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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49114	An exercitation concerning the frequent use of our Lords Prayer in the publick worship of God and a view of what hath been said by Mr. Owen concerning that subject / by Thomas Long ...	Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.; Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1658 (1658)	Wing L2966; ESTC R2625	105,187	198

AN EXERCITATION Concerning the frequent use of Our LORDS PRAYER In the Publick Worship of God And A view of what hath been said By Dr. OWEN concerning that Subject Ignatius ad Magnesios p. 55. per Vedelium 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chemnitius in Harmo p. 785. Fastidere vel brevitatem vel simplicitatem Orationis Dominicae quasi meliorem Orandi formam tu possis excogitare componere non tam temeritas quàm Impietas est By THOMAS LONG Preacher of the Gospel LONDON Printed by J. G. for R. Marriot and are to be sold at his shop in St. Dunstans Church-yard Fleet-street 1658 THE DEDICATION Blessed Saviour WHo hast put into the heart of thy meanest Servant to vindicate one of the highest Ordinances and hast in some measure given him strength to bring forth what thou gavest him grace to conceive Pardon I humbly beseech thee the weakness of these endeavours and prosper them by thy Almightie Spirit to the reviving of thine own despised Institution Thou hast the hearts of all men in thy hand remove I pray thee all ignorance and prejudice all pride and partiality all carnall interests and inordinate passions from their hearts into whose hands these unworthy labours shall come and cause them and the dayly prayers of thy Servant to become effectuall through thy blessing for the production of that good end to which it is intended And let the Power and the Praise be onely thine who bringest greatest things to pass by the weakest means and out of the mouths of babes and sucklings dost ordinarily perfect thy praise Suffer not blessed Lord the spirit of errour and division to prevail against those whom thou hast purchased with thy blood but let that blood be effectually applied unto them to cleanse them from their sins to confirm them in thy truth and to cement them inseparably in brotherly love and unity That as we have One Lord one Faith and one Baptisme so we may be all of one heart and of one mind in all things that concern the purity of thy worship the peace and edification of thy Church and may have all our requests together with the Incense of thy Almighty Intercession dayly presented unto our heavenly Father in that golden Censer which thou in great mercy to our infirmities hast consecrated for the offering up of the prayers of thy Servants commanding us when we pray to say Our Father c. To the VVorshipfull JOHN MAYNARD ESQUIRE Serjeant at Law Honoured Sir I Have made my Dedication laying down my self and all my poor endeavours at the feet of Jesus Christ my great Master And having payed my vowes I come now to pay my debts or rather because they are greater then I can satisfie to make my acknowledgement presenting this Pepper-corn to your hand All the hope that I have of your acceptance is because I have intitled you to a righteous cause and such as can plead for it self No eminency of learning or authority can give any opponent so great advantage against him that pleadeth the cause of Christ is the truth and goodness of that cause can administer to him that defends it against all opposers be they never so numerous or clamorous And yet Worthy Sir lest the weakness of the Advocate should seem to prejudice the cause I have chosen to plead it mostly in the Language and Arguments of men as famous for excellent learning and exemplary Pietie as any this Age can boast of And I am sure too that there are many Persons alive of that Character who will readily appear and plead for it still but if all should forsake it if all should oppose it Our great Master can plead his own Cause and I doubt nor Sir but you will be of his Councel and then though the Solicitor be an Ignoramus yet there is no fear of the Verdict And thus having done my devoir and told the world that no man on Earth hath better Title to my Labours then your self I beseech the God of Heaven to make you as eminent in Spiritual as you are in Temporall blessings that the inner man may prosper as the outward doth So prayeth Your Servant in all good Offices THO. LONG The Preface WHile our generation hath been so busie in casting out the rubbish of the Sanctuary it should have been the special care and inspection of the publick Servants of God attending holy things that none of the sacred vessels and utensils of that house which had Holiness to the Lord written on them were thrown out But the enemy haveing prevailed with too many to lay aside some as vessels and to trample on others as outworn beggarly implements hath also raised so much dust as hath buried many and sullied the glory of all the rest yea and as if the Christian Church had its cloud too the understandings of the beholders are so darkned that it is become as difficult to discern and separate between the precious and the vile as it is easie familiar to call evil good and good evil In this great confusion wherein Jerusalem hath been made an heap that Golden Censer wherein the Prayers of the Saints were wont to be offered up to the God of Heaven and that which hath been used in all ages as the Salt to season all Christian services hath it self been hudled up as useless or cast out as unsavoury And no wonder for when the enemy opposeth no Ordinance more then Prayer and of all Prayers this of our Lord is incomparably the most excellent of which we may justly say as the People did of David Thou art worth ten thousand of others we may not think it strange if as the King of Syria did he so order it that his Instruments fight not against small or great but onely this King of Prayers And indeed fought they have against it many a time since Pelagius first blew the trumpet and marshalled his forces against this and other important truths of Christ but never were they so unhappily succesful as in our generation That the professed enemies of Jerusalem should cry raze her raze her even to the ground is a voice that the Church hath been acquainted with in all ages that they should assault her foundations and trample upon all the holy Ordinances disannul the Office and despise the persons of the Ministry call their Prayers charmes and their Preaching foolishness is so far from wonder that it would be a great wonder if they should not but that they who are named by the name of Christ should doe these iniquities that his veterane Souldiers and houshold-servants who yet remain in his Tents should conspire with his enemies to betray his foretresses cast away their armes and desert his cause is of very sad consideration Such practices as these have weakned the cause of Christ and given great advantage to the adversary yea and a just ground of scandall is hereby offered to all sober Christians both at home and