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A16497	God and man. Or, a treatise catechisticall wherein the sauing knowledge of God and man is plainely, and breifely declared, whereby such as are ignorant may be helped, to heare sermons with profit, to reade the Bible or other bookes with iudgement, to receiue the Lords Supper with comfort, to discerne betweene truth and error, with vnderstanding, and to giue an answere to their minister, or any other that shall aske them a reason of their faith, with readinesse. Collected out of the sacred Scriptures, and the most orthodoxe and best approued diuines ancient and moderne, for the good of such as desire to be made wise to saluation, and heires of eternall life. By I.B. preacher of the Word.	Boughton, John, preacher of the word.	1623 (1623)	STC 3410; ESTC S106544	88,185	194

himselfe performe this duty of prayer as he ought Zach 12.10 Rom. 8.15 26. B. No none of what gifts or graces soeuer can pray as he ought without the help and assistance of Gods Spirit I. To whom must we direct our prayers B. Neither to l Col 2.18 Reuel 22.9 Angels nor m Esay 63.16 Iohn 14.6 Saints nor any other n Deut 4.19 2 Kings 21.2 3. Esay 42.18 creature whatsoeuer but onely to o Psal 5.2 3. 77.2 3. A s 10.2 God the p Mat. 6.9 Iohn 16.24 Father q Acts 7.59 Reuel 1.5 Sonne and Holy r 2 Cor. 13.14 Reuel 1.4 Ghost I. Why must we pray onely to God B. Because hee onely is ſ 1 Kings 8.27 Psal 139.7 8. euery where present to heare vs all t Gen. 18.14 Ephes 3.20 sufficient omnipotent and u Psal 24.6.9 10.15.18 50 15. Mat. 7.7 8. willing to helpe and giue vs what we craue also he onely knowes our x 1 Chro. 28.9 Psal 139.1 2. hearts and is alone to be y Iohn 14.1 Rom. 10.14 Ier 17.5 beléeued in I. In whose name are wee to offer vp our prayers vnto God B. Onely in the name of z Iohn 14.13 14. Col. 3.17 Iesus Christ who is the onely and perpetuall a Iohn 14.6 Rom. 8.34 1 Tim. 2.5 mediator betwéen God and Man not of redemption and propitiation alone but also of intercession I. What is it to pray in the name or mediation of Iesus Christ B. To intreate God to vouchsafe vnto vs the things wee pray vnto him for not for any b Dan. 9 7.8.18 Ezra 9 6 7.15 merit or worthinesse in our selues or any other creature in heauen or in earth but onely for the worthinesse intercession and merits sake of c Dan 9.17 Heb. 10.19 20 c. Rom. 8 32. Iesus Christ his Sonne in and through whom alone he is well d Mat. 3.17 17.5 pleased I. What things are we to pray for B. Onely for such as are agréeable to the e Psal 19.14 1 Iohn 5.14 Will of God reuealed in his Word which are of thrée sorts First such as concerne the f Mat. 6.9 10. Luke 11 2. glory of God Secondly the g Mat. 6.12 13. Luke 11.9 saluation of our soules Thirdly our h Mat. 6.11 Pro. 30. corporall good and well-fare in this present lise I. How are wee to pray for these things B. The two first kindes namely the things belonging to the i Mat. 6.9 10.33 Psal 51.1 2 7. glory of God and our saluation are principally and in the first place to be craued of vs as also absolutely without any condition or limitation at all but the last to wit the things of this life with condition of k Mat. 6.10 Mat. 26.42 Rom. 1.10 Gods will their making for his l Mat. 6.33 1 Cor. 10.31 glory and our owne and brethrens good and m Pro. 30.8 Mat. 16.26 saluation I. For whom must we pray B. For all men of what qualitie n 1 Tim. 2.1 Ephes 6.18 rancke or condition soeuer either now liuing or hereafter for to o Iohn 17.20 21. Psal 90.16.1 liue such only excepted who are apparantly knowne to haue committed the vnpardonable sinne against the p Iohn 5.16 1 Sam. 16.1 2. Ier. 7.16 Holy Ghost I. May wee not also pray for the dead B. No in no wise I. Why so B. Because we haue no warrant so to doe either by commandement from God Rom. 14.5.23 or approoued example of any of the faithfull recorded in Scripture which haue done it or by promise to be heard if we doe it or threatning to be punished if we doe it not I. VVhat other reason can you render against praying for the dead B. It is a méere vaine and friuolous thing to pray for any departed this life they being either such as dyed in the faith and are consequently for euer r Reuel 14.13 2 Cor. 5.1 2. Phil. 1 23. blessed in heauen and therefore néed not our prayers or such as dyed in their sins and so are irrecouerably damned in ſ Luke 16.23 24 c. Reuel 21.8 Hell to whom our prayers can doe no good neither for procuring their full and finall redemption nor so much as the least t Luke 16.23.24 c. intermission or mitigation of their torments VVhat conditions are required in our prayers that they may be acceptable to God and graciously heard of him B. Vnfained u Iob 11.13 14 Psal 26.6 Iohn 9.31 repentance x Mat. 5.23.24 1 Tim. 2.8 loue y Gen. 18.27 Psal 5.7 Heb. 12.28 reuerence z Dan. 9.3 Mat 14.23 mindes purified from all cares carnall worldly and wandring thoughts a Nehem. 9.34 34 35. Dan. 9.4 5 c. confession of sinnes b Psal 17.1 Heb. 10 22. sincerity c Gen. 32.10 Luke 18.13 humility d 1 Cor. 14 15. vnderstanding e Phil. 1.4 wisedome f Phil. 1.4 ioy g Ezra 9.6 7. Mat. 11.28 Psal 86.1 Esay 26.16 liuely féeling of our sinnes and wants h Col. 4.12 Iames 5.16.17 feruent desires to haue them supplyed crauing things for righteous and holy i Iames 4.3 Mat 6.13 ends namely the glory of God the furtherance of our owne and brethrens saluation Moreouer k Heb. 11.6 Rom. 10.14 sauing faith l Marke 11.24 Iames 1.6 confidence to be heard m Luke 18.1 Ephes 6.18 perseuerance in case wee haue not present audience humble n Psal 51.18 Lament 3.26 Mat. 6.10 Luke 22.42 Psal 78.41 Psal 40.1 submission to the good pleasure of God both for the things themselues we sue for as also their quantity quality manner and time how and when it shall please him to bestow them on vs neither conditioning with nor limmiting him to any circumstances but méerely referring all to his most wise and fatherly dispose who knowes what is best for vs a religious o Pro. 2 3.4 Nehem. 4.9 care to frame our practise according to our prayers ioyning thereunto the vse of all sanctifyed meanes for obtaining the things we pray for Lastly all our prayers must euer bee accompanied with our p 1 Tim. 2.1 Phil. 4.6 heartiest praises and thankesgiuings for blessings receiued not being like the nine but that one Leper Luke 17.12.18 as ready euer to glorifie God for his mercies obtained as forward to begge the obtaining of them I. Is it necessary that these conditions be obserued of vs in perfection No neither can they so bee of any Psal 80.40 Esay 64.4 Rom. 8.26 Reuel 8.3 4. how holy soeuer but of all that desire a blessed successe of their prayers they must bee obserued in sincerity and truth with sorrow repentance desire of pardon for faylings with earnest striuing also to their vttermost power to come as néere perfection as possibly they can which whosoeuer doe all blemishes infirmities and imperfections