hearts Acts 5.3 Yes * Must we not beg that if God please we may not fall into such Circumstances where we shall meet with occasions and provocations to sin Prov. 30 7-9 Yes * Must we not pray that if we are tempted He would not leave us to our Selves or withdraw his Grace 2 Chro. 32.31 Yes Can we have wisdom to know the Devils wiles or strength to withstand them without asking it of God 2 Cor. 12 7-9 No. * Must we not beg that if we fall by temptation we may rise again Psal 51.12 and that God woâ—â—d at last free us from all temptation Rom. 16.20 Yes § MUST we not desire to be delivered from this present evil world Gal. 1.4 and all the real evil of afflictions Joh. 17.19 Yes * Must we not pray to be delivered from evil men 2 Thes 3.2 3. and that the Church may be freed from its oppressours Luk. 18.7 8. Yes * But is there any greater evil than that of sin or any greater mercy to be beg'd than to be delivered from the guilt and power of it Psal 19.13 Rom. 7.24 No. * Must we not desire to be delivered from the evil one 2 Pet. 2.9 and from the wrath of God in the world to come 1 Thes 1.10 Yes Qu. What is the Conclusion of the Lords Prayer Answ For thine is the Kingdom c. § MAY we take arguments in Prayer from our own merits or from any thing but God his Name and Grace Psal 115.1 Dan. 9.18 No. * Is not He that hath the Kingdom ready to save his Subjects and He that hath the power able to do it especially when His Glory is also concern'd 2 Chro. 20.6 Yes * Is not this a Form of Thanksgiving 1 Chron. 29.11 and must not Honour and Glory and Power be ascribed to Him now and for ever 1 Tim. 1.17 Rev. 5.13 Yes § CAN we say Amen to Prayers which we do not understand or attend to 1 Cor. 14.15 16. No. Do we not by saying Amen testify our earnest desire of what we pray for and trust through Christ that we shall obtain it Neh. 8.6 Yes Question What desirest thou of God in this Prayer Answer I desire my Lord God our Heavenly Father who is the giver of all goodness to send his Grace unto me and to all People that we may Worship him serve him and obey him as we ought to do And I pray unto God that He will send us all things that be needful both for our Souls and Bodies and that He will be merciful unto us and forgive us our Sins and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and Bodily and that He will keep us from all Sin and wickedness and from our Ghostly Enemy and from everlasting death And this I trust He will do of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Iesus Christ and therefore I say Amen So be it § CAN we aright Petition God for mercy without Confession of our vileness and unworthiness and Thanksgiving for what we have received Dan. 9.4 Col. 4.2 No. * Can we in Confession reckon up all the sins that ever we committed Psal 19.12 and 40.12 or if we could is it to inform God of what He knew not before 2 Kings 19.27 No. Is it not to unburden our loaded Consciences before the Lord Psal 32.4 5. to acknowledge his justice and to lay hold on his mercy 1 Joh. 1.9 Yes Must it not be sincere and full Prov. 28.13 with grief and confusion of Face Luk. 18.13 Yes * Is there any Condition that a Believer can be in in which Thanksgiving may not be joyn'd with his Prayer Eph. 5.20 No. Must we not value his mercys for their number greatness and freeness declare them to others and live suitable thereunto Psal 103.1 2. Psal 116.12 14. Yes Question How many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answer Two only as generally necessary to Salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. § IF we hope to obtain the mercy we pray for may we neglect the other means of Grace attending on his word and use of his Sacraments Acts 2.41 42. No. Are the two Sacraments of the old Testament Cir cumcision and the Passover to be used in the Church now Heb. 7.12 No Hath not Christ appointed two other Sacraments in their room answering to our necessity of a new birth and of Spiritual growth 1 Cor. 12.13 Yes § ARE Baptism and the Lords Supper civil appointments used without the Church as Marriage amongst Heathens or meer Ceremonies of indifferent and Arbitrary use Mark 16.16 No. * Are they only specially necessary to some one sort of Believers as Ordination is to Ministers to which others are not oblig'd No. * Are they so particularly necessary to every person under all Circumstances that no one can be saved that doth not pertake of them Mat. 9.13 No. Are they not then generally necessary where they may be had by vertue of Gods Command that no one upon peril of his Soul may wilfully contemn them Num. 9.13 Yes Question What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answer I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward Spiritual Grace given unto us ordain'd by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof § DOTH not the word Sacrament fignify our engagement to Christ as the Roman Souldiers were to their Emperours by their military Oath Yes 1 Can it be a Sacrament where there is not some outward sign sensible and visible Rom. 4.11 No. Are not such signs of great use to inform our understandings quicken our memories and stir up our affections Gal. 3.1 Yes 2. Must there not be some inward and spiritual Grace that may answer to the outward sign Yes 3. Yet can it be a Sacrament unless this Grace be given to us viz. by offer and Promise made to us therein Acts 2.38 39. No. Are the Benefits of Christ's death though conditionally offer'd and promised in these rites Yes 4. Must not a Sacrament be Ordained by Christ himself 1 Cor. 11.23 and hath not He besides his appointing Sanctify'd these by his own pertaking of them Yes Can any meer man ordain a Sacrament or annex Grace or any promise thereof to their own inventions No. 5. Must not a Sacrament be a means to receive the Grace promised Tit. 3.5 and doth not God indeed conveigh Grace to the worthy receivers 1 Cor. 10.16 Yes Doth the efficacy of the Sacraments depend upon the intention or worthiness of the Person that administers them 1 Cor. 3.6 7. No. Do the Sacraments work of themselves by any Natural vertue in the outward rites 1 Pet. 3.21 No. Are they not means of Grace made effectual by the working of the Spirit to them that by Faith do pertake of them 1 Cor. 12.13 Yes 6. Can there be any Sacrament where there is not a Seat or pledge to assure this to us Rom. 4.11
not examine whether our sorrow be inward and extended to Original Sin and the Sins of our Hearts and accompanied with the hatred and loathing of them Isa 66.2 Yes * Can our repentance be true or our approach to the Sacrament right without full purpose of amendment 2 Cor. 7.10 No. Must we not examine whether our purposes are deliberate and without reserve and prevailing to an actual turning from all known sin Acts 11.23 Yes * Dare you approach to the Lords Table without a lively Faith in Gods mercy through Christ Joh. 6.35 No. Is not Faith known upon Examination by a great prizing of Christ and hungering after him 1 Pet. 2.7 and the victory and purity that follows upon it Acts 15.9 1 Joh. 5.4 Yes * Can we pertake of these Benefits at his Table without Thankfulness to God for them Psal 43.4 and 63.6 No. Must we not examine this by our affections of Love and delight Cant. 2.5 6. and the yielding of our Selves to him for his benefits in the paying our Vows Psal 116.18 Yes * Can we Communicate aright at a Feast of Love without Charity and Love to all men Eph. 5.2 1 Cor. 11 18-21 No. Must we not examine this by our giving and forgiving doing good to all with a peculiar delight in the Saints Mat. 5.23 24. 1 Cor. 10.17 Yes †Is all our preparation sufficient without a due care of our behaviour at and after the receiving this Holy Sacrament Cant. 1.12 No. FINIS Books Sold by Tho. 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Holy and glorious Psal 8.1 9. No. Yet is not his Name dishonoured by sin Rom. 3.23 and reproach'd and blasphem'd by Sinners Psal 74.10 Yes * Must we not beg Grace to Hallow his Name in our Hearts by acknowledging and honouring it as Infinitely Holy Isa 5.16 Yes Can we thus Sanctify his Name unless he first Sanctify our Hearts and make them Holy 1 Thes 5.23 No. * Must we not desire Grace to Honour him with our mouths Josh 7 19. Psal 69.30 and in our lives by worshipping and obeying Him Jer. 13.16 Mat. 5.16 Yes * Can we honour his name aright without desiring that others also might Glorifie and hallow his name Psal 145.21 No. * Must we not beg that He would glorifie his own name in the World Psal 67.1 2 3. and pull down what is Contrary to his Glory therein Psal 83.16 c. Psal 57.5 Yes Qu. Which is the Second Petition Answ Thy Kingdom come § HATH not God a general Kingdom over all and must we not desire that His Soveraign Authority may be every where acknowledged Psal 103.19 Dan. 4.32 Yes Is it enough to be under his Providential Dominion as are all creatures unless we be made the Subjects of his Kingdom of Grace 1 Thes 2.12 Mark 1.15 No. * Do you not beg then to be delivered from the Kingdom of Satan under which you were by Nature that Christ may Reign in you by his Grace and Spirit Col. 1.13 Rom. 14.17 Yes And that He would make you fit for and give you an abundant entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven 2 Tim. 4.18 Yes * Are you to neglect others in your Prayers so as not to desire the spreading of the word of his Kingdom 2 Thes 3.1 No. * Is it not highly desirable that the Kingdoms of the world should be all the Kingdoms of Christ and Jews and Gentiles given him for his possession Rev. 11.15 Yes Can we pray for this without desiring the pulling down of Antichrist and all the implacable enemies of the Church Psal 68.1 No. * Must we not desire the hastning of his Kingdom of Glory in which all the Saints shall have with him their perfect Consummation and bliss Rev. 22.20 Yes Qu. Which is the Third Petition Answ Thy will be done in Earth c. § IS it fit for us curiously to enquire into the secret will of God Acts 1.7 or can we know it but by the event and course of his Providence Isa 40.28 No. * Must we not desire that we may submit to his Providential Will when discovered according to our Lords Pattern Mat. 26.42 without murmuring or repining Acts 21.13 14. Yes * But must we not desire to know his revealed will Acts 9.6 and renounce our own Wills so far as they stand in Competition with his Joh. 5.30 Yes * Is it sufficient to know his Will without desiring that He would enable us to perform it Psal 143.10 No. § CAN we do the Will of God here on Earth with that perfection that Saints and Angels do above Rev. 4.8 9. No. But must we not aim at perfection Phil. 3.13 14. and desire to do His Will as they do speedily Isa 6.2 faithfully Psal 103.20 21. and constantly Mat. 18.10 Yes Qu. Which is the Fourth Petition Answ Give us this day our dayly Bread § DO we deserve the least crumb of Bread Gen. 32.10 or can we procure it by our Industry and Labour without the gift of God Psal 127.1 2. No. If all be of free gift may we murmur that others have more than we or that God takes away any outward blessing from us Job 1.21 No. * Yet must we not pray for such a Competency of Health and Peace 3 Joh. v. 2. Sleep and Safety Psal 4.8 Food and Raiment as He sees fit Gen. 28.20 Yes Must we not desire that He would give fruitful Seasons and a Blessing on the Fruits of the Earth 1 Kings 8.35 36. Yes †Must we ask these things chiefly or in the first place before the Spiritual Bread for our Souls Mat. 6.33 No. * May we when we have daily bread long for Riches delicacies and abundance Luk. 12.15 Prov. 30.8 No. * Can we live by this bread alone without desiring his word of blessing upon it Deut. 8.3 No. * Is it our dayly Bread or can we pray for a blessing on it if it be the Bread of Idleness violence or Injustice 2 Thes 3.12 Psal 128.2 No. * Must we not come day by day like Beggers for what we need and depend on God for fresh supplies Psal 104 27-29 Yes * And when we ask for Bread this day may we be anxiously careful about to morrow Mat. 6.34 No. †And when He bestowes upon us our dayly Bread must we not receive it with Thanksgiving 1 Tim. 4.4 5. Yes Qu. Which is the Fifth Petition Answ Forgive us our Trespasses c. Gr. Debts § IF we have our daily Bread and never so much of the world can we be happy without the Pardon of sin Job 21 7-15 No. Are not our sins called Trespasses and Debts as making us obnoxious to the punishment threatned Mat. 18.32 35. Yes * Must we not pray that God for his mercy sake through Christ would not exact the penalty of us but deliver us from the guilt of all our sins Psal 130.2 3. Yes * Must we not therefore beg repentance unto Life and Faith in Jesus Christ who bore the penalty Acts 5.31 Yes * May they who have been pardon'd already neglect to pray for the continuances of that Grace and the Pardon of their dayly Infirmities Psal 25.11 and 51.1 No. * Must they not pray for the manifestation of forgiveness to their Souls Psa 51.8 and to be openly absolv'd at the great day Acts 3.19 Yes § MAY any think or hope that God hath forgiven him that doth not find in his Heart a readiness to forgive others Mat. 6.15 and 18.32 34. No. Though we may seek help peaceably of the Magistrate when we are injured Acts 23.11 yet may we bear a grudge for injuries done or privately revenge them Rom. 12.19 No. * Must we not profess our readiness to forgive others when we desire God to forgive us Mark 11.25 Yes And must we not do it heartily fully and freely Mat. 18.21 22 35. as God for Christ's sake forgives us Col. 3.13 Eph. 4.32 Yes * Is it not an encouragement to our Faith that God upon our repentance will forgive us when such as we are enabled by his Grace to forgive others Luk. 11.4 Yes Qu. Which is the Sixth Petition Answ And lead us not into Temptation c. § IS it enough to beg pardon for what is past if we are not careful to be kept from sin for the time to come Joh. 5.14 No. Is temptation an excuse for sin or doth God tempt any one by enticing them to iniquity Jam. 1.13 No. Are not men tempted by their own Lusts Jam. 1.14 and by the Devils stirring up the corruptions of their