consideratioÌ„ giue vs not only therefore not to be idle but also wynged speedie executors of thy gracious Will reuealed to vs from thine owne Word And besides the common duties of Christianitie vouchsafe the grace vnto vs duely to consider our particuler place calling that so the Maiestrate may haue grace to gouerne rightly with his Sword the Minister may be faithful in ruling by the Word the Artificer and Trades-man may shew himselfe a true Christian in the very particulars of their vocation that Fathers and Maisters to children and seruants seruants children and subiectes to their superiors may all be carefull in these very places to be faythfull doers of thy Will as the heauenly powers in their roomes are euer prest to act thy diuine pleasure Heauenly Father vouchsafe vs the grace alwayes to make such holy vse of the Angels their glorious example that so in word and deed we may euer glorifie thy name put vpon vs first in Creation secondly in Baptisme lastly in our Profession Vnto the Father it is best knowen what is necessarie for the Day to thee therefore we crie Giue vnto vs this day our dayly-bread If thou giue it it shal be good for vs be it more or lesse for it is not in the quantitie but in thy blessing with litle thou wouldest haue vs contented in teaching vs to craue only Bread Nor can it be so little as the best of vs deserue for we merit not the Crummes that fall from thy Table ô how large then is thy mercie who besides Bread hast affoorded many other Creatures often for our Tables with variety of Rayment for our Bodyes Yea how great is thy mercie seeing we may say particulerly with Dauid Thou hast prepar'd a table before mee in the sight of mine aduersaries thou hast annoynted mine Head with Oyle my Cup running ouer For oft the aduersaries of Godlynes haue laboured so much as in them was to depriue vs of Natures sustentation but in mercie thou hast annulled their deuises giuing vs in their very sight to the griefe of their hartes not onely Food but also soueraigne delightes of Nature and that with inundation Thou in mercie hauing giuen it thou so in Christ Iesus hast sealed it vp for our owne Whereby hath falne out that in our much and little we haue a true peace-able conscience Otherwyse O Lord if we eate drinke and cloath'd our selues in iudgment what better were we though we gayned the world thereby And the prouidence ô heauenly Father which watcheth ouer our bodyes nouriture by this Bread vouchsafe it may watch ouer our soules by administring the Bread of eternall lyfe which is the Merits of thy Sonne offred in thy Worde and sealed vp in the Sacramentes That being so fedde in body and soule we may both in body and soule cheerefully prayse thee We haue trespassed against thee ô heauenly Father first in not hauing Beliefe in thy Promises who notwithstanding hast declared thy selfe to be not only a Father but also an Heauenly al-sufficient Father We haue secondly sinned against thee in not declaring the truth of our Fayth by the wotkes of Loue towards our fellow members We haue thirdly trespassed against thee in taking thy name in vaine We haue trespassed fourthly against thee in setting our selues against the thinges of thy Kingdome We haue transgressed fifthly against thee in not dooing thy will when once it hath been reuealed vnto vs. We haue sinned against thee also in the abuse of Bread and all other externall necessaries Our trespasses against thee are innumerable neither are we able to answere for one sinne amongst a thousande Good Lord therefore be mercifull vnto vs in the remission of all our sinnes which remission proceedeth of thine owne free Grace sealed vp in Christ Iesus whereto man is not able to adde one farthing by way of satisfaction Forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. To whom thou sealest by the testimonie of thy Spirit the forgiuenes of sinne to them thou giuest a true guift though not absolute of willingnes to pardon the trespasses of their brethren So that by our readinesse to remit the offences of others thou wouldst haue vs to take knowledge of the forgiuenesse of our sinnes which thou hast remitted vnto vs. And seeing thou in the first place hast been willing to passe by our Offences compared vnto Talents What are wee in the second place that we should take our brother by the throate for a few Pence trifles vnto vs in regarde of our debtes to thy infinite Maiestie and so call vpon him for satisfaction to the vttermost farthing No ô heauenly Father doe rather vouchsafe vnto vs a gentle meeke humble and louing hart by the which we may be ready to loose much of our externall right for Peace sake rather then by seeking our owne to kindle contention by the which we may be willing to deale mercifully with others euen as we would be glad to receiue mercie at thy handes Finally we beseech thee not to lead vs into tentation but deliuer vs froÌ„ euill It shal be necessarie ô Lord that sometimes wee bee tempted inwardly as were thy seruants Dauid Ieremie and others but in such time of tentation sweete Father delyuer vs from euill Giue vs as thou didst to thy seruant Paul a happie isâ—ue out of that tentation Sometimes it shal be necessare that thou tempts vs outwardly as thou didst AbrahaÌ„ in offring his only beloued Sonne Isaac as thou didst Iob in the losse of his Substaunce Children and bodyes health Yet Heauenly Father wee beseech thee in such Tentation to be mercifull vnto vs to ridde vs from the power of the Tentation to delyuer vs from Euill These our Petitions we offer vp onely to thee because Thine is the kingdome Scepter Gouernment Regiment are all thine As in the Churche where euery soule willingly bowes before thee as their fatherly King so in swaying of euery creature euen reprobate Men and Angels causing them will they nill they to execute thy diuine pleasure In the first for the declaration of thy mercy in the second for the manifestation of thy exact iustice Nor is it any maruell seeing thine is The Power All Power in Heauen and Earth is thine Power of Deuils and their instrumentes is nothing else but a sparckle of thy Power borrowed of thee what time thou meanest to correct thy Children or else to iudge transgression in the reprobate Till thou graunted such Power Satan could not touch Iob either in his substaunce children or person no nor beeing discharged could he enter somuch as into a Swine Thou onely hast the Power to helpe vs to thee therefore we direct our Prayers And this the rather because Thine is the Glorie Part thy Glorie with any other thou ô God wilt not And this is a great part of thy Glory to haue Prayer offered vp vnto thee as beeing HE
Father Which art in Heauen and because in Heauen therefore Almightie and Al-sufficient for thy children Beeing a Father thou art willing and being in Heauen thou art able to effect whatsoeuer thou willest and thou willest onely that which shal be good for thy children This we belieue Lord helpe our vnbeliefe And as thou specially declarest thy glory in the Heauens for otherwise thy Essence Beeing is beyond all place because there are the Spirits Angelicall who are more capable of thy glorie so vouchsafe ô heauenly Father for the sake of thy Sonne through whom thou art become our Father to inrich our harts nowe and for euer with diuine thoughtes beseeming the presenting our selues before such a heauenly Father That so by thy grace we may pray in Fayth euen in that Fayth which worketh by Loue the bond of Peace the fulfilling of thy Law the externall badge of thy Sonnes disciples Heauenly Father thy name in proprietie is thine owne selfe and so thou art IEHOVAH the beeing of all beeings deryuing thine owne beeing from none in which respect it is easier to say what thou art not then what thou art for being Infinite thou so canst not in proprietie fall within the compasse of Definition But as thou first assumedst the name Creator in respect of the Creature so therewithall thou after a sort didst make thy selfe Comprehensible who otherwise art Incomprehensible which thou secretly taughtest Moses when for that he was in conceipt finite thou declardst thy self vnto him by thy Back-parts for none can behold thy Face and liue And herevpon it is that thou declarest thy selfe first in the common Creature for the Heauens declare thy glorie the Firmament shewes thy handie worke and the visible creature makes seene thy inuisibles as thine eternall power and Godhead Secondly thou doost make thy selfe knowen by thy Written Worde and Sacramentes In thy Word declaring thy selfe by that name of names Father of our Lord Christ Iesus sealing vp the same in the blessed Sacraments of Baptisme and our Lordes Supper Be it thy name essentiall or relatiue declaring thy Beeing or the Diuine properties in thy Beeing vouchsafe the Grace vnto vs of hallowing the same for though earthly Powers wincke at it thou wilt not holde him guiltlesse that takes thy name in vaine We were first Created into thy name and secondly haue been Baptised into the same But we lost thy Image in the first and haue recouered in the second by thy Grace a new stampe thereof Heauenly Father infuse thy sanctifying grace into the hartes of all thy Children that of the abundance of such a sanctifyed hart the mouth may speake holyly to the prayse of thy name and the edification of many And so shall the pure sacrifice of Prayer and Prayse be offred vp vnto thee in all places That thy Name may be so hallowed Let Thy Kingdome come Thy Kingdome is of another nature then the worlds Kingdomes be They be as Nebuchadnetsars Image made of Gold Siluer Brasse Iron and Clay all which the Corner-stone of our Saluation Christ Iesus dasheth to powder melting before his Kingdome as Waxe before the Sunne Thy Kingdome is Spirituall and specially inward and therefore to the world inuisible This Kingdome of thine thou dost stablish in the Body of thy Church thy Holy Spirit taking vp the Conscience for his Throne there gouerning the Hart of Man by the Scepter of thy Worde Thence thou neuer departest making whatsoeuer is at enmitie with thee thy footestoole casting downe the haughtie imaginations of men and whatsoeuer is within exalted against thee Lord let this Kingdome come this Kingdome of Light for chasing away the powre of darknesse this Kingdome of Grace for dryuing euery vile Canaanite foorth of our Land Let the strong man Sinne be taken and bounde by Him that is stronger and so take vs vp wholly for thine owne Glorie Vnto which good purpose vouchsafe ô heauenly Father to blesse thine owne Ordinaunces Ciuill and Ecclesiasticall The Ciuill thou hast giuen specially for keeping the Body and Flesh of Man-kinde in due order The Ecclesiasticke specially for subduing the Soule and Spirit In the first thou hast these fourtie foure yeeres vpward â—endred our good in the happie and blessed regiment of our dread Soueraigne Elizabeth deputed ouer vs in all causes Ciuill and Ecclesiasticall our supreame Gouernesse In the second thou hast for all the time of her gracious regiment sought our saluation comming vnto vs early and late by the ministrie of thy Prophets For all which thy name be euer blessed Heauenly Father vouchsafe accordingly to continue the same mercie by Ciuill Ecclesiasticke gouernment not only to vs but also to our posteritie Dash the Image of Romes Nebuchadnetsar a peeces Let his vnion with Spayne prooue but as a mixture of Iron and Clay and his mixt Idolatrous gouernment let it quickly be consumed Thou who in thy Worde hast promised to stirre vp all these Kings against that Bomish Harlot who first subiected Crowne and dignitie therto Lord hasten the perfecting of that promise Through thy blessing it hath come so to passe with vs and some other our neighbours Lord hasten the conuersion of other Kinges and namely of the King of Spaine that with a right royall resolution they may arise and like true Christian Princes labour to consume that harlotry Synagogue which before hath consumed them and their Kingdomes Destroy the Turkish tyrannie Let the Kingdome of thy Sonne in his Dominious more and more florish Remoue the ceremoniall Vayle of Moses from before the eyes of thy naturall Israel Gather into subiection all of Iewes and Gentiles that appartaine vnto thy Kingdome That so thy Sonne Christ Iesus may come vnto Iudgment he may so deliuer the Kingdome into thine handes and so GOD may be all in all In the meane time Thy Will bee done in the Earth and that in such sort as it is done in the Heauens The Angelicall Spirits in the Heauens are faythfull and flightie in theyr Obedience whereas they were created but once retayning still their first state And wee besides our naturall creation haue put thee to a second busines to the re-creating of vs againe by thy Spirit and Worde by so much the more we owe vnto thee a greater obedience Giue vs the grace therefore togither with the knowledge of thy Wil to be Doers thereof that others so seeing our good workes they may thereby take occasion to glorifie thee our Father which art in heauen But when by thy Grace we shal haue done any part of thy Will let vs not be destitute of that Grace which is declared in thy Angels by couering their Face and Feete Let vs be humble in our owne eyes acknowledging our insufficiencie for contemplating thy glory the insufficiencie of our affections for doing thy Will Let vs neuer be left to our selues that so we shold forget the darknes of our Senses the lamenes of our Affections With which
who only can search the Hart can giue to euerie one the thing is necessarie and gaine Glory to thy selfe in all thy actions And this For euer and euer And because Kingdome Power and Glory is thine always therefore at no time to be giuen wholly or in part to any Angell Saint or other Creature be it otherwise neuer so excellent in our eyes of neuer so high estimate in our minde Amen So it is and So be it ô Father of Heauen for the sake of thy Sonne our onely sauiour and redeemer Christ Iesus To whom togither with thee and the sanctifying Spirit be all kingdome Power and Glorie hencefoorth and for euer Amen A briefe example how it may be reduced to the 10. Commaundementes OUR Father and therefore a transgression for any of vs To haue any other Gods before thy face Which art in Heauen and therefore not to be fashioned by or to any thing aboue or belowe that hath existence amongst the Creatures For as thou art a Iealous GOD so thou must needes punish throughly all such Idolatire Halowed bee thy Name of all thy people who hast commaunded them at no hand To take thy name in vaine Thy Kingdome come as in the due sanctifying of the auncient Sabaoth day in Israell till Christ his Kingdome was established to all nations so now in the holy obseruance of our Lordes day the day of our Sauiours resurrection the day wherein at seuerall times on seuerall persons from morning to late night he powred foorth aboundantly the first fruites of his Spirit Thy Will bee done in Earth as it is done in Heauen by all sorts of Fathers and Mothers Ciuill and Ecclesiasticke with due referrence of duetie from inferiours to such superiours that so a better Blessing then that of Canaan euen of Heauens Rest it may be giuen vnto them Giue vs this day our dayly-bread that so by thy Grace we may not onely not murder but also truely mayntaine life in our selues and others Forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. We haue trespassed in thought worde and deede against all the former and other thy Commaundements Lord vouchsafe to seale perfectly to our soules the remission of them all euen as by thy Grace we finde a true though not perfect readines to forgiue to others theâ—r trespasses Lead vs not into tentation but deliuer vs from euill Tempted we shal be to breake all thy Ten Lawes specially the very tenth in coueting things which appertaine to others For thy Sonnes sake delyuer vs from all such euill For thine is the Kingdome Power and Glorie for euer and euer Kingdome is thine and therfore thou callest people out of the seruitude of sinne to serue thee Power is thine and this thou shewest by pulling thy Israel out of the handes of Hels Pharaoh and the Glorie due to thee in all our obedience thou wilt not part it with any other For all homage of body and soule is due to thee who hast purchased vs to the prayse and glory of thy name And this for Euer and euer Amen Heauenly father It is so and euer graunt Grace to vs all that it may be so Amen 1. Thess. 5. 17. Pray continually FINIS Imprinted at London by William White 1602. What Prayer is The Papists errour for Prayer The Brownistes error for Prayer * Namely Our Father which art in Heauen c * Namely Abba Father all things are posible c. * Namely Grace be with you peace from God c. Nothing now sayd that hath not been sayd afore The first Branch of the Introduction to Prayer Our Father For further explication hereof the wise-spirited may vnder them words relate to the first Commaundement Thou shalt not haue other Gods before my face The second branch of the Introduction Which art in Heauen This may relate to the seconde CoÌ„mundement Thou shalt not make to thy selfe a grauen thing nor c. The first direct Petition Halowed be thy name Hereto the third Commandement may be applyed Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for c. The second Petition Thy Kingdome come This casteth eye backe to the fourth CoÌ„maundement Remember thou keepe holy the Sabbaoth day to sanctifie iâ— c. The third Petition Thy Will be done in Earth c. This relateth to the fifth Com. Honor thy Father and thy Mother that Ià à ricun they may prolong thy dayes vpon y â— earth which y â— Lo. thy GOD giues thee The fourth Petition Giue vs this day our c. Hereto the sixt CommandemeÌ„t Thou shalt not murther The fifth Petition And forgiue vs our trespasses c. Herto the breach of all the Commaundementes may be referred The sixth Petition And lead vs not into tentation but. c. Hereto all but specially the tenth com Thou shalt not couet c. The Reason of offering Prayer only to GOD The first branch For thine is y e Kingdome Heere may be remembred the kingdome of Aegipt from whence Israel is fetched The second branch of the Reason The Power Heereby that Power whereby that Church was deliuered The third Branch And the Glory Heere may be râ—â—â—rdated the glorie which God gayned in ouerthrowing Aegipt in the red Sea And all this intimated in that preface to the Commaundementes Exod. 20. 2. The fourth branch in coÌ„mon with the third The subscription of Fayth Amen This may relate to Israels subscription vnto the Law Thus the Law sent people to Prayer and Prayer respecteth the obseruatioÌ„ of the law and the fulfilling of all in Christ through whom God is become Our Father