel Vincent the Shepherdess of Saou in Dauphine to which is added a Letter of a Gentleman in Dauphine containing the Discourses and Prophecies of the Shepherdess The Golden Rule or the Royal Law of Equity Explained by the Reverend Dr. Goodman Advice to a young Gentleman for his more safe and profitable Conduct in three great Instances of Study Moral Deportment and Religion by a true Son of the Church of England A Finite Number is used for an Infinite