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The Family prayers of those poor Christians who in court and country, in cities, towns, cottages and farm houses, are in good earnest with religion : together with their way of intercession or praying for others.
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1675
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Wing F355; ESTC R18017
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THE FAMILY-PRAYERS OF THOSE POOR CHRISTIANS WHO IN Court and Country in Cities Towns Cottages and Farm-Houses are in good earnest with Religion Together with their way of Intercession or Praying for others LONDON Printed by A. M. for R. Royston Bookseller to his Most Sacred Majesty at the Angel in Amen-corner 1675. The Family-Prayers of those poor Christians who in Court and Country in Cities Towns Cottages and Farm-Houses are in good earnest with Religion ââgether with their way of Intercession or Praying for others 1. THE Sum of our Christian Religion In the Name of the âââer and of the Son and of the ãâã Ghost Amen 2. The Prayer of Prayers that ââerein we ask all things necessary for ââers as well as for our selves for ãâã and for Body for our happy liâââ in this world for our happy goâââ out of it and for our most happy ââining of that better world that is ãâã come namely Our Father which ãâã in Heaven With this preparation âââd not by all but by one only ââus pray for our selves and all others âhe Lord Jesus Christ himself hath not only taught but also command us to pray and to say Our Fatââ which 3. The General Thanksgiving ãâã that blessing of God for all his merciââ that he is much pleased with naââly Glory be to the Father and to ãâã Son and to the Holy Ghost As it ãâã in the beginning is now and ever ãâã be world without end Amen With ãâã Introduction said not by all but ãâã one only let us bless the Lord ãâã God for all his Mercies in that foââ of words which he greatly delights ãâã Glory be to the Father and 4. The Blessing of Blessings uââ and to our selves The Grace of ãâã Lord Jesus Christ and the love of Gââ and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost with us all evermore Amen Being not able with any patience think of living without comââ Prayers in their respective Familââ they have used themselves to own thâ God in common as they could wââ they could not as they would ãâã ashamed they say they were the riââ ãâã learned sort should go beyond them ãâã the duty it self though they do or ãâã least seem to do in the manner of ââsormance Set and long Meals they ãâã are used among them and also set ãâã long Family-Prayers But though ãâã neither of these could they equal ãâã yet equal if not exceed them ãâã would do as in the wholesomââ of their meats never eating ãâã when they are hungry so also in ãâã devoutness of their Morning and ââeaing Family-Prayers Because these ãâã them are nothing but these four ãâã now set down said aloud and ãâã leisurely and deliberately and âânctly by all Parents Children ãâã Servants and all that are preââ And this upon these two grounds ââââg sundry other ãâã Because they assure themselves ãâã devotion is from them and any ãâã Believers true and acceptable deââân to that God who hath commandââ and knows the full importance ãâã though we do not and has promised to hear and answer it not according to our unworthy and narrow understanding of it but according to his own All-seeing Mind and Meaning in it 2. Because this way of Family-Prayers 1 All 2 together and 3 upoâ their knees saying these things botâ Morning and Evening is such as thâ most busie and most employed Familâ that is may have time for And yeâ such too as the most slender and ignorant Ruler whether man or woman is able to perform And yet that whicâ being offered to God with true Devâtion Attention and Intention is ãâã him as acceptable as any Prayers whaâ soever nay not the less but the moââ acceptable for the fervency occasionââ by the Brevity Because they can offââ it most leisurely and considerately aââ so most earnestly and ardently Aââ hereunto That owning their God evâry day thus in common they do assuâ themselves whatever falls out to theââ it shall be and is a Dispensation or Blâsing out of Sion or such as Religiââ âââs sanctified to them especially when âvery one of and in the Family has a great charge laid upon him and her âor daily performing his or her own ââcret and personal Devotions accorâing to his or her own secret and persoââl Necessities Occasions and Impulses The Worship it self 1. In the Name of the Father and of ãâã Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen 2. Let us pray for our selves and all âthers as the Lord Jesus Christ himââlf hath both taught and commanded ãâã Our Father which art in Heaven Halââwed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come âây will be done in Earth as it is in Heaâen Give us this day our daily bread ând forgive us our trespasses as we âârgive them that trespass against us ând 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 3. Let us bless the Lord our God for all his Mercies in that form of words which to him is most acceptable Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen 4. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Besides this shorter ordinary way of Family-Prayers they have also whensoever they see they have time enough a larger way of praying but still by this Prayer of Prayers For first they say it for the Holy Catholick Church or for the whole estate of Christs Church militant here upon Earth with this Introduction Let us pray for the whole Estate âf Christs Church militant here upon âârth And then most devoutly and âeisurely do they in the Name of the father Son and Holy Ghost offer up the Lords Prayer all the while thinking of the whole Church Next for the Particular Church wherein they are with the Governours of it with this preparation Let us pray for our King and this whole Church and State And then ãâã the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost saying Our Father which ârt most leisurely and fervently all the while thinking of the King and all his Dominions both in Church and State After this for the particular Neighbourhood whereunto they do belong and the particular Guide thereof with this Introduction Let us pray for our Minister and this whole Parish where Gods Providence hath seated us And then In the Name of the Our Father which art Both most religiously and leisurely uttered all the while thinking of their respective Parish and Minister In the fourth place Let us pray for all Enemies Persecutors and Slanderers c. In the fifth For any sick weak or otherwise in Danger Necessity and Tribulation Namely in the Let us pray him or her or them to whom they are ready to be so charitable In the sixth For the blessing of God upon the fruits of