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Abriefe 

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EXPOSITION 

OF THE 

Lords Prayer: 

J Wherein the meaning of the words is 
'I kid open to the underltanding of wcake 
*g Cfariltiansa and what the carriage of their 

' « ~>< hearts ought to be in preferring 

-3 each Petition. 






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«| By Mr. T H o. H o o K E R 

Preacher of Gods Word. 

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LONDONj 

Printed by J^ofes Bell for '^enjamiite ^llm, 

and are to be fold at bis (hop in Popes head Alley 

at the figne of the Crowii. 1645. 




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A briefe 

EXPOSITION 

OF rHE 

;- .^ .LoRr>;s Pr./it(;€r. 

^W the Prayer are three tWhgs ob-" 
": fervable.. ,. . 

I. Tbe Prp&Ce, 0«r FiXf ;&er. 

3. TfccPuay^rif felfe-j divided 

; 5. The (ponelufioii of f^ in 
I thewoKl,i<fltffr.Thefoulegoesu[J 
tor hkaska^ aad&^y/s the ^tiucffi, haUwed h tity 
name , let it be Lord as ^^^.ttiayfi; have- ^ory. 
Looke-asaioanthat dart$ an , Anow^ hee putsthe 
utmoft of his ftrength unto it : So the word /£<««« ■ 
fpeeds all, the jai% fpefidsi^I :an4 laings a-goodiflue 
tottDeGotd&b)fraU*j i ■/_■■'■ ,.■ 

nFisfl), &ff'ttl^J>j«i^ey^dt;ber^w«muftexamb 
ingennaU twothib^<, the&nie, aifcl meaning <^ 
thiwouds.- ■ . ■ ; ■', 

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foK&as<idfeat0(wL:j And ' 




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A briefe Exf option of 



Firft^obferve the party foughtj, Father. 

Secbridly^ the excdttciicie 6f hiiii, which art in 
hiaven* . ^ 

Thirdlyj the intereft we have ip him, he is Onr 
Father. 

Sa^ft^ ^^y^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ffi^fi ^V Ood vailed a Father^ 
Re'kj FirftoHeisthef^atWbfChiiftbyetemallgeiie- 
ratien». 

Secondly^ he is the Father of-men two wiyes^ 

I • By creation^ fo the Scripture runhesi Job f ; 9. 

Job 1.9. the Angels are c^ed the (brines of God^ becaufe 

they were (pr^tc^ by Godj fo God is our Father by 

creation^ and thus nee is a Father to the juft ancf 

P6L lif. unjuftj pfaL 139. I am wonderfully made^ faith the 

Tex^ 

2* By adoption and grace in that he doth fredy 
take us to be his fonnes m Chrift ^ he puts us in- 
to the ri^t of Ms children^ as a man puts a iJranger 
into the right of his fbnne : And thus God is a Fa« 
ther to his chofen onely, that looke what Ghrift 
Rom-8. X 7. hathp they have^ ' FUm. o. 1 7. If fonnes then htitzf^ 

wea.ite heires^ Gods cholen cmldrens boththefe 
wayes God is <)vff Father. » 

^e/?. Doe we cnelypraytothe Father^ in that iHtfay^ 

Our Father^ 
Re^ Nc^we pray not to the Father oiily, but we pray 
to the holyTrinity^we make mention of theFather 
only^ yet we ihuft diredour prayers to one God m 
three perfoiis in that Godhead^ however we mentis 
on not allj yet we direft to all^all our petitions^the 
reafon is this^ becaufe otheirwife we (hould have 
made an IdoU of God^ tfay concemangbat ofone 



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perfonwc make ai idoH of Go4 i3u^d caU hot upon 
himasheis* 

Thus ^ as 0o4 fl^h , tev^ed hiiftfdfc i» hb ile/>. 
Wofd^ ,fowe appre^^ not piitting any 

i™^^^ ^ ^F^^ I^ 3 as Inftanoe thuss two 

Firft> he diatcpeat^^aj^ gQVQms all> knowes all^ 
fees all, by wHcMii I live^move^ and have my beings 
to that Gcid I way* The» Scripture hath revealed 
God thus^and he nils heaven and e«th,§cc.To that 
Cod tho) t£iat is thusini^te^ t^him I c^ ^ Igoe- 
now no furdier t^ feeing qf an image^ button' 
an aU-feeing Cod I come* 
. Secondly:) inftamoe thi^ looke abroad into the 
creatures^ ^dm ^ ycm ihallfee a power and a 
gopdneffe f Nq\y i&o^ came this power } 

The power €^ Beaijl:^ came not £r^ pf 

trees and the like^but there wa$a firft power \^^ 
^ve all power to the qreatures : Tfe Creator is 
mfinitely more poweiflidl then the creature. > : 

There is goodneffe alfbiti the creature$ i all that 
camefiromme firftgoodnefi^ thatletoutk felfe^ 
now that which lets forth it felfe to the creature^ is 
in iJbe Creator infinitely above thecreaturej that isj 
the Lord. Thus yovi muft quit your felves of aa 
im^e ^ he that ^es all^ is above all 5 Cod ^es 
all^ therefore he is above aU^ and to that Cod I put 
upmypetition* 
.'IFi^ dofnfe notmnfim tbii:SMm mdtbe Halji gnefi 

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|i' A hi^ff&tf6pti^ 



jft., ■ Biecaufe tfee Father k Ac fitft perfiMi in the 
Trinity, and the Fpuntaine from whence sSi 
ftewcsi Ae'i'adierWftfte^ofJtiinfelfe, theSc^ 
of him, the Holy Ghoft from thein^both : thcce- 

tk>n th€fiothfir,yet wtt'liky'ondiyJto the.Fatheri 

Gad by Frayer ? ..'''•'.' 

■■: Whefl? we tjitoeiiwf^ iSbd* its^^rasfidri t^. pnts 
as a-Father i' ' A" irtfeW' i^ifll'-be rc^ttwed' ttnt<y. his 



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^ ^^a f^tthlMW^* jway tdMtK%^tMt wffl 
condemn me.oran enemy dirt wbt^iiocberecon* 




him .• Heis Jtty t?iBk^5/flatfi ©odi tiJdd^'iftebborti<s; 
and I mtrfi^ toiok tohimi. Whenainans re^jdHdns 

witneffeagiMBfthfenj^^ atfM- S&faii'V^x^'htox V^i^^ 
faiefc^ ' Wha»5 deft-thtjtiCifliiflk ^ liive mer(if^ and 

srt foSaie > Titae, fe«H tRe fistile, I^mmug^i 
but I goe to-tt&hei'. • Jf itlfiia'ddc but^ayijre^^^ 
tKt»g:,tKefttfeit*acdepW*" ' *'"''" ^^^^^ ^--^^f^ 

«fetteau3^,'tbe'F^liftt» i..„ 

gwttfi iHCDUKJCfeflia^ bPthfe^fiajfftll titj gtie to^S/od; 
thj|t notwithftattding {€*!many fefin^ xmfd tHcweh 
fo dead and fo barren, yetafkherbesjes^l.Trie 
B*kl .tiiteiip*et& aH; tMi«^^t^bri^eti;-{^^ 
accepts all; and regards Sy •■ We- have's FitWCi: to 




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Seflpi^ ywiiej»i(e a|[ft«iitf of^ 

^p^^>|Mm i^t ^^^^^^ned, Xink Jbppe ^iwe 
ha4it0;^i9^4} ^¥;efj^4^4&A Qga^rVfmii wieiiad as 



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ir^^^r/»/&rij^ mwE^i ia$.«tI^jS)^ &y» las^ 

unworthy, yetJigde ia;t»jF«6biJii . Nayi thel«9i<^ 
heares before we o^ 3 he prepares the heart tt> call^ 
andanfwers what it cra^ras wh^ they aske. The 
£itherputs into tlie^rafidisWii^tim what it ihaU^^^ . 
and then heewill^veit what it craves: fi>God 

t^moHthi&C' God would &inegiiic,iiiacsiod 
crave : it is GofliiMsnUft.^«e3ifieatt«oia»v^a^^ 
this is j;ot by prayer. As water put into a 'Fompe 
im& bai^:Mtb)ingu;jbi'>«!aibeFsx fo>^»y'4ihatyou 
xnaypray. If your earthly &ther knoweswhat.to 
^wK^tDn^owbiiswiiiiimknno!^ iuBefmily 

Eathcq^ve you a.hBict<(.^ notldiiglnEdl be wantno^ 
todhemtthat^Tto.fiaHlas^ai&dier c <God bow». 
hia cafe tfDilie paa^ifvdFiDdBJ^oai^lhe'oeadefeea^ 

IMdl^v ^veiaae dkveJioitafeemoticie efCSMsfiEN 
tbeii^ppewicfenaq^ab 'y toiBdBM'h^ {utaU6 

to>viDm:^ticcn£Rcns.s;>Ood^&vxaU« tto AB4he 

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y{^5 herefo^e heis^fo^Jkteht. ^ IK that providts for 
the Rayensj and caufeth the Lillies of the field to 
growiifGod caite'for thefe h for 



^ Win much Wre|*Ovidef fbi? hini that caHs on 
him.Who then weuki not have God to his Father? 
A^ the Father pitnidei'for the (bnne, fo God is a 
j)t^dcittFa^e**r>fe* and 

^*' ■ ^' Fiourrhlyj this rtiuft- teach us an awfulnefle to 
CMiie before Mm. What a^^eihbuld be in our hearts 
b^dcknebefoi^eaahsaveidyFadter ^ 

l^IrQ9'X>l;^eirv6 that) it is tlie tearteeofrdation^and 



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f/it>dsintivk>thi)irao '. iif. . / " 
^ 'i.;Ck)oiider\thete^ . . ; 

. i^a^iTheMotivfist" '^ .;i- . ;-• 

For the (enie of the word%^^ three things are iiai<^ 

Firft). ia propriede :^in:i]iiter6f):iii^e have to^ dtal«« 
lehge in fpeddl^ not a$i<»iefiitodto anodier, or 
one neighbour to another^ or^tlie likcg but he isour 
Eatiher.i a»3Visir^y<iitis]OQi^L^^ when we.iay 
Our Fathfmi;s^ti\iv^^ 

€0lii|)QffidE> aodmercy in iGodis^mine^as tJabd laid 

Beur. 3 z, Bis my meat^^ .The woiA' ^ in^^plyes a poQeiliori^^ 

DcHt.^2.0urGadisnd(tilike the^ gods of the Heathen^t 

^ihiasy^iSaisbyM/Jifdcemr^ ^ >t^ 

^iv. Secondr 



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Imis^Vrayer, 7 



SecotKUyithM-Myingdakfic to God, imj>lyes a 
comshnMlie to all (iie hotifhold <^C>od^ as the 
Suft i&evsery tflansv ftl Ood is every itiarts that is 

^iniixfc^i«o«^«Nd^*<)f fi>««y 1^ the 
iaithfiin cfaddRit of tHe Mie P^hei'^'This h the 
Hi^ania^ofthe M^Otw^y-a^the^ittemb^ agccc 
i»ithtfadieadyfi»tbefkRShel{rfun^ roOoaisliel|H' 

feBlft>jift'hfari6iAfe»<i«««^ 

. NOkidiff'Mot^'W thereby ^ ibqle ihayBe 

gljtiiftieditodtU oifc'Gdd lurethrccf t 

, FtfA,a tfaaeiftALii&illii^tb td|Kd^ Uii^ehe L6t(^ 
Si^wWvTiB lia^^ aw toltteft in hi%he Is out Fad^. 
Th^ UttfidbAciiild^^tflf iWhb fii%{ttnhl^ to 
cooiif featdbly tiQrfa»fV^€S^5'h6 txm^^ik of ^stran- 
gers 9»whentbeithilify ityed'fB<^ tlfH caiffy him to hk 
twtb«r^ If any titfngtttttHs ^ elulde,he ^itlhal tvitt' 
teUtey<^^eisi«aii(iiaibi|lakle^^tiiOth^^ idd 

lami he£ddl^%-iilher^'SoitfeMe \ir^ 
God There ifta-ft^aiidr&^lfey'tfKtt ife tfi'a^- 
yclteus etf eaiiaoi>«Vi»#Tl(^^ jLlf/thde,' 

fifte'wftttQwdhsJf tejiines fettfefftduldnotooni- 
plMntothcvvprld>rNdi, potird>fc^ yourprstyers 
tofyour Ffldna^aiid he WiH Befijfe fo Heir you, . 

Secondly, as there (hould be a chtetiefeaf<&fcffe 
to come to the Lord, fix liiere (hould be «,%irituaU 

boldnes tQ^(!^9Um|ge'WKIii^n^y l>^^ea^^ 



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challepgeth God-^/ thou di^fmtlfjHl deliver ^^e^fa^ 
thyjervant^&c. If a feivant .wants foodoc tamieiit 
he goes to his mailer : So iMtkkDavid^l am thy fer* 
vantj therefore give me underfianding thail-^t^i^y- 
iJve^ .When thpy;br^?dQfci?4«f.ai^ 
hej^ Mis^VrS. This Ihotildlcomfor^ 
kt JUS claime^ou;: pprppps^Qod »r«ur Fiatiwrb and he 
will ^yc^^itr :. therefpfCr J?et fhwqpibled in li^Jird of 
your weaknerie and un>YflJShitt^5t/^S^ 'dimfidSttt 
injr^gajxl .oiM^' mercy>iirti4 >S¥Jk< AimfonaWyTin 
regaM of the' Lord, ^f J :;ihouId Tee the child© 
doub^ iiif^eg^rfl of my^^re^Ji^^ 
Careinpt,. fawhhfeijiti li^VQWfPwne^'fahd *e{iir ^' 

Marth.^.32. Father^] anf} .2^^ Nbtttk '6\ aiC* 

^:^Motive. THrdTyJjTtJiis,!^ 

feeling^ crf^ oiir, trefhpepf^ mifery. in. bur^ ^praydrsa^ 



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Ijfjifon^^^ 

aii4 FS^Y' ^^ them. ; Iflpn? Jfi^r a!l fiidSfer^y - wfe iife» 
ail meEpbers of one body 5* «tw| tj^«/^ mmrne iptH^ 
thojc that mmrne^ m^ pe^f pt^Jsf. ythem that' nfikp^^ 



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fdrmedljpy 'nayjhe;intypa(ts the l^onianstO' wra(lte> 



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'Irflj, we^re to open t|ig<feoee qfcthc wetAfteiH- 






Whkher is God More in Skivotft thm in any other ^efi. 
place ^ * V .. V , • '• 

No-: Gddjin tfe^tdiii hfe eflfettte^ i& in all pW Refp^ 
cesiafike^ ii€>tji^«fcidlH' ev% whefe. The Godhead 
is altogether indivinWe^ thbgstof quantity fill a 
.t<>Oipe5bttt<5odis>ift4ivi(^ as he is uhcnange- 
. able, fo he is a fifflple /hiding 5 therefore all of Cod 
is in the whole oompaflfe df Heaven aiid Esath. \ :? 
lfal%^^ ^>Ig4>eWhiUtif(^a^^^^ &c;Cod'\s piy.x^p, 

ittthb fiimeifnaflff^^ e^ry^whfere^ you muft con- 
ceive no^t%s iti^ QoRtj tf Ood be immehfe, then all 
of' htm is <very -M^i« aftd ^Itbgether in- eyefV 
fisce^ i iM ci^aMtM'b haW their hi^ng from G6^^ 1^ 
is iff itHctn^bld tM^ttd ^^^ 
iio place, inddifedin^^^ 

Ifall'iif4jtod'bi^H&i^^ SS^ 

. 'F4t]^4>ecaufeCj<tfd>wM 6f Kej(^. 

iis pGWer m^Mfe ibiSeayen then 4n Earth, beiftiife 
<we*feehsmiiot here, ;*fi& 17*' We grope after hims Aas 17. 
but we know the lOyalty <tf ji *King appears more 
.iriCo^rt wPariiafttlehtv fotl^ tekcdilency of God 
a|^rs mc^ m Heaven. ' ; . ) . : > 

Secbndlvj there are three Heavens 5 the Heaven 
where the rods are^> the Heaven where the ftarrcs 
^re^anddiejiigheft^tleaven^ newthe third Hea^ 
Venssniibuiiih^yi^^ refervedthis place 

•as his chair of 'ftate, 'thi Heavens (faith D^w^) ^^^ 
the' Lards ^ no undeahe thing can' come there. 
The Angels ftined', ahd alkhe vifible Hcavenis afe 
tlefiledby maii'^ the funnels aba£e4;> ^^ ^^^^Ss^ 



ttitmmm 



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d[efik4> butflie hJ^heftHesMr^n iw» never ds^ed, 
Decauie it is the chmnbcr of God 5 God leafeth oijt 

thefe thi^g;! to rmtk> b«tMrcft!rves,il«s Heaven 

for li^ownhal>tt$t9^ PChk is'ltfe i^Q0»|L (ie»^ 

whyGodis^dtobeiitJ^lrtm. : •. ■-: 

^cft. ^^^ motives have n^ tofif^p4tr^0irJbt^i p-^t^ 

fTfTfhich if thfcopf «f. tbt irefiu^ ^ ,:(.;. 
JUrp .f'.TtheyMefpec»>y^?*»ti/n^-o - . .. ULUai c. 

t^jC)od> wh^oagk tafati^^ fiaaie ofoiar 4p6nt» 
il/hf^ we appeai*e: befotie Itim $ 'he cannot abidbi 
Hi^^.pmvieffi.fjlwri im ynfi»e&e»it» hearci^' 

£fi^<)f k^ a^^^Cm qm^ I«>«fir4tr God^fMsi^ 
ty. Kings (weImow)>iS^theyiv9JiM^imtxtta^[^ 
fp their a)t$rt«iQjiiiq3^'JVwftJbedtttwkich&^ 
their greatneile. God is in Heayqti Jxey<»Ki idloQVr 
.- w rvptio«^t^e(j^S^w6:«*p^irOai4Ja^ 

fliQuld MTwer t<^ Ih» fnwnty vntJ^ Jieitii:»>fytti;|ei(i ^ 
. . thatDurbeaitsmayb^inBeayaSj IveeaMfeibeti&'in 

bath « ^aff, m hifmkjt «»» ^#**' 4^jwmlt^ ikiCA 
ourfacrificeisourfervice, a^fuayeri^ooe'Oflifae 
chiefe. TheGod ij^Heav^is 4 jptwe God, dien 
(W^ he the man thai; hath V^<va%.hvit96^Gxrs,aad 
cdber a^bd&ufii^ .9pd:0^^.>l^.Yre»fcefti to'^Qoii 

the fvre God.of Hi^veo, lifiBl Jttot liioke <to i&ch 

^i^ce andiptifmre pvayei^ s Gad is pitre^ ihcsiiefeite 

the&n'ipe^u^tio.beifo. WJifeor j»eQj«re to fit 

Jb^re PmoeB^bic^ axe to &t^n«nv$j^iN«& ^cssneiiee^ 



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the lipfds:iPt/^8ti. ■ - tl 



tQ Ood {» appears 'with mbbiib difpoikidnj b^^iff 
hioa. He that will p^iovmfi a f^^iwe'duty ta»» 
Pf9ic^j(vi)l ky.aifide all other »x£I&mis; fo a$ hor 
^4»*ant)thpi:^ w^JIi JUy; bjt 4U;WorW(i. letjw 

aNff^,«^i^w1?»$e\r«iric«it b«9f6ii^£fir«: I To beian 
Heay^p^itaig^etbMajc^Viiovv' viE6(Jia^ r-. 

to an earthly par^,i«h<l> i8!l»bkiOlXDm^>tidi4^ 
toan heavenly Father we pray, who can doe what 
we will. He thgtjs itia hidi ^lace bath- d^e advan- 
tage ^ fo cAiKhd^3^ ^S^^1£i^><fi^~Advantage 
oiall other thinesj therefore what we caavc is done 
aliieadie) lie (Cii]t qofe k 9 iandour Goal % in Heaven, 
his will flp|3.w^;ke.^; A ^lakooOe eter aoSbin- 
(>ani0$ «ttfi|jy«l)iMt^^i)totii}|itUa!isjiif^ 
IJmi^j^^i ^^^^^OMib ^^vayor'ifair rdie Ood/cf 
H«Aiitiv Tb(^ iSUK.dpo^^uU 4hAts'ia the nfvdE, 
i]ntDnr,Fatib(!ri0iiaHeni«a The Sd^ 
ii^t)b« l7<yi|)a(!v,tMlc 0iBr father k jboc ^nreaorriihr 
father, but we pray to the God of Heaven. ■ We 
have but eartWs^ <<?pfidRd<ia haxt^nisat onf Fa- 

done to ^ f^lij^j«t>ia»dilevB«xis tjtou 

Thirdly, thiirlbCwtBf IM .flrankt ivith tnaiiHing 
approaob WfOI&fitx iWhe GochoflHavren'is^W'- 
fitidtl^ we «<:tt creiq>ing. w^ . 

CMdeflytofuchaFather? A fether implies area- 



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fence of '"Gfildi, ^a'tki tfxe' bleffecl Angek trertiblel)©- 




heAte it inadbildcv J Doe horfu^yiMi^ ttMes ntf 
wander 5 dare we prefle in headily into the Jprefenetf 
<J4"God3 whmiis 'the Angels co^*rt^emft*ves be- 
&>pe him > JLet<ih6 fbard of the Alali^ty '&ll«n» ul s 
&i(?i God iviJiiSe^en^ ^^^ hearts bci rev6lttii(fy 
Aa$ 1 7 .a »• i^e6xd^,f» in 'him w^ iwe j ««>»? , iwr*/' ^Mtw '■ okif 
ii^Mrr. t*^ cniidiibrthe Preface. ' . •. f ;o3 

F »* ' i ' . . . 

/ , : '•.',.., r • • J ^ / J - J . > J < . : .' . . . V i ., ( y i 

NOw iwc ioDiyieto the'^PetitiortSj'which BieMh 
the Lordfcondefoenddd*a oiir^weaknette aftd 
fcrf}leneflci^^nd!tiicmfoiie^^cott»i^ Sft«&-'a 

Kingdom^ ami WS^ 'thr^'tODisenmig burfelvds^ 
thmgsofthisIife^thingsofW^ refpeO: 

lk)tfaof juflo^cadcm and ^ndiMicadon^ In ^ibb^ 

'/Fiili'jthebi^nbgofthePetitioik; • ' ' ^ 

Secondly^ the raiTiagp crf^theheart in j)itffing 6f 

itj) Hall(nvedbethy:Na^e^ Jnit obfeiye twp^thin^: 

• Seoondlyywliat'ki^tasJKa^^ \ '; 

^/e/?. ?*^/j^^ ^ berel meant by tJame^ or vohaf isthi '^imt 



. thtiJfi^SStjtyer^i^ tj 



«■ . . A. - IIWJV* ' ■ ■ W ■ J I 



is Jmown By his'nsmQi To the' Lord, revealed timr 
fclfe to K^ by; his Name. Now this corififts IB two - 

> ^ EiiiftjoaU the>i^iou$ Atribiites .of JCJody is Holy; 

Ptire, Wife, Innmfceb &c. ithe&l are' the.Namcalof 

God. ■ ■ '-'^L ,/j '■■•/ .. . ■'/.' ^/-^(i. ■■. :* > 

Secondly:^ all the Ordinances, o^iCfod^^^xvA. the 

lphBhejcitdtUK(9 '^dit is^Qt tbe^thii^^ in >rd&p,bufi 
thete^is; a dedaraftion ctf God jri thdfeCtKw is .his; 
Name^ /Ihecreaturefis notrtb^^ Nata(ie«>£ Gk)d^l9dt' 
Qbdl^kihgthere 5 grace is not. fihinvLch as^the 
^jppetf^ahoex)£Ood!in^A^ jj(;/l' ;. . « :r 

IFhat doe vou meane bj\HMl4md^A\¥M .'pu make\ ^ueji. 
OodMk'n mh f^^' V y Vf\ itdd(i\^/t0f thing, fa God? 
"i IKto : .it^^miifm a4d?j ;a»y 'tblr^-5^^ hlnx that Rejp. 

aholy tlvbg aftiJid^JifilQ^i^ftbi^is th^we wouldi 

haUow?.Kj*;ffrrfK,0 :.«;!j fli/j vuJ-; .■,»'Oa.\»'.\-.'-'-. ':«; /ii 

^[<lI)iudD<bvwb ^>iicibrultaiioa;iiii>U iSejf|^. 

thi Qodrfaib^aiiG&g^til^jtnaxiif^ mi^t be obr. 

tributes exprefled \ , iJiiejefqre iOeSA. Ivoiild have a ; 
W«isJi;\^rqjs3Bf ^0(^ ftiOuld be.chfcovqredj 




14 ArhrpefaKEsafcftiiM of 



^iawfebdnndeit: So'kisia^iiMrilirpaffifig'beafu^ 
ty at iGod, he leixh^ Cnxtk h&axif.%eiattds Ymr; thifi 
we may fay, Juftice and Mercy, &c Kive beeM. 
hdod. I^w<^^eu«£ud'thentol^dtiiIy&:Name$ 
ivhenatx^einakethtsapped^ 5Hieh.it?jietfe:Witfi 
Gods Name as with a holy thing, and that appeasi 
in thicepdVH^rs t^ -fv' jO . '; [■ . .■.': -r,^;.'-;" 

abdi<aAi ^ wc p^ bythcMiafiddoe tK>c icbvesme^ 
tfa^^ (bi^^wecoiiieto 4t&ilewiii:)v^o^OicEh 

nances, doe you kno# *9irhat yod'Sai ^< OodsN^ie' 
i»ihei«i'<4i«toe43irfeM'¥itr-'' *^^ «■■. ^^^- *t'^ ". 

Secoitditf, 
of it 4 fdwitf 




ihdald weedoe wkh^^ltlMiejQfl^Oi^ ^ijOoe vMbe 

Ideol shittm^&c. dieycaftthe G>mmandinc!m8i 
of God behinde their bad^V'4he>IIi!»tBeil.^iliidi 
Oodf) vMkiAw»daeC(»i 'thdyjfci&d i^/ thmbold 
wikre Dag^'vsdtfe-: 8bicU»ieWith Oofls l^toe^ kfc 
no t^^mifh betide is, 'bas ^feeAen^h it ds libh^a bo^ 
ly 'dMng. The ike^ Asdiie cif-^&iftitt diffc^npcrr dodp 
not be(»metite:t^adiedf ^ddd570£i i;«Q>mir*hdi^ 
thing, ft) ^thelfcimeefOeid. i ' ' > '->::.^ • 
<. -Thirdif, ^ we (hoiM ackiMii^^^dge tM^ MtKxdii 
fo labour to (eth ottt that othei^jHfiay fi^it^ :asl^ «ie^ 
ca6on IhoU be<()ifei«4^tvrhej»afKy h^ri^Atf ito^itSiiaK: 



i -r- r •• T II— in ' 

tbeLords'Tryeu 15 



of GoA> that they may be obferved 5 holy things 
are not tp be kept fecret when opportunity ferves 5 
Letytmr light fojhine (feith die Text) that men may 
fee tf)e good ihyw : So whatever we fee in the Name 
of Godj as welhould keepit&om blemilb, fo we 
(houldfetitoutinthe glwy of it* A man (hould 
hold t)ut the light of the Gofoell, not hide it under 
abulheU : (hew as muchot Ood as we caa, that 
men may (ay, God hath bceti here indeedj that a 
mans word flaould be like Gods Word that indites 

tfiem. 

Him doth the heart behave it fitfi in the putting up ^Ji. 

ofthie?etitim^ 

Fitft, this behaviour of the fbnfe dodx mainly Anfv^ 
SLppeaie in two thmgs : 

Vkft, it heartily-ckfires in all things that it (hall 
doe that it may lift up the glory 6f God^ now this 
we doe when m allthings we have or doe there is a 
difpolitton for the furtherance of Gods praife. Alf 
tour life (hould be like alanthome to convey light 
to others 5> fo the heart (hould defire that in all 
things Gods glory (hould bt furtheredjth^^ 
doe notshing but we might further Giods gloiy by 
tu Silrer iind gold are nt to (l:amp the Kings im^ 
upon V (b^k mans pra&ice (faoukibe good mettle to 
inflamp Gods glory upon : not as painted windows 
to Hkider the light, but to rebound the light. The 
Text {ztth^Heroddid not give God the glory^the voice 
of God and not of man 5 he tooke the glory of God 
to himfel^and qid not give it to God^There be (bm 
kinde of glafles will refleft a mans image, fo there. 
ihoiiklhB aconveying' of glory from Our felves to 



. ■ '-■ ■ JJJ....J . i . ii u ii M i B iiii 'I . I "^ ' -wm- i iJ u.L ' I . . 

16 . Airiefe\ExfQfiumof 



God. Look ask is with a baU^ the Ming of k . 
• makes it relxxuKl : fo it Ibaiild be with our heairtSo 
they ihould rebound O^cJs glpry when it falls upon 
us : This is a great ^dH. Tm ScwJe (bc^ld have no- 
thing biit whereby Gfjdfwight behonoureA Any 
finM courfe Wemilbeth Ci!M§ glo^^^ any piiding; 
of a mans felfe furthcw tM)t Gocjs glory, but tfee 
foule (hodd dafirethat in ftH, God aright be ac- 
knowledged and jriarified-^ * 
^Ji- when doth tbefinle dee this / 

Anjw. When the foule labours, that in all things fpme^ 

thin^ more thm humape ie^Kx:elleQcie may appease : 
' For^if any thing of a mans own be dtfeemedj^ wee 

M ihort of Gods vemt iQ evenjr a£tion.Such AMiId 
be our dilpofitions, that fom^thing more maybeq 
feen then a bai^ meane (hadow* This is a^uQ in 
pleaching and prayings there ihould be more in all. 
then humane di^vered, as partSo^fts^and the Uke^ 
If nothing appeare ln« felfe, the Wame of Ood i$l 
deprived of what it (hould have : As P^«/ faid^ I>^ 
Ijpeake as a m^n ^ But he demonftrated the Spiiit 
in him, it (hoi^ be difeovered what I doe^ that 
God works k,th^ he might have aU the boaour i^ 
it. God the Authoor of aU (hould have d^ ^tory of 
alls we talk of this and tliat, and fay, let mm be 
^orified, but we doe it not in oujr converiatiicms. ; 
,g«e/?. what he thefeverall worths of the he4rt m dding 
thisy that it may appeare God is the Author of ally and 
the honour is due to him ? 
4nfr^. The ads of the heart are two , whereby it firts 
forth the glory of God. 
Fkft, iQdUfemxsaxxianihoaMm^^ 

his 



the Lords Tra^r. 1 7 



his affedkms and endeavours till he comes ^o the 
hi^ftptdhi^thatisjGods^ry. Afl adions are in 
the way one towards another^ as a payre of ftayre?^ 
om, goeSffioQli anodiidr and above the othen A 
maiilbouldgoeh^idraiid higher cfl^ Gods glory 
mounts and fiirmounts diera ail. As a Miniftet 
firft ftudies to teach the people^ that they may bee 
infpnnedi) Init why informed? that they may ap- 
peare to be Chriftsj and that Gods grace may ap 
peare in ri>ei^ coiiDretfi^tiohs : the foule never refts 
till it he heue. A man goes to prayer in his Family^ 
and why (b? that he may (hew God in his couries. 
The iervaat ieiKls for his wages^^ ^^d fb is gpne^and 
where is God all this while ? This {faould be our 
delire^ that insiUouradiomGodmaybedifcove- 
red to bee the Author ^ ^md to have the honour 
ofallr , , ,■ 

Se^^ondPlyy tib^ maft beii^e not tagoe be- 
yond 'Godsgjtbry 9 iscfc dim ^ a Minifter f*eaditth 
that the peopb-xday be inftrudied, and he be hono- 
red as wellas God^ this is to be above God : A man 
jprayes to hohbnr Qod-^ and that it may be knowne 
he is^ a doiiobs.prdfidi&nHV tfaus^ A man is ^dxyve 
&^^asa^iixiibp6from-6ne boi^^ to anothet^ till 
k c(Hiie to the hi^efi^ and then itflyes away : So 
we ftepuptq 6^^s{r g^oiy and goe beyond it^ wee 
would h^e^ML^mified to glorifie us 5 but this is 
hypocrifit j> t«i have Oad honowed that we may be 
fecretjy hife : Tiro is the deepeft dilhonour to God^ 
andhp will be reversed of them one day^and pluck 
hisp?atfe out of tfaw bcwds. The three Wife mea 
would not (by till the ftar ftooOk'*^ ^w*. x» %s^ 
/ C ^ ^^ 



HH 



rr' T * 



18 A hriefe Exfofitim of 



ther • So where the ftarre of Gods gteiy goes, let us 
goe^ and not (lay till we come thkher^and when we 
are there, goe no further : This is the carriage of 
the heart, PhiL i. 70. that inJife and death God may 
be honoured and exalted Laoke as it is with a 
workman that makes a peece of curious worke, we 
doe not g^ve the honour to the toole, but to the 
Work-man 5 fo God^xM receive the honour of 
all, and from all. 

Secondly, as the foule fhoukl makeG^ di(co- 
fc vered by himfelf; fo hee fhould defire thsLtCod 

• might bee acknowledged by others as wee oar 

felves exprefie it 5 ana that appearcs in two p&i^ 
ticulars: ' 

Firft, that they m^ht imbraoe the excellence of 
Matth. f, 16. Cod}^ Let your light fojhine before men^ why fo ? not 
that tKey may fee yo«i, but that they may fee your 
good workes 5 that is, God in your good ^lirtMrkes, 
and glorifie hitn« Doe. not tfainke I would* have 
others fee my good parts,rifts,and the like,but only 
that tliey may fee G^^in them. The- Fiflier defiies 
that thefifti would fee the bait,, not him r So hee 
that angles for the foules of others, doth notdefirc 
that others may fee hiim-^ but the grace of G5>^. An 
Apprentice doth not ftand in the Ibop to call over I 
others to look on himfdfe> Ws perfon, properties^ 
and the like, but to fell his Mifters wares : 'Arid 
fo we defire that God m^ lift us up^ but.that is riot 
the rule that men may fee our good workes , but 
\jod in them : A child or a fervant ihould fo walke 
that others may admire Gods, grace in him 5 weiare 
^W/woAmanftnp. ' ' 



the Lordfi Prayer. iq 



Secondly, wee fliould have hearts enlaiged to 
bleffeG^^, thathce hath been pleafedto reveale 
himiy fe to us. Thus much for the firft Petition. 

Thy Kingdom come. 

•T T T THy is this added tr9mtdi(fttly to thefar^ Sj^A 

V V mcr^ > 

Becaufe it is a fpeciall meanes whereby the heart Anfip. 
is filtect and theglory oiGod advariced 5 the firft 
was to hallow fiods Naive 9: and to that end the 
Kingdonie o^ Qhriftroiiftbe fet upi fi>rnoQatu** 
ran man can gloiifiie ^^4 i>^<^^^ ^ l^ng ds '(inne 
and corruption prevailes it will never be 3 , there- 
fore the power pfphrifc S{rirk muft doe it^ and 
by it v^r^jtBuft bfifwayed unto it. 
:,Wlkit}Hthfifcpfe(ff,:t^^^ : ^eft. 

The main foope of it is thus much, that the go- Anfxp. 
vejrnpaept of God by Chrift might be fet up and 
prevaile every where 5 as before Gods name was 
higheft, fo here the pow;er and government of 
Chrift is to be univerialls that is, the generall : now 
we conie to the particulars, and here coniiderthe 
fenfe of the words. 

Firft, What is thisJ[lingdome ?. 

Secondly, the carriage of the heait id putting up 
this petition* 

Thirdly, what is the comming of diis Kingdom ? 

By jti^^^^f is meant that rule that Chriu hath 
fet up in die heaitSrof his. , For the g^nentll provi- 
dence of God, I take ycy is not (b m\]yc$\9i3Q^^^vx 

. . . . ^. 



:;o A kriefe Exfoptim of 



this place^ or that ordinary providence of God over 
the creaturesj this is fet forth in the fourth petition^ 
(Givt mthk day Mr daily hread^^ but it is^^ the rule 
of Chrift that is fet up in his Church. 

Anfw^ kistwofoldrwhidiarethcfe^ 

Q Grace* 
Oi^Giory. ' ' \ V 

C both aymed at here* ^ 

gfuefl^ ff^atiffkeKingd^meofgrace?' 

Aniw. fe ifr that whereby Chrift by h«s Sfnrit and^raoe^ 

by the mmiftety of the Word ^ takes place w tfee 
hearts of his , atld this hedfeith twawaies. 
^ Pirfljby OVer-powfering & eaftmgdoWn aS o&tt 
things which are oppofitetKiercurito , all the powet 
of fin and Sathan 5 whkh are oppofite to him. 

Secondly, he fets up that frame of Spirit^whcre-^ 
by it is fubjcft to graqS , and k taki^s plitet tWo 

r irft, by cutting down and kflling of every fin* 
Secmdiy, the foul takes the ftamp of eveiy cew- 
dition^andisitiledbyit. ' 

^^. what is fhe Kingdifme vf glery ? 

Anjw. Gods immediate ruHng in tfie hearts of the glori* 

fied Saints. 
S^fi* How doth the Kingdome rf grace andghry drffkr? 

Anjw. {fere in the IQnj^dJbmeofgi^ce God rules. \ . 

Firftj by his Spirit. 

Secon<HyD by thws Word and Ordinances. 
Thirdly ^ by the nriniftery pf the Word : But ia 
Htaven hcTules. knmediatly : ri6 moye wordis and 
means if B^'iEhnft fiflithef^^ 



rules glojioufly^j when thp landeiftandingjwiUj and 
affeftions are^pf Qiijifti^^^ 
fubjefttohimj here in the vale of tears we meet 
with many rub^' an^ 0|)pqfitions^ but then Ghrift 
ftiallftiine fuHy andimmediatdyJn^ hisOrdinan-. 
ces we feeka CKrifl::^but then we ihall have ^ oF 
him D fo that we that ha.ve the Spirit have a ^mpfe 
of heaven^ therefore alhamed mould we be to be 
wearie of Cod%Iet usl?e w^rie of fin : I tellyou, it 
is ahe^avfcn to We here with God upon earth , and 
if it be a glorious thing to have a glimpfe of God 
here^ how much more to be filled with God hereaf- 
ter in hfe Kingdonie? 

Uovpk this KingJ^^^idto comt / Sjf^fi* 

Th^^coniming olT thele Kingdomes impUcs three Anm. 
thmgs. 

Firftpthat theWord may be revealed in thefe pla- 
ce^ where it hath not been-^TiS^ the day-^ingfiam Luk. i. 
en ni^ may vi ft them that fit in darkjte^^ that the 
Sun of r^htebufnefle might vifit them that wantit*> 
that the banqUet of the Gofpell might be fet upt> 
'MM/i\.lf any man fay he ts in the TPtlderne^e^go not 
wL for where the CarH^aJjfe k^ thither mil the Eagles 
refort. Thisiis tlie firft thing. A Kingdome is fiiid to 
come when a King rules in a place where he did not 
before^fo it is here ^Let all the peofle praife thee^ faith 
David ' he defires not^ that fome tonguesonly^ but 
that ah tongues andknguages ihould do this. 

Secondly^ where ev^r the Gofpell doth fhine^ we 
defire that it fhould diffcover itfelf more fully ^ and 
fj^-ead. itfelf where ever it comes; we defire the 
Kiilg^ goVemmeht fhould enlarge the tecrkodfts 



22 A briefe Exfafition of 



more and tnore^ foweddire not only that Chrift 
(hould be revealed 9 but that more and more (hould 
be gatheredjthat God may be taken in every where, 
and that every knee may bow toChrif^ana lick the 
duft) that fo tnere may be an addition made to the 
Churchy that every man in every kinde may come 
toChrift^andthatGod would caft his skirt over him 
that more may be caught in his net , that the Jem 
axidOentile may be gatnepad into ohe (^eep-fold^arid 
have one SheMieaid. -^ 

Thirdly^ that the power oF it may be more and 
2 Sam ?. X. ^^^ fetled, as the hmfe of David ^revi>jiroHger and 
jirmgerjbut the hcmfe of Saul grew weai^ 
fojwhen Chrift fets up his candleftiik^^ that the feed 
. ^ dhiat is fowen there niay take deep root. When a 
King hath erefted Caftlesj then he Iwth his King- 
dome fo we defire God may intrench himfelfe^and 
reare Caftles of defence againfi: his enemies which 
would remove him 5 that ht would (et himfelfe up 
(ftrongly, that every Traytor may be crulht, and 
every oafe luft 5 that God would flay them ^ and 
none but his Lawes take place 5 in a word^the iflue 
retumes to thus muchj webefeiech Chrift that his, 
Gofpel may fpread and be ftrong^ and thefe dayes 
offinne may be wafted^ and that he may come in 
the clouds^ Revel. 22. and then, come Lord Jefur^ 
come quiet^ 5 jthat he would accomplifh the num- 
ber of his Eled^ and gather thofe that belong to his 
glory, and that they may bee everlaftingly with 
ram. 
^ n what is the carriage of the foul in Putting up tbk 

'^J^' fePitioH? 

It 



**»-— -i«»— »•**— i^-"*"*l«p^ 



the Lords Prayer. 2^ 

It appears in three things. 

Ftf ftj the (bul defires and fo labours to be fubjedt 
tothegoodplealureof the Lord: the heart faith, 
ohthatlmightbefodifoofed, that I mbht be fub- 
j^ to the pleafiire of the Lord: wedefire that all 
thofe things that are fet up in our hearts , that are 
contrary to the goodpleanire and will of the Lord 
might be (ubdued^ PfaL 1 1 ^ 4« Thou hafi command^ 
edus to keep thy commandements^ button Lord, that 
my foul were fo, thou haft enjoyned me to do fo^ 
oh that I could do fo, the Spirit mould be as wax to 
the feale, and inke to the paper^that the foiil might 
take the imjpreffion of eveiy rule that God would 
iet up in our fouls 5 thus thq foul ihould be di^x)- 
fed, to wtti that the Lord would put this frame 
into us^this is a heart worth gold: thou had (aid, 
fiekjne h o\ faith jhe foul^ that lamldfeekthyfac^^ 
and eccho, behold L^d^ thy face ifiekj^ to (ubmit 
wholly without any conten<vn^ not that the Lord 
(hould force us , but that we fhould take up our 
yoke, put our necks to die yoke , let the Word 
of the Lord bear the balance. When Mary wanted 
wine, and our Saviour checked her> and Martha 
cumbred wkh too much bulineUe was reproved^ 
, thou art troubled with many things^ C^r.they fiibmit- 
' ted pre{endy,not a wcwd more : fo what the Lord 
commands let us do without any quarrelling , let 
the leaft inkling of the Word beare the balance* 
When our Saviour font his Difciples for the Afles 
Colt , they might have laid , but haply the man 
will not let him go, how then ? I teU them , laith 
our Saviour, the M^fier hath need of him , and then 

D >&«^ 



24 AbriefeExpofimnof 



they will not deny himj diiit is encmsh^do but 
fpeak and it is done , this tiie foul flxmld labour to 
attain unto. 

Secondly^thc foufcarries it felf with an inward op- 
pofition to whatever is oppc^eto the government 
of theLordJelusChriftito die utmoftof our powers 
It is in vain to feyjit were wd if k were fo^&I would 
itwerefb^yandyettolbmdftiU and not to ietto our 
hnndssbut we muft join fides with the Lord^ & as he 
ipake of Merojh^ Cwfed art thm ^ hecaufe thw wilt 
net help the Lerd agaimji the mighty. So truly the 
Lord Jefiis is oothming to our Towns, to our femi- 
lies^therefote we (hmud iiep eut and hdp the Lord 
againft thofe itiS^hty mountaine^ of ptideandifaib* 
bornefle ofheart t when a proud hearAtirs,do you 
joinefi(feswithit> or cry out and fay, good Lord 
fcdp down with tlmt wood heaft^ima Ifaibb^ ffnr 
rit, and the Hke> the LOid feith it^ And doth your 
heart yeeld ? But if you fey, come pride, and you 
imd r wiB joine fides together, «id if the Word can 
remove us,let it, but we will joine fides. Isthiscal* 
ling for the Rihgdome of ChnA tx> come ? No,no, 
you are traytors airf'Gon(piratoifi&> and no fub)cd:s 5 
thct^re (top yow mouths, this is tiot fubmitting 
butcon^ming^^wfeen jh&^i«/ looked out of the 
wmdow wimlier piaiated fiic€, (aitk ^&m, Wb9 is on 
fny^ity^mg her (mt: fo the Loid fmny mUj^ou have 
pideytfr me > if you be oh my fide^ fling down that 
woudheart whidh hmdars the Lewi jefiis Chriffc 
ttpm taking jface in your ftmb^ you paint your 
feivesin a mrxdy humour, but if you be on Gods 

^de, iHng^lown dr^ 

not 



tt^m 



the Lor^sVrayer, 25 



not oniy oppofe great ftis, bi* ettiy fin 5 we muft 
not fodder and fi3e'wfeJ<fe*»y fecret flni dthougK tt 
be but with the appearance of evill '-, you muft ab- 

Jteiae ftom itj j(<m &qw Mfh# Vmi^y> of doling 

hot a hoot i another wid, he would not ftart a hairs 
breadth from Gods Commandementi Ait iiiy parti- 
cular 3 fo let us lubdue all, not leave an inch;, not a 
fbmip5tiot (biimich^ast^ Dagon of our 

curfed lufts^ to rule in us 3 thug it (hould be with 
the foul. . ' ' 

Thirdly 9 thoiu^tteibuicahnotbeasitihould) 
ygt it dodaiiefiieme Lord that neither (m nor (elf- 
will may rule in us, lay all flat down under thego^ 
vermsieot of ChrHbwhen.the heart finds a great 
deak of oi i i w i r d n efle and power of fin , then it 
fioth. Lord, thy Kkigdomeiboui 
Som of Z^nii^ are toofiroiig in Yne5 13^^ 
power to thy fidf^ and pluck away wfiatever dotli 
oppo&thee. It was a good feeedh cfa good Chri-^ 
l&m, that he de&ed the Lord to iiile whether he 
wxkildorno^ ITfaas die'ioidflimtld1)e'diQ^ 
loiTCattheLortls^haii he would' b^ 
doore^u4ient&e Lord<x>mes and we wHl not open^^ 
WB deitre the Lord wbold come in by Viblence.The 
w&]tehoc&inc<kK)«d^ io thb foul 

defires the Lord to conquer , to breiit4ft and riiake . 
way^into idie foul, and to tiake pcbileffion wholly in 
the foid$nowwhcii dieibul ig loath this (hotild be, 
il is a wrBtdiedfpirir,th^t when^he L^ wiWieake 
fia whcthe* wc wittw: nOiWeanJloatK it ftiou?d be.^ 
I>o we then pray Clhrifts Kingdoftie (hoiuld come, 
when weare not able to bear* a c<>mmandemet\t ? 



■ ■ ■ ■ 111 - . I ■■ . ..., .1.1 — . M l ^1 

^ A brtefe Exfofition of 



,^m» k -1*1 ■ 



No, noj the foul will labour t9 oppofe fiojand pray 
die Lord for power againijioraxupcion. 

fhy mil be done in Earth as^itis in 
Heaven. 

THis is th€ third Pedtioa^ and in it are three 
things obfervable. 

Firftj the order^ k is in the third place. 

Secondly, the fenfe iand nrieahing of the words. 

Thirdly , the fran;|e of the heart in putting up 
this Petition. ; : 

Firft 5 for the arder ^ the reafbn of it isj becaufe 
the two former make way for this third 5 he that 
glorifies God in all thiiigs, and hath his power fet up 
in hiin, he only doth what he commands 5 for natu- 
rally there is no al^lity in man to do the will o£God^ 
but when^he Spirit works within^thea we are able 
to frame our hearts to G^^ will: David was a man 

after Gi?^ own heart? and then he did his wilU this 
isthereafon pfthe order of the Petition. From 
the ground obferve two grounds of directions. 

Firft, he that thinks out of his own power to do 
Gods wiUj jtt h- impoflSbls he (houlddo it ? no^ he 
will never do i|t4-j , 

Secondly y we; mutt firft fubmit to the King- 
dome of Chrift^ before we can do his willjbe under 
the govenvnent of Gfb^ grace 5 and then go oa 
cheerfully. We fiiile before we have fubmitted 5 
we would be doing ^ but firfl Chrifi: muft do ter- 
lyble thills to the heart:> befotfeVX.>j^^d^Wd\^\v^^ 
Ab)PF\for the words. . w\^^t 



the Lords Prayer, 27 

; what if the will of God ? Sueft. 

It is the purpofe of the Abnighty touching die Anjw. 
accomplifliment of any thing 5 there is nothing 
done 5 but the L o R D doth it : Whatfoever is 
brought to paflcj that OoD wills in generally 
EpheJ.l. 

Hovp many kinds of mil are there ? or botto wani- ^u^a 
fold is the will of God. ^ ^"^ * 

It is two^fold V not in r^rd ofitfelfey but in Jnfvp. 
rcMrd of us. 

rirft, the revealed will of God. 

Secondly, the fecret will of God* 

What if the fecret will of God ^ Sl^efi. 

It is that fecret purpole he hath in himfelfe be- Anjw. 
fore all worlds, and hath not difcovered it to the 
creature, Ephef 1.9. Having made kponm unto us the 
mjjiery of his will according to his own goodpleajure 
wnich he hathpurpofed to himfelfe. The Go4>el was 
hid in the bofome of the Almighty^not obfervable 
by man or any creature under heaven , but now 
it i^ revealed 5 this is the fecret vnll of God which 
was hid in himfelfe before all worlds, i C^r. 2. 16. 
who hath k^own tlse mind of God ? The deep things 
of God none knowes but the Spirit of God 5 and as 
it is not made known, fo we have nothing to doe 
with it in this place. 

what is the revealed will of God .^- Sued. 

It is the purpofe of God that hee hath made AnCw^ 
known to usby his Word, and revealed to us in^ 
his v^orke^, whatever is done in heaven or earth is 
the will oiGod. I did not know God would deftcQT( 
Bohema and the Palatinate be£ote\^?csN Vvv, ^<x^ 



28 A hriefe Exfofition of 



the will here meant. I did not know of fuch a 
fiiends death before he dyedjand then we muft fayj, 
7hy mil be done. What ever God hath made known 
either by workes or words ^ that we pray to have 
done. , 
^^Ji* what is this doing of the will of God ^ 

Anjw. It eonfifts in, and implyes two things : 

Firftj that whatever God makes known to be his 
will ta bring upon us> we fhould willingly llibmit ' 
and yeeld unto it. If God would have me poore^ 
when it is done, we (hould approve of the accom- 
pliftiment ofG^^^will. It is the l»each of many 
commandements, that when God thwarts our de- 
fire, we are unwiHing it (hould be dc»ie i The wife 
is unwilling her husband (hould dye, andthehuf^ 
band that the wife (hould dye, never lofl: a man 
fiich a wife as 1 5 this isprofeflediy againft this peti- 
tion : We muft imitate that of the cood Prophet 
D^rwt/, Plal. 59, I held my tongue imdf aid nothing : 
Will the Lord have it not a woni more ? then his 
(pint yeelds prefently, takes the ftroke, doth not 
thwart the gobdwiUof the Lord, this is the pra- 

dxcxy^Dai^ido^lioH^^kf^h Ht is the Lord^ let him 
doe tphift he wHt : Nay, our bkfied Saviour him- 
felfe faith. Not 'wy rpilh ^ ihy mil he done. But 
this is the folly of our hearts 5 we take up Amies 
againft Gods will 5 God would have us to be poore 
c and we will be rich : This is not todoe the will of 

God : Though God force us to doe it, yet that is no 
thankes to us 5 Thus we finne defperatdy. 

Secondly , the heart is not only content with 
what Cod will-have us fuflfer, whether lofle of life-> 

friends^ 



the Lords Prayer. 




fnen(k> liberty, and the like, but there is another 
will muft bedoneby us ^ what Gad jeveales to be 
aduty, muft be difdiarged by us. If thei^ be a 
truth to be made known to us^ we mud acquaint 
our felve* with the wiD of the Lord^ and then with 
all dU^^enoe pra&ice k : Make my heait one with 
thine, that I m^ ever fearc thy Name : Let thy 
u^ be mine: Oh £ddhi the ibule^that I niigfat ever 
feare thy Name i this is to do the will of Cn^* We 
doe not iay, let it be fpoken of and oonlidefed of 
by me, but let it be done^ let it be accompUflbed by 
me r Wee muft not lift at it> andg^ve&a^ffood 
words, and talke, and leave it undone, but labour 
todocit. It is not enoi^h for ^ diikle to iay, I 
know whatmy &ther commands) but I nmftdoe 
what I lift. Such hearts cannot pray to expeft any 
thing at the hand of tjie Lord^ tiow and then to 
)6okataduty,8cc»/aadtofiiy, Iwoukiitwemfob^ 
will not (erve die tuma Awar wKh that fluggffibi' 
nefle, to wifli the will oE G^/were dctfie^ aira yet 
you win have your own wills. * 

To this preccjpt belongs, that we ihottkl fet on 
<)therstodx^6^i^pleaiuie» In vainedoe we wiih 
it to be done, and yet doe not prov«^ on others 
to doe it. pW, when Agrippsmd he was graphing 
together^ faith >^>7/>/^i/,diou haft perfwaded me ^ 
moft to be a Chriftian } not ^kjaalky faith Pan^L^ but 
I wodd have thee altogether as I am , except thdfe 
bonds : I would not have diee fettered as I am^but 
Miargedin heart to doe Gods will So that of jb- 
JIm, land my batde wllftrve tht Lard^ he thatnot 
60diy wne^cBU Godi w^ himiidUe, bat hkHkrs 



30 A hriefe Exfofition of 

Others^ that man doth not pray this petition arighto 
he that faith^ Thy will he done^ and in the mean time 
withdrawes others by his fecret allurements^ and 
feithj what ? (hould I be fuch a foole to be at other 
mens bow and beck to fit howling in a comer as 
thoudoft? No^nOjWellbeitJaiowntotheejthou 
that wilt ftot do God;? will here^ the Lord will have 
hiswilldoneon thefeonedaytothycdl: He that 
wiU not doe Gods will here^ God will fend Wm 
packing to Hell^ and there he will execute his will 
upon him whether he will or no.-^ 

How nmfi tPC doe the tpill of God^ wedoe wwand 
^ue(i. thenjiumble at a duty^ and now and then takf Hp a 
. fervice^ and we are neither whores nor theeves^ but 
yet we are now and then fecvijh and wayward^ d^c. is 
^ not thk enough ? 

AnCw. ^^5 ^^'^ y^^ mxiSk doe it in earth as it is in Hea- 

^ * ven5 notnow to be fomething, and then to be no- 
thing 5 now a Sakit^ and then a Oevill f but you 
mu(l doe the will of God as it is in Heaven. 

But can a man doe the will of God on earthy as the 
^^fi^ blejfed Angels doe it in Heaven / 

A man cannot doe it in that meafiire the Angels 
Anfw* doe it : but we may doe it as they doe^ and per- . 
forme equall obedience with them^ though not in 
quantity^yet in quality : A childe followes the fo- 
ther^ though it cannot run fo faft as the father : A 
Scholler may imitate the copie, and write after itj 
though not write {o feft and well .: So the fervants 
of the Lord cannot doe the will of God here fo^in 
that mealijre that the Angels doe it in Heaveni, 
but in quality like them ; Let their obedience be 

our 



the:LordsVra)/er.. 31 



our pattera, aot ia the meafure^ but in the manner 

of it. 

In what things muji it be dsne^ and h(m> can wee ^ejh. 
exprejje any aStion iik^ theirs^ 

This refemblance is in foure particulars* Anfvp. 

Firft) they doe it readily^ they^ are preft^ and rea- 
dy at hand to doe the good wiU of the Lord upon 
alloccafionss they doc not withdraw themfelve% 
but prefendy upon every occafion doe what the 
Lord requires. We rcad^ Job i. that the Ibnnes of 
Cod appeared before him^ they are ever in his ii^ht 
to g^ve attendance upon him^ as the handmaid is 
ever at the hand of her Miftris : So that oilfaiah^ 
the Text faith:) they cover their faces before the 
Mercy Seat 5 they cover their feces in token of aw- 
fidnefle and reverence ^ and cry Holy^ Holy. They 
arc ever before him as a dutifoll fervant is ever xt 
his Matters beck. They are at h^d in this: readinesi 
of theirs to doe the will of the Lord 5 we fhouki 
^imitate them^ to be ever prepared and at hand to 
do^ the wiU oiGodh not to. have our affeftions 
ftragling) b^t >Hith 4H4mas wemv^ 1^% Here X^rc^ 

(houkl be with jthe foule 5 the Lord faith, you muft 
not have tl^i^ finne^ and that corn^ption^ we muft 
replypTi&jf i^ff^ie^ioJ^^^L QRiftS, we milftiiotrfaytas 
mfes wW the l^rid cSQWnwoded hi^ to^qe to 
fharaph^ faith he,; Who am IJjord / Jlmdamtfjtr: ^ ^^^' ^* 
N05 it flioxild not fee thus with u% wee (hould be 

vantheareth^Jt^r^, Goortlo.Fai^i f^ithjthe Lord to 

'^ E ulna- 



32 A hrtefe Expofition of 



Ananias ^and he vcent though he had been a perfecntor. 
Conti arivvifcj JonaJj will goe to Tarjhijh rather then 
to Nmeve .-We (hould not doe thu?^ but as the An- 
gcl?5 and as Cornelius^whcn he fent for Pet&^ A&s 
I o. laith he^ 1a>e are all here before thee to tak^ notice 
ofvphatfoever it Jfjall pleafe God to reveale to us by 
thee. Let our Lmiips be fight and prepared^ that 
whether the Bridegroome come at midnight^ or at 
any other time^ afi may be in ifcadineflfe at a pufh, 
that we may goe when the Lord calls 3 when the 
Lord (aithjhere is a finne to be forrowed for 5 here 
Lord, faith the foule.We muft not let God ftay for 
u^^, nor bee haled as a Beare to the ftake in any 
duty : No, but Wemuft attend the will of Gi^i^nei- 
ther muft we ftout it out, I will be wicked, and! 
will walk in my owne way, &c. fo you may, 
and periftip and fo you may and be damned, andfgo 
to Hell too when ydu Have done. It is nothing 
what a man hales out whether he will or no, that 
is nothing. This is not to doe the will oiGod as it 
is in Heaven, but wee muft alwayesbe fitted and 
jfeady to doe Whkt G^/s? requires. 'Kit Angels' came 
before C^^^j and the Text lidthjtte peyillby force 
foil fore againft his wiBl came alfo^: So wicked men 
dare not but leave fome finnes^ but it is perforce, 
they are* either <x*nftitiiii'd to k by the LaWes of 
meri,:or by thefeontour ofoonfiMnd*, jto the like, 
not with r^y cheerfttlnefle and willingndTe. But 
we (hould have our Lamps lights 

Secondlyi the A^igdscbe^the ^11 of thcL o R D 
fpeedily, tney are riot delaying, btst are willing and 



the Lords Prayer, 33 



preftinthepcrfonnanoes ofC^^if will. Uthjc Lord 
doe but bcdta diey are gone- The Angels arc faid ''» '■ 
to have divers wings, tome to cover their £ice, in 
tokenofhunulity; feme tp,a>ver their feet, to 
fhew thpir prellaieflejaiKj; readinefie to doe the will 
o^Gatly andwim.?!! fpeed apdhafte to doe what 
God at any time fliall enjoyn and awimand. Thus 
wefliouIddoitasthCTdoes wpe muft fliake off all 
Kngring ^ ftiffpnpfl^ of {^nt when we fee Ceds 
wififbovUdtjijiedone^and tlcctGWrojuitesit-: But 
naturally we are marvdoufly lazie in our chriftian 
courfe. Whenamancome^asaBearetothefhtkc, 
is that to doe the will of pur heavenly Father as the 
Angels doe ? doe they thus? No^nprweeihould 
not, if we doe itorignt;: "We uiv^ imitate that of 
Davidi hewill'pKt^thfi'Lord withhisbeft abili- 
ticSi, and r»n the n:jyifSiQj Cods Cffmwi^ndffientf, thus ^^^ ^^ 
flioiitd we docjtnake lwl1"e and delay not. As when 
the Prophet £/-_/&' fcnt hisfervant p^ft-haftetothJe 
won;ans fonne, he bade him, y^/wf c «c jw^w, make 
no Itay by the way. This maryelloqs carelhould 
beinus; weihquJd^rayiftM^qurlives* andinnon 
inaChriftiaii courfqfproujtjivesi notttSe, but 
go with all fpeed till ,yire cpnt^e to our journeys ends 
not i/u^tbly, as if a man cared not whether he, did 
it or ni\[but a pian .(hoijld prsy forhis life. If pro- 
fit or plcarure.wouidfc t^mperbg withur, falute 
then;i notjwcfhouldtakeupiourrefoilutionsto re- 
ject them, !f honour or profit would be hanging 
aboutu jfUng them, o;^'^., let us npt iregajd them^but 
ridc'pc^t-hiilie. When pur Savkiut fecvX^SR^i^- 

E 2 CV^^'S. 



^^ • A briefe ExfojiHoii of 



dplcs to preachj lie bdde them cany neither fcrip 
not ftafFc to hinder them in their courfe. When 
rdtd was converted^ the Text (aith, he never con- 
fulted with flefh and Woud 5 he advifed not with 
camall reafoningSp btitwhiit 6f(^^ cbmmands, hee 
did: So'^&iGod calfeferdtrty^ we Ihoiild not 
reafon with profit^ pleafiires and honoprsj to pull 
off our caps^ and alke them leave to take up this 
iduty and thefe performances; ' If the holy ApofUe 
had ckme this^it would have hindered him ; fcut he 
confulted not with fldh and blond : So we fhould 
do what ever Cod commands : It matters not what 
men would have of u?5 bat let ushaveaii eye to 
Ofiwtrccniimand.v 

Thirdly^ the Angels in Heaven doe the will of 
God faithfallyj and their fitithfiilhefle is in this^ that 
. theyperforme the whole wiHtrfG^^/ They faile 
not^ but doe it to^a haires breadth. 1 |fe is a faithfoU 
fervant thit doth his Mafters wiH and command 
fally^ fo fhould a Saint doe: Now feithfulnefle 
appcares in two things : 

Fifftj we muft<k)e it dl as tihey'dtic/ 

Secofidly, we muft do it in the ri^ht manner^ not 
only the things but in the right manner God re- 
quires it; 

TWs is feithfulneflfe : The Angels doe not ac- 
oomplifh what mefla^e they will, but God fets it 
down 5 and his good pleafurc takes place , TfaU 
104. They fulfill the good pleaforeof the Lord? 
they fbrt not at any fervice , no croflenefle they 
/2aijdat3G^rfcommauds:>t\»jdc^ becaule 



the Lords Prayer. 3 5 



Jie commands it, S<)kojighttobe with the hearts 
of the peof)le of the L o R D ^ we miift not *pick and 
chufe, and do it in an agiiifti fit ^ when we lift. It is 
faid of Vavid^ he did all the wiU of God^ a man af- 
ter G o D s t>wn heart. It was the charge Mary gave^ 
n>hateverhe bids ^4o it. It \% fufficient GoD com- 
mandsj thmigh it be tedious ^ the Angels care not 
though all the Divels in hdl rage : fo the Saints of 
GoDihotalddo; be it tedidtiSj that (Wis not ^ our 
caremuftbe, thatwelnayfinifh our courfe with 
comfort. ASamt dloth not pick& chufe^but fears eve- 
ry fin^Sc takes up every duty^if all the Divels in hell 
oppc^^yetthe people of God will do his will. 
The Text faith^ that Cakb MAJcfima followed God 
folly in the day of Mdcabt and Meriha in times of 
trouble; there is an Angel -like Spirit^togo thorow- 
ftitch with the work ; thou^ father arid mother 
wtre againftthemj yet they wtndd goon. Thecon- 
trary was the fin or 49^ri^»" 5 which GoD reproves 
fearply h I ^^^ ^<>^ found thy iparke full. Tis 
not enough to do fome of GoDS WiU^ but we 
tnufldo it dlj or elfe the Lo r D regards not. The 
Divell will do Wjell fomtimes for his own ends , if 
he be pleafed 5 but that is nothings thou muft do 
Gods will^ pleafed or npt pleafed ^ or elfe thou 
haft a (atanicall fpirit 5 weffiuft not fay ^ the daies 
aretroublefomej>&c. but go thorow-ftitch with it 
as the Angels do. 

Thirdly, as we muft do the will of God, fowe 
muft do it after the right manner, as God requires 5 
thus Abraham did, when he was commanded to go 




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offer his Son Jfaac^ he went early in the mornings 
as God requir^. If he had been to offer an Oxc, it 
had been nothing, but Abraham muft offer his only- 
Son ifaacy the Son of the promife, and he muft be 
the Sacrifice* So>^r us not to be dmnk^and to com- 
mit butragious fins, that all the Crowes cry out of j 
thats nothing 5 but thy fccret lufts, thy beloved ifa- 
/icsy they muft be (acrificed and abandoned ^ elfe 
thou doft no more then the DevilL Thus thou 
qiuftdo the will of God, not as thou wSt> to €m^ 
ftifie half a Sabbath , but on Gods terms, or elfe it 
is nothing. 

Fourfnly,the Angekdo the will of G^flfconftant- 
lyvwhere they were they ^teMat* 1 8. Tbef art daily 
before ihefltce ofGod^fhe^ hold out andperfevere to do 
Gods will. Thijj (hould oe our pradife , though we 
,^»np}:do it in that manner, and fo much as they, 
5(et ep4fayjQur SotMififHpfUfe tq f Z*^ ^e/rrt,(feith tl>e 
Text, ) and what dien .f* Iwil/gi've you' the Crowne 
of life. Qu r reward fliall be for ever , let our labour 
te,(Q,jhol4^tov«:wi|:hcohft:ancie'; A Saint ihould 
bqi^uif-Zquare, the fame for ever; rhe iruits of 
rigntcoufpefle are according to the pc^it:, of the 
yeare,fpringand harveftjautunme and winter; and 
thp firft fruits, is fatncfle, not to, tall, back, to be good 
in good company vfith prokflor^ protciie; and 
with fwearerf, cui fe 5 and wirh diui^kard?, be drun- 
kards ; and with Divel?, be Dive!- h the blefled An- 
gels do not thus : the Lord commends the good 
fteward, Happjejhalltkitjeruntbc^ that when his 
MaJierJJ:allcowe^JI:aUjindefo doing. When the Lord 

• (haU 



the Lords Prayer. 3 7 

fliallcome and finde a Saint perfevere tothe end, he 

(hall be blefledindeed : the Angels will out-bid m 

in the meafure of performances of Gods will , but 

yet we (bould be fpeedy, and readie, and faithfiill, 

and x^nftant as they : our hea^rts are holy in upright-^ 

ocfle, although not in that meafure of exaftnefle^ 

as theirs are. 

If hat is the frMie lof the heart in putting up thif ^eft. 

Petition^ 

It appears in two things*. . Anfip. 

Firft, it is willing to do it it felfr ^ 

Secondly, it is willing, and defires to helpand ftii: 
up others 3 to the utnwft of its power , to do the 
will oF God. ' 

Firft 5 the foul ought to be forward to Idiow the 
will of God,,and to labour to do it it felf^^and this ap^ 
p^arsin fbure particulars, i 

Fiift J the heart is willing t^ih| die will of God 
in laying down its own will, Co fer as it may be a 
hinderance from doing Gods will , for oftentimes 
our will and the will of G<?fi/ are contrary: there is 
naturaUy aibar4ytouglujcfle that lifts up it felf 
above the L o ». j), thi$ muJft be removed ^ Not my 
vpill^ (faith our Saviour) but thy miU be done. If our 
will and G^^/ will cannot fland , we muft lay down 
ours5 but fometimes we (ay defperatlyjCas they did) 
WewiUwalkSnourotpnvoaies^c. and roe will have 
a King as other Nations , we will have our bafc lufis 
tofwayandruleus. But fo long as this is in us we 
cannot do the will of the Lord, we cannot fcrve 
two matters/ I came not (faith our Saviour) to do 

my 



1 



^8 A briefe Exfojition of 



my oxen roiU^ hut my fathers that fent me. It is often 
times with our will- and the will of G o p^ as 
with two buckets 5 the letting down of one is the 
lifting up of the other 5 nnd the lifting up of the 
other is the letting down of that 5 fo when we let 
down our own willfj we lift up Gocls'-^ but the lift- 
ing up of our own wills^ is the letting down of the 
good will of the Lord. Now the caufe why we ftick 
in fervicejand cannot come ofF^is becaufe we would 
have our pleafuresj we would be this and that 5 (b 
that the will of God is juftled againft the wall , and 
fliut out of doores ; but let this diftemper becruili't;> 
and then the will of God will take plkce. When we 
have done this, then we muft repaire to the Lord to 
know what his pleaftire is, take his Warrant before 
wefetupon the works oonfcionable attendance of 
Gods will Ihould be the root and (pring of all our 
adtionf^ not to gofwkhdut it, but to have our fpirits 
carried by it. This is as a Mafter-comptroler that 
fwayes the ballance, and beares all before him. TeH 
me not, I cannot do it ft)r my liberties fake,&c. Buti 
I have no Warrant of Gods will 5 uiJefle the good 
\yrill of thei^irf go before me, I dare db. nothings 
Efh. 5. 10. 1 1 . Vrm)ing vohat is" acceptable to tbe.Lor^ 
As a Gold-finith laies the gold to the touch-ffone, 
fo prove yoijr (Hves, and find out vyhat is aocepta- 
ble to the Lord. Inthetimeof the ol4 Law they 
put on the linnen Ephod,and went to inquire of the 
Loud whether the men oSKedar wovild come uK 
fo fliould we come to the L o r D,(that is the touch- 
ftooe) ami fee what the L o a D will have us to dO) 

and 



itmim 



the Lor d^ Prayer. 39 



and notto go to a oompatiy of camall Counfellors^ 
to confult with honour , eaie, wife and fiunily^Sco 
whether ihaQ I fv&x: ? (aith the foul ^ faith honaur> 
if youdothus^Iamlaidtntheduft^ faith eafeand 
profit 9 . for my part) if you take tlm courfe , lam 
utterly imdone ^ loft 5 then iaith the (bul, if it be 
thus,! will not doit 9 let^ finke and fwim: thus 
they do not Go D s will, bat their owne s but they 
that do the will of G od^ let them inquire what his 
will is. Let honour, and profit, and esue, and world 
and all lay what it will,but they wil do the L o r D s 
wil},wemufl:notmafleroonicience (ps it was the 
fpeech of a wicked wretdi^) one of his ccmipanions 
being in horror of confqenjDeJbe bade him mafter it 
as he did, for before that he could never live quiet* 
ly , but now be was not at all troubled with it. Ma- 
ftering of confdence, in Englifh, is jfearing of con- 
iaence, biit tNt.mtiftmafter ypu$ and le^ you to 
the performance of duty. 

ThiitUy , whdn this will of G o D is i-evealed, 
we muft y&MtQ V^ jyitbout apy quarrelling againft 
k^orqud^Qnmgpiit^.butl^the foul be deliver- 
ed upto t^ will of. Go p, aa David faithj/r/ my mil 
he done tf>ifh thiii^ i when the L o K D calK, feek^ my 
facey}^fb9^PQ^^ 2, 1 9, 

we fhoiild bepi*pare4 ^ theL o rd/o to have our 
afie&iopsfirik«astheI.oKX>rets them^ and then 
we (houldjhav^ hearts like God, then we ihould 
:dohis willaiic^tj) ithen would it be in our hearts 
to do the wiu qf the L. o ,K p , as DavfJ {k\th^ 
Ppd. 40. . 

F Fourth- 



I . I - I I II ' ' 



40 A- hmf^EpcfofipAn 



refolution ttygaonAv«hthat<M^ 
G o D hatli itviealed to Us,and[ liai^ 120^ 
ms, fothattheioul (hould ISiv, not my wH^ hxst 
M^e mc a heart tliat miijdomv VfrSS^^^ ftoiddi 
nave a cottfbtnt iefoliidKk to jBDon, tiot' to<k> it hf 
fits and (bits^ but as tlk-Apcmle ^^FigBt thtg^ikl 
fight dffaith^ and lay hdit(^^ternMUtift. And ex* 
ceptaman bavethk) he^piaye|^ not liib Pi^ntioii 
ki^tj but^rkof hypocrifie? itte wffl he 

fccks^not the will of Ac L OK D. 

Now werauftccHne to the (econd tUs^ i hs we 
(hould do the wffliof Goi>€Mxr iefvies^ fa\i« ^boniid 
Riirther on other?;, and that appears m two par- 

ticuTars. 

Firftj we fiicdkl lurther on others m tine dtf- 

chargepfduty. ^ • - » i^ : 

' SecofM%9 we fiiouJkl)ome fides w^^ 
performing of duty. 

Firftj tor thefiift, wemuftfuither onckhers 
%at is a pregnantflace^ Ife^. Id. jPH^ii#% 4w ;r»iw 
tkerfehv^ andgo0dim'kf\> Weinufli»ot6riy ftaed 
by and lodlion others, hot t^rbvoke :»& ^^ on 
others, to ftir \^ theni to do the wffl^of the Lo R D^ 
iCar. ^. §. iheLoR]!Mhieie.t36ni[meh^^ facy 
catife they ^ve good example t& their fe^hi^m It 
iishgood to have a ftirrii^ heait. Satan fets <Mi5>diers 
to fin 5 , ^ link leaven leavem the tph0k limfiA man 
ujfeth not to be drvmk alone, but todtftw on otbets 
with him. If Safeaii and hii inOiruments be ibi. how 
much more ought we to do the cox&x^iT^'i'tW^ k 



the Lords Pr^tjier. 41 

hot a Auty thtt more j^motcs Gods glory thai 
this: wickedmen^asinfe^iDusperfons, labour to 
infcGt ot^rs i (b ihould we be fervrard to help 
o^en. Thefcbeas Stewards, they provoke their 
gUow-fcfvai^s, gi) abont rcpritviiK, exhortit^onc 
another. Thiis a Oiriffian fnouldfet on every man, 
Midfpurreonothcrstodo the will of GoD, not 
onJytoCdcetiLe^r^orirfdyts, but eall on others. 

ioit. ■'.■■■.;■, . ' '' 

Secondly , we flbould laboor to joine fides with 
them to do God swill. It was the praftice of the 
Scribes arA Pharifees to lay heavy loads and bur- 
then? upoiLOt^er?, but not iHr. them themfelyes ; 
but welbottd }dne M£s>' laad teod'^ hdpin^Iuind, 
in the perfomunce of duty. When a Cart is at a 
fe^^itisn9jtj^npygJifoi;ajnMi.^p^^d l^ andfay, 
i wdi^d It iwpi^'ov\ta 5?;q, aiid jjet.pevef ,lend a help- 
inghanldj WheiiHuft)pine.\vith others to help it 
out 3 and if one teame wiD riot do k out ^ oaant>- 
thcr to it.5 foiyhen tmic ofj'-trouljjes .cotnes^ we 
flio^dbe at tlicC^nhons mouthat adcadliffiwhea 
another is xKft able jp get putj by reafpn of ttmpta- 
tion,thei:iwemuftjoinfi^Kwiththem,8cprayaQd ' 
mourn with Aah; Zac. 1. 1 ?. tetur gp to the Hffitje t^ 
theLord,(jf-a>erpil^o alfo.So itisnot ei^oughtopro- 
fcfle our (elves Gods fervant^ but we muft jway 
alfo for other?, and luffer alfoj if neceflky requiu^sj 
as it was £)(«z'>fi^/ fpcech, pfjj. -^Z. Let, ^ pram- tht 
X^or^togcther-^at a.lift. ^Ojif w^ Mfpiiija dp!G 0,I>| 
wtD) it is Gods wills as to pijy 6ur Iplyes j' Co we 
Ihoiild fay to othersj let us prAy andftvi.i^XKyg^'ix^ 
F5 ^Ees&. 



4^ AkriefeExpoJmonof 



^ w ** 



that the will.of G o D may be done Jt is not enougli 
to with that G o p s will might be done , and wc 
{hnd by with our hands in our pockets^ anddo not 
provoke on others ^ and lay reproaches on them> 
what^you pray?&c. This heait is profefl^dly againft 
the will of God 5 thefe are fbrennen ixx the Devils 
fhops^ and fchollers of the higheft forme in . Satans 
fchoole 5 butjif wcdefire to have G o D s^will done^ 
let us fet to our (houlders to the burthen , and help 
others. Thus much for the third Petition* Tfyw/u 
bedoncy^c^ 






Give us this day our daily hrudy 




'E come now to the other 
onsi and they cohcem our felves tneer- 
ly. The firft is concerning the things of this life. 
And the other is concerning fpiritualT ^ifis j^ and it 
confifts partly in juftificatidn) mA partly in fan^- 
fication. ' 
n 'Butfirfifar the ordtr^ why do wt beg for the things 
^Jr* of thhlife before (biritudU $»emes ^ our bodily biread 
j^fj^ oefore imrfiiritnau/ . , ^'^^^ 
^ * Becaufe ih nature a main inuft havit aii outward' 
being before we have a better. This lifeis the time 
of our trading, and after this life there is no grace to 
be had. Therefore we muft have this life before we 
can live everkftingly with Go p herejrfter $ no man 
can get God by the means that doth not five^ 

thfere 



tbe.Lords Tracer. 45 



thei'efore though the other be more neceflary, yet 
a man, except ne have this, he cannot have the o^ 
ther, that living here bodily, we may hve fpiritu* 
ally hereafter. 

Wowfor the fcnfe of the words. 

Firft, what b pieant by giving ? 

Secondly , what is meant by bread with all 
the circumftances , daily bread , and our daily, 
bread? &c. 

Firft, for the word giving implyes g. thin^ : 

Firfl:, that the Lord out <^ his goodneue and 
wife bounty would provide what may be profita* 
blefbrus, and which we (land in needot ^ in a 
word,what we want he would (upjrfy. 

Secondly, that he would prelerve and continue 
the(e good things that he hath beftowed upon us^ 
that he would graooufly continue that lot and porr 
ti<m unto us, Fjal. 1 6. than maintainefi n§y lot : the 
Lord doth not onely give patrimony to his chU^ 
dren , but preferves and continues that which 19 
needfiiU for them to them. 

Thirdly, that the Lord would be {^leafed to fend 
in the fweet of his bleffing upon aU the bkffings 
and mercies he hath been pleafed to beftow cm us. 
The blelQSbg of the Lord is the ibife of bread. It 
is not enough to have thefe thii^ : for,bread may 
choake us, the hou(es we inhabit may fin upon 
our heads, if they be not blefied to us« The cove- 
tous man is as if ne had nothing, if the Lord let in 
but a fecret curfe and veine of vengeance into his 
foiile. A man may have many outward>bleifings j 

F 3 and 



A^ A briefe 



t^mfm-^^''*^ 



and yet hare all the fwect tooke from hims yesy 
manr times all that a man hath may be a torment 
to him } thcLord can take ofTall the fweet ^ thoe^ 
fore we pray and intreat that the lord wcHild gjvo 
us the (weet of them, that they may be comfaita« 
ble to US5 as they arc in thcmfelvcsi that the Lord 
would give all^blefle all, and preferve all<^d feiifti- 
fie all to us:^that they may be all to us as they are in | 
themfdves. 
^5. n what n mcanthy bread i 

"^IJ Undcrthiswora bread are indudcd all neceffii^ 
^^ * helps and comforts of this lifej whatever cohoernes^ 
our lives>' good name, eOate \ all things bdbii^^ 
to thefc is bread. 
Reafon. Becaufe bread is the ftafie of life, moft clpeddiy 
vrfefiiU for lifts other things are necefEtry^but .wee 
cannot be without this bread. TherefbtetheJLor^l 
pats a part for the whol^^ and therefore fte pwr^i 
that the Lokd would give, and contimie^ and 
bldSe aH things , that are neceflary for us a un- 
to us. 
S'Hefi. Whatl^ndsofln'eadtmjiftbe? ' 

^Anlw* Our breads nM that wee can procure or por- 

^ chafe it, but the word, 0»r,impIyes two thing?: 

Eirfl, that wee may have a right and tnh^ to aB 
thefe thim^ in Chrift, that we may have a tenureof 
them. Forall thefe things are not the wicked mam 
poperly,*heufurps them, and he (hall an(wer for ! 
them s he (its at a- rack-rent, he (hall be plagi^^ 
for tliem. Now we pray that they may be our. 
fe-fttajlei not that we muft py for themj^but that j 

we 



i.. 



yHaft<MMft**MHaMM«MMta.«MMM.MMMtaMB^BH 



thiL&dlPfWj^er.- 45 



pwje iwayliaKre^tfee «^t mid tenu« of th^m^ that 
I We may daime tliem in Chriftj tfcat we may not an- 
l^iWer for them^ but that they may be ours. 

SeooncUys they may be ours m wayof poficie 

Jfettwecn man and mianf^that we may not have thetn 

)liy violettcc5 not to have another mans riches and 

Thonour^ but that we may have a pcJkick right: this 

' a wicked man may have by a {x^itick ri^ht^ to have 

' k by the fweat or ttur bwwesj now rius we crarre 

alfo. Now the difference between the politicke 

right of a natuKtU man and fpirituall man is this^ 

the Lord doth oncly Leafe out by his politick ri^ 

theife things to the widced, bat they fitat a radc- 

rent: But they are not lb to the godly, dieyhave 

them for thew fee-fimple by a politick right be^ 

twecn man and inan. Both thefewayes we beg 

^Sdmt they maybe out$i diaSt they may be ours in 

; <3irifli and that we may have our owne, not othets 
1 10 phickit frbm otheis, but thatit may be ours by 
I ourlabwirp meanes^patrimonyj 8cc. 

What ff meant hyddity? ^^• 

The word in ti^ Or^naJl fignifies fiiperfuWbn- ^^J^' 
tM breadji that is, we crave all thefe things aid the 
light and title to thc;rti. And for the meaftirea not 
'baifely fb mticth fopd find dothes as wti keep the life 
and rauile together, and no more, but that we mw 
have to onr lawful delight, and, as one fpoke^ fo 
much as will keep even at the yeers end,aii^ a knot 
^ the end to our lawfiill fodcty. 

WhythhdayJ ^^a 

It imfttyes three thmgs : jf^lL 

Fkft^ ^ • 



4^ A briefe Expojition of 



Firft, it implyes a daily ueed of fuccour that 
wee have from the Lord : wc doc not (ay^ g^ 
us this mofeh or this quarter, but give us this 
day ^ as whb (hould (ay, wee (land in need of a 
daily (iiccour from the Loid. The Lord would) 
Luk. z2. 19. not have a Chiillian have too much, that he midn 
be fecure as the rich man in the Go(pell , Sim^\ 
take thine eafe^ &c. But the Lord would havetiifil 
come for our breakrfa(l , dinner, fupper, and aO I 
friomhim. 

Secondly, it (hewes a man mud: be content with^ 
his allowiance 5 his defire (hould not be catcbiiw 
after future thing?,we beg not for our monthlyana 
quarterly bread, but daily bread, enoo^ for the; 
prefenttimc. 

Thirdly, it implies, that wee mufl: pray for this 
daily brea<^ every day : A man mu(i he aaily beg- 
ging of the Lord. This is the meanii^ cithif day. 
Gamer then up all, and the fumme retumes to thus 
much 5 we in this Petition befeech the Lord^ that 
all good things that concern life, good name ^ or 
food, may be ftipplyed to Uf, and that we may ha^e 
a fpirituall right to them in Chrifl^, and a pcmticke 
light to them betwieen,manandman, thatweanajr 
have more then bardy enough, not to Wfingfiitni 
others, to be content with the leaft pittance, and 

^eji. daily and continually to beg for the(e thrngs^c 
want and (tand in need o£ 

Anfw. If 'hut is the Jra^ue of the hearty m putting up thft 

Petition ^ 

J t aj)pt ares in three ^^ttvcxAax^ : 




^rih 



■V r 



ihel^dsPrdyet. 47 



Firfli) a mans caitfuU painfulnefTe in his courfe 
and calW Qod call$ him to and fets him in. 

Secon(fly->ah humble dcpendance on O o D. 
^ Thirdly, a quiet coiit^tednefle with what Qod 

^Upwes* :-; 

. For thefiift: hemuftbe painfully no msa can 
fay,. Give jne thisf d^ my daily bread, unlefle he be 
painHili in his place 3 ; if we exped any thing other-^ 
vn£cp \t K a XQopi^ng pf jGod^ Wc muft te &ith* 
ifioU ^iT^i^aiiii^. in pax places * if wee expe^ any 
things faoIta^f,gpod^ labour not 

fo^it,wedo^;npt piay aright : it was the command 
Cqd ganje, C^. §.; ^ ^hfmat pfthy br^voes jhah 
thim eaie th^^ life* There is 

no oilowancei ipr.idl€sie0e and carelefiielie 5 the 
L o k p fets :4^4eM to t^ (b that if we 

wiU W/e^ant[sljii;^5iPe<:e^ IW5 yf^tfiX}^]^'' 

bc^r&ritvj^^ 

but God^^ makes ricl^ygutwitt iay 6 Jtis true, yet it 
isWadiligeincJu^ 

win h%ve ]fe»:^^ ^.^.'^l^oofeas it is jvith a man 
that hath p^miifdamanlp.mucb, and fb much, 
at ftdia tinjeaflidrat iuch.a t^ne, 8c at fuch a plac^ 
JbP wiircwRefp/>^ not 

f<^ it,%lpl«h.itj^ ;EY€n-fo |ti> here 5 the L o r n 
Jpromi^tJ& {^cctakfQom 5 the; Lord will 

riyeiliq P.lqwghrnim JPkmgh^theTradefmwx 

& ^M;T5?^i ?^e/§^^^ and /except 

we Ije. J^fi^ i^Lpw gjaa^^ nothing*' 

T¥:^?T^Jsves u^ wir.daa^^ We wallte 



mmmmit 



4S 



A. briefe Escfofitim of 



mth him : So that a man hinders bimfelfe mcnre by f 
idlenefle then he profits himfelfe by prayer wtdiout) 
diligence. 

secondly, the foule muft have dependanee upon^ 
Cod, when it hath done what it can. Itmnftlodki 
for a breathing on them* A man Jhoiild be fp paiiv- 
fiill in the ufe of the meanes, » thou^ they ccmM' 
doe all, and yet fo depend upon Ood a^boVe aHi 
meaner, as thouj^ all oiltwsu^ meanes could not^ 
doe any good without th^Lofd. Wee xnuft not 
catch it out of Gods hands, but look tio Qod in the 
way he hath chalked out before US', atidtlien ex* 
pcd of him M^hat we want.^ It is the J-«rd tbit 
gives a maaiuhiVance. H^fvjthf H9ft& rifijtarh intht> 
pi0rftinf^^ mdgot t& bed fa0&^ and tatt iha (read of 
^^>27.i,*-. carefidnejfe-^exceft fheUrdUejffedlfy aUirH^vmr^ . 
Let m look therefore to him for alt ^ftatnd in 
jiced of. It is the phrafe of the Wife tnan^ TAc ^ 
blejfhg of the L^rd makfth rkh^ It h ndt poKcic i 
and cran; and outward meanes that niake ridh» 
but tlie Wcffing 6f the Lord, from that eitpeft aH : 
though the Plow-man plow, thot^h the Gardi- 
ner manure^and cut,and pmne,yet nothing thrives 
unlefle the dew of Heaven feUs : So it K herein 
our courfe, all our labour^ painei$,mieaaes ind cofl^ 
though it be much and great,yet it will not tJnrive, 
unlefle the Lord blefle. The Spirit of die Lo«JH 
moved on the waters ; Let us therefore look to < 
bi$ Ueffings upon ^. A SchoHer may hbour 9Xia\ 
take much pained, and yet (IiaU never attainc his. 
md3 either he flial} not We it at aS 3 orifhe doe^ 



VL 



^tmpnpr^^mmmmmmmmi^^i'miit . m.wi \ >*^-«^r« 



tbtLffritPrtt^tr. 49 



^^ 



it ifaall be as Vfitihs Letter, choake him «t the 
hSiz So that c K C f t w e d depeftdl onOol, all la- 
boor andpaioes is nodMi^. 
Tfaiidi|f,the>e maft be a <|cntt oonteim^iie^to be 
oeatentuHteh what <kKl beftow*es.aAd we receives 
eUe W9 cvdie our ((Ives, wectavefbr Iwead, and 
^ win h»f e «4ttt we lift. We doe not pray lor ^yst" 
tietMtdcofl&M&ofa^rell, butfort^ead, that, 
pittitttce die LoidilKkS be ^iiakA to be(W tip<n 
;4is: Now if fiod»ag btit daintier and curiofities 
Will iertreiis, it b iii<(M«then the Lord allower, 
and we cMKExpeft to be bellowed upon us. If we 
im^ineit add^ildath wee muftnotlooke to the 
<|U«ntity, «otfora«itiMith^4MF^x^artef, but gpe to 
<uie Lof^^ to a itta^^*^ let him diQ)ore it, or 
«1^ wee begoii^ thing luiddefire another 5 the 
htstdi wlBbe^4^titettt^^ifre^l»e^ni>t )»eiiHe» 
not to cocker us, but<6giVefe Wttttweftittdtn 
needo£ ThatofHdfgrfrfliouldbeourprayerjCr/^/e 
metfot*fi0/M»ch»kfi. I h ^Wi ««w '<» tfctfe" /e/Z / « ,^ 

..coftvement. It. is better, to be at Oods allowfance 
;thett<mi> o^il^ie. A tffllde happBy would have a 
coat fbure (m: five yards too long, and totire him, 

<>f fire td bttittelitei 5 1^ 

toolof^ ti* tyfdljhn. o^^te i<^ birrrie Hin). So 

out-run our portions too beyond oaf heed, fe is 

with us as , it is with dyets, "fieke ti^en worfdhaVe 

bfet Hirlnesi, «hd fi^ Aeatesi iandeateex^^dliTply^ 

^btit-th^ Fhj^ftto otdtr^ all Vvvs ^•^b:',5K>i*i$.V^^ 



■Mwa 



50 AhriefeiExfofii 



(hould have his 611$ it WQidd killhim. -Aiullboidy 
iind afviil ftpmaqk .would ii»n^fethe:Kumi^l^ 
the Lord is a marvelous ^kil&dl Hlyfitian^ we have- 
proud hearts and wpuld have dainties 5 ?nd if wc 
Sk^vXd have ; ^i<;ilQ^7AS we woaitfd^ Qodil»»dd iofe 
hishpnouf which now. he h^tix ky^\kb»mg. kept 
under hatches i thefef0#t t;he Jj*ord dy€t$ as. Di- 
vers creatures aire k^pt. in divers things 5 Chcrnes 
^re kept in Sugar^ jxi(;£<8qfe»is ktept ^ 
and not in fugar, for pthefwife it would (tinke. 
Nothing womd ferve ftane if the Loniihould not. 
dyet them 5 but they would be as pipud and as 
fa^c^ as ever they could 3 theiefore iheLoniis 
pompeUed to dyet them : Thus we ihoddbe oon^ 
tent with the leaft pittance that the. Lord fees ^f^t- • 
thig for wso and he that is thus^ the Lord wiU give 
him enoi^ for his baitesio this pi^iifl^ And 
thus much for this Petition^ 

And forgive us ourtrejfaffes:, ^c: 

■ • , ■ • r r .. ' "i ' :.'(■; ■;■...-■"'.■ ". : . * ■ . . ■ ■ "."■ ■ 

^^pHis is theiifth Petition touchii^ the good of 
X nmn, ; 

There are diree Petitions CQ(^^ 
three concerning usb this fife and a better 5 the firft 
we have handledi and thofe that concern our ^i- 
rituall being follow : 

Firil^fpr the order. 

Seoondlyj the fcnfe knd meaning.c^the wprds. 

Thirdly^ the frame. of the iieart in puttipg up 
this Petition. Firft, 



i« ■ iIBV 



— '■ ■ ' I ■■ " ■■■ — I I . I. ■ I 

Firft ^- for the ordci^ why it is thus placed? )iifii- Reafon. 
ficatibri before fenOification ? The reafba is^be-. 
caufe fanftification flowes from ^ufhQcationi be- 
'ingjuftified we^relanftified^ firft we ar? aoauit- 
; ted of our fins whereof we fliand guilty befo 
• and then he iTahdifies us 5 firft thiS:> then the others, 
the bthei* are the (prigSy and thi$ the m^ br^ch^ 
W b€g for feithj &c. but they are included. ia 
this. :. '. •• 

SecondVa for !the fenfe of the words. 
" Firft 3 liere is the Petition , Forgive m our 
irej^iffes. 

.' Secondly^ theKeafoO) Astve forgive other s^ or. 
Tor vpe forgive others that trefpaj/e againjiuf^(o Lord 
for^ve thou us i this is the argument whereby we 
win the favour of the Lord. 

What is meant by debts ? SH^ft* 

. By debts are meant all fiimes , all failings of all AmJj^. 
, kinae^ofomiffionorcommiiQiono now they are 
called deists, becaufe we owe all obedience to God^ 
tolovehiinaboveall, and our neighbours as our 
felves; and thefe being the articles of agreement, 
the fleightingand n^led of this brings us into 
rdebt with God. 

For firftj, we are bound to thefe. 
Secondly a by breaking thefe we deferve the 
puniftiment due. to the breach of it:.now when we 
cnnitany thing ^ we forfeit and are caft behinde 
hand. 

; And thirdly, wee are lyable to the execution 
of the ^unilhment due to us in the breach of this^ 

G 3 • thus 



53 A briefe Epcfofit 



Bn$ aire d^tssaiKi debts GnnesiOf omifiion or 

cx>mmifficm. 

c^y- T*ofot«reistfiis: wcbq;that the (Lord would 
An}f». be j^eafedtiot to tJ&e advantage of us becaufe of 
^3Pox dd)t^ i nor ]rct to i^rocced m the rkour of this 
LiWj to do tfiat it requires : Now, 6\ir fins recwire 
W6 fiiCHikl he eofidemned and eitecuted.A male&- 
dors forfeiting his bond is cafl: in his caufe^ and 
then caft into theprifonoatul e3(;ecution foed out for 
(fee fatisfei^on of this debt: now we beg of the 
Lord, that he would not condemn us in tte Court 
of C6t!fdence5 nor execute his juftice onus4 tWs is 
to for«vCj a»d dtis jprocttds fiom me^cy. 
^ B9ft%» eoH G^dtlbthm ^ mUtb^Jtand wtb th 

«S2y^- ju/iice of God:, not tobe faHsfid for Mr faults^ to far- 
:■ '■ don without fatisfaiiion ? 

Anfy^^ - T^^twt^oughtibepartydonotTati^ej m 
the furety dOi k is iuflhaent ^ fo A^ 
g^te5 y«:helooksforitatthefui€tfe hand^ as 
the c»<Mt€H* doth not regtriitrthe debt at the deb- 
\!bt% hand5but ^ Ins handf that Is bound to make far 
tisiA6k)A Sirr tfhe Miti fo the Loid doth not r^ 
fatisfaftion of us as he mi^ht 3 to exaiSt theutmofi: 
fiuthing : bccanfr thou pmfl thou pialt die ^ the 

LO R l^MHifl not csaift diis of-U$:, but he requires 
this fatisfoaiOiiof theloRt) Ies uS; fo that 
0<^l> the Father is fatisfiedj though not by us> 
mercy to me^ and juftice to C H r i s T5 mercy on 
«fypaff3«irfjtjfticednCH R115 1 ipm. Thus we 
fee wh&t it fe to forgive ifes that is^ tlm thei o r i> 

^ would 



the Lords Prayer. 5 ^ 



would not areftuf, bat the furety f that he would 
notexaftof us» battakeallof Christ. 

; uieiher art a mans fins forgiven at ence^ §r at fun-- ^^ft* 
Afy^timcsi 

At the firft time^ whcnaman believes in the Anfw. 
tojiD Jesus CHRiST^at that iubc all Ws fins 
paft)^ picfciit, or to come^ are remitted. The fins he 
comqtts after beleevin& or inbeleey!ng>orbefbie 
beleerin^ »e all patdoned : Juitificanon doth not 
tncveafe or decfeafe , but finne it is pardcmed at 
the fitft aft of bdeeving s Though mnftificadon 
'ma^harede^ifees^ one man may be more (andified 
llica another ^ bi»: this hath none ^ but he is iully 
: juflifed) and all his ims pafl:, pre(ent , or to come:) 
asre pardoned to him inCHRiST^ allphrs^sin 
SdnplUK implic thustmnch. Jer.^i. ItriU pardon 
thnr&ms^ ma romimhir thtm no more. Ezek. 3$. I 
mSr^MffT them out ofmj^ remembrance. 

Noifrthe AigwBent 15 this : I >^nfl conchdein c^^ 
vecsPiopofitibas^ ' 

Ekfl^ oar Saviotir by ctoce differing fuffered for Argnm. 
the ikm of the Eleft^paftj prefent, and to come 3 the 
ifrfbtiitewratiifofOoD the Father fell on him for 
mv fini5 iirtiirdiis wrath IB all one in himrand^beii^ 
allttieandin&iioe, and our Saviour (uffering this 
i^«te and irifitifte wrath of God the Father^ if 
he had (iii&red for 10000* wodds he could have 
fii^Md no morerC^^ wrath could not be but infi^ 
.itite^fo were \s» fuffeiwgsf? he m^t have applyed; 
i^sUKi^fki^to many thoufioid^ more if he would, 
•and yet have la£^d no vmwi Jbians% finne was 

enough 



I I ' 

54 A hriefe Exfofition of 



Argii. 2. 



enough to infed a thoufand worlds v and our Savi- 
ours merits are fuflScient for a rfioufands worids. 

Secondly , thofe fufFerings that lie fiiffered 
for my finnes paft are fofficient for him to .fiiF- 
fer and fatisfie for my (irines prefent and to come. 

Thirdly ^ the finner ftands juftified not for any 
- thing in Himfelfe^ but by the mercies of the Lord 
Jesus Christ. Now then gather up alU and 
the thing is deare : if our Saviour fuflfered for all. 
fin$5 and thif^ being infinite, is fuffident to pacifie 
allhis wrath due to my fins paft^prtfent^off to come. 
Ar^if a man is not juftified o^or by any thing of 
his own, but fi-om C H r i ST 3 fiom this I amiCi^ 
by what death is-my fin remitted ? bjv the death of 
C H R I s T5 and have not I the whole death of our 
pur Saviour to fatisfie ? Yes, for that ^^th that 
fuffered for my fins pafl:, fui^red for iny . fins we* 
fent or to come ; the death Ch r is t (uffi^redfor 
ail fins. Now this death of C H r i s T is appiyed to 
the foul at the firfl: aft of belceving ia the Lord 
C H R I s T, therefore my /innes paft i prefent , or 
to come,ar^ remitted at the firft ad c^beleevij:^ . 
. .(That iremiflion of fins that leavesno condenanar 
tion to die pafty offending is the remiffion <^8fl 
finnes -5 . for,if there m^ ere any fin rem9i(Uii& a mm 
is ftill in the ftate of condemnation 5 b^t juftlfiea- 
tion leaves no cc^emnation. IC^/k^. 8. i*. There js 
tip .condewnatioHjQ tl^em that are inChriB, Tbusjitis 
ev^dcntjth^reis np condemnation to tnofe, that'.9«e 
in C H R J 9 Tj, tKerefore there is foil rem^iffipH c^all 
fins p-ftj -prefent, or to come, to the foul at; tbe firft 
5ft of ^eleevi hg. * If 






^ *• 



uieitfaficb^^iifeimrfidthGi^ or 

Ch k i:&i) $Ww<6nicmiefafe ^^ the Sactk^ 
meats iM^ jaod toifi^ 
then there is no inconvenienoe , for it aotakes the 
foul ^ore iCJEujefiitt of a aMmoatuL ifdL t^. if 

fmpefi l^fedi^iL:Tim^vt»t& makes a man yeeldl 
i^^biuUc^^ thnitiftdeawe, ^aK thefe^ 

^venefle of all (innes^pft, prefent, ortoKX^fBhti^ 

mad^ tothe foul at oib^:^ at'fhefii^ . 

i- . . .■ ' ■ . . . ■ ■ ., . ..-* 

e 







.. Fic^|)ecjViife.C fi ft:isTdpcl6ir«B, md that i& 

%V ,SeiQQqf%t^ ;^i^li$0i(iba Idaves a mail withbttt- 

. < ; '3Et^yaf i8>»ft art ■» !i iu dc<i u «j p> % ibrmy&kH 
15 abW^fh^'hoU: ouaHidic merits of C A a t ST^ 

a4.j<(hiG) jBnods -^^idiici^Eleft, Miiettierpaft or |^*e- 

(eot^ a!i*9i(tr«o< oootei .ate patdonoi » once iti 

- Cif JNl**)'ikjriv-.' v'l fi .vi.v '/. .'-•• ■••; < • ' ''•- 

0ddntb^.:ffth4tt^*d^sptfnty dailj.ffr the frrgiveA 

. Fiifti^ajitiaadolfadeeve, y«thep!!aj^th f&i j„r„, 
inorefeith. H Second- 



i 



5S> ATmefe 




--.— ^— -— .^ : ; , ■ V y 



^ "^ bcbleafcdto renfcw/this 



andreaevv;: this oar evidimce of tlie ¥etx^ 

' f ^{^iHtdly y th&t he wbuildM pkafed to cbnt^ue 
Fen^hlyd tliat l^rwBuM make it iiicr i6!id 

faith th0 f(Mi^ that my &ncs fiuiy iu)t cmlybc jpar**^ ^ 
4one4 and the evidence • of it iealed to my foul 
buji thit thte evidence may be more and moresi 

•^•^ * or put any di^ofition into the foul. 

jjffxp. /Firfti 04r juftificatfon, which we call foig^ve- 
neflct) findes nothing in us, or any tfaabg^ dbhe by us^ 
by whidi wecojoie to be ^uflafied; whm we arefaid 
to be juftified by feith, or are not (aid to be ji^flified 
for feith, (that vs pop»y) hst by faith we lay Irold 
opChri% by whofcrmerttfi/; we- are jv^fied 5 as a 
giao is fa^ to live by ins hands^ not that he eates 
the9>>but by the Hibour of his hands he gets mo- 
ney, which puyes his meat whidi ' noniiffaeth Km. 
iSo a mans fins are not foi^ven by vertue crf^ belee^ 
y)ng^ but only thus 5 becaofo fiitthas an faandlaies 

^ . •* fipld onthis^asamangdtsa prey byhis hand, fo yfc 
get this prey by the hand of Buth; £iith doth hot 
rn^e a man jiift before God , for God might con*^ 
demne us for the imperfedion and wesdeneile of 
qHlv £iith, but it layes nold on him who ^jH^es. 

' Se- 



theljords' Prater ^ 57 



» Secondly 9 kxffwne& or juftificaticni leaves no 
gracious frame upon theibul^ but it is only a legaU 
and judictall fi>tgfriiig cxf a man » a pronouncii^ of 
the ibul befievii^ acquittedAsa man that is arreft- 
ed, the (iiKty payiiigdU the debt ;) ^the law is ^- 
Cfaate^andhgtli nothing agsdolfl: that nan 5 and he is - ^' 

pronoun^ acquitted By the laws but tliis «cqui<r 
dngdothnot makeaman any honeftser. That of 
the Proverbs ^ He that jnfiijUs the wckfdyondhe that 
cofukmneth therighteom^ tbejf both are abomination to 
theLard. NottomakeamanhondlerthenhewaS) 
but to account h]ra(b^ and jufliHe himwhenheis 
not. You (ee thep^ tlus leaves no Ibmp upon the 
lbul» this cuts the thipat of many a mans oomfortS) ,/ h 
there is the niaiqe di^rence between juflifiau:i(m y ^jh^"' 
\and (andificatioQ \ kiflification is not for any thine / '^ % UU^ ^\ 




I leaves him holy • , 

Thirdly, thou^ die ad of bekevii^ doth not 
put ^ce into thfe fi^: yet) wherever oils is thefle 
wiU be another worJK^^bn^ iwX* 

. . . ' . . ' • ■ •..■.. 

Fjormfarffi'Ve Others, 



■' . 



THis is made an argument toprevaile with Qod, 
we beieech Qodto fbi^eus^becaufe we for- 
:^ve others ; as if we fhomd (ay , if we for^ve 
others^ forave thou usjbut we forgive Qthers^the]:^- 
fore Lord forgive us : as though fiiA we could for- 

H 2 ^vc 



npMWi^ST.'-uu> >iMU.«>~^w>.»^ l.-i .'.-.' 




bnefeExf^fi 



i^Mi^i^MMtl^BJ'* 



^v«t>thefsbefoiieGod£3ii^i«t^ Hencethei|de« 

Wkttker h the fmk ^bh Wfirj^ trej^Jps^t^ 

. ^ - ^te, 4)wibfavi^ fact foe before? 

''^J^' out <mic Sm^et^jk OpAmi^mh^vt 

C^gdtcJe mdoetMs ai God feqmre^ and itecilaies 
ifeora a gracious dtfpofilkm of fodle wiikh Orxi 

dification foOow^ ^uOifttttion^tea matt (houM fayj 
a tree brmgsforth fikiit fiomt^ (a^^ 

betauJeiHKfb^giug gfhers^ theirf&f^fi^giw m^ ftjtems 

Anji^. No:^ k is a mm smSakSttof^ fbvtht 

iX3gt^tyiaKt€j£ the 2/^^ k nukes usuot 

tobe^uft, biirdedbtes WiO^ ji!^^ ;^yefy rcstftA 
propounded by the word becaufe^ do^i not imp^ * 
caufe^ asl pro^e'fkeis fit thu& That vmich 
bames i8t fii^ bw that kMnnes db^efefe k fsr 0re 9 
ho^ bnrniiig is not ilie caiife of fer^^ birrlEin eft^of 
it 5 not a caufe^) for fiift there muft be fire before k 
can burner fp kis atiee bccauickhtth Apples % 
now Apples ^te^flbtth^citrfe dMititke^ but the ' 
Tree of the Fruit. 

-^e»^dndh0mfiti^emdffitlkd0mf 

In the tr^paffirs of a brother duiet ttm^ aft 

Fi]f%^feiiftitiieSe. ■ 

Steondly^ 



«rj - »i^J- --.J.^.. ' ]jB wa^iwfWwr»g > l .i ■ II. XI.; .. ^ m K wmmwmmm u t . ±J^. - ■ ■■■■ m. i i 



the ImisPr^^. ^ 59 



V Sccmdly^thegddtofthatiinne. 

: Thirdly, the punifliinent due to that fituie* 

- Firft, concerning the finnc : In guilt weermiift 

faiDW tWD tbttM^j^ wberciu if die Am^ 

TirlB^ wemun knaiv-^thatto foijsivepropeiiy wc 
cnmot^ k oaonot be done by us: ftir who can fixT!- 
give finnes but God onely? it is oneof Godsprero*? 
goitivesto ibigtve finnes^ andtkat no creature.can 

; Secondhf^ iis thr gu& hath arc^Hsft ta Godi^it 
faa^ al feipcid to qb^ for as he is in)ured^fo are we: 
when a man fteales, it is not onely a wrong to the 
%^m df Qod^ bat aUb a wrong to mr : So hxt^ as 
iliefioiiedodlrdped^^C^ he paardonethk^ andas 
kcxmccmes^raey I fcn«ve htm^ And diis i$ done 
whertfhelKWtisaswulin^coDteii^ to doe all the 
gDodWafasotiienr » thoogfi hehad never finned 
againft him* We fay we forgive liim^ but iicjt fei?* 
get him:) thi»k not to foigtvc^but between yfAxbm 
and me there is imtfaingtoftDpn^, tba:ista^r- 
rare him $ opAf ^member this^. tbit a maiid6th 
moekiibincik^^ i<»tl(mtheIxm£dc«linotBek 
^drrthataiii^mLiboakL fbig^ hini : As if a man 
tliJtfbrttwrtiietomy j&ce and backbites me^^ I ^m 
i»t b^Koisd to tnift bun agaim 
io one hand^and waterinahcxtber^if hefinne aj^dnft 
tfAtfOfif^Ciod ioi^^ if heliiwe aeaonfl: 

^sietlie teeofid tkncy and I fix^ve hiai> Cod for* 
^^e hin^ and me. Whena man dbcates sne I will 
^iMivef trtifthin^iffaaetiQI fee good> aitdyet I for* 

. 1 ^ H 3 thoi^^ 



V 



6o A briefe Exf option of 

though he had never ofiended me ^ and witiialltn* 
treat the Lord to pardon him ^ if he hathaloc in 
Chrift feek for the pardon of thofe iinnes whereby 
he hath done us wrong. This our Saviour did, F^ 
ther forgive them^ they kjum not what thej doe : So 
2^ostefhen^A&sj.i2.i^\}syfcf!tXKSi^ 
asitoonoemesus« 
^uefl. Whether is a man hound io forgive pmifiment to 
another ^ as when one hathjiolne any thing from m^^ 
flumldipe not follow the Law on him ^ howfarremufi 
a man goe in this cafe in taking fnnijhment on fuck an 
one offending ? 
Anfw. A man may^nay it may be fo that a man is bound 
not to forgive it, out to punifhtt, andaman (hc^Ui 
(inne deeply in the ne^^ of it. If sxic hath mm- 
thered another, a man is bound to fefiow die Law 
cm him, and to ^e him the punifinneat <iue to 
thefii& ; 

Sue^* ^^^f^^^ ^^y ^ ^fMngoe in this cafe i 

Jn/w. It M>peares in tliefe particulars : 

*^ * Ficu;^when,aU thills conlidered, in alia nian 

fees it may doe good, mien a man is bound to ^^ 
puntfbment. mien there is nothins butaJBbocfe- 
wdl will doe a (ervant good, g^ve it mnu When a 
childe is Ihibbom, «ve him corredion and (pare 
himnot,itisas^ooaashismeat: Ifawretckbelc& 
out his malice^ if a mancan rcfbrme him by puiqfb^ 
ment, give it him : for who knowes but it may be 
thebeft phyfidcthatever hehad^andtoletlimigp 
unpunimed in fiich a cafe a niian is guilty of bis 
finne,becaufe hee m^ht have reformed him by thk 
meaner. Secondly^ 



theLardfyFr^er' 6h 

."■'■'■ ' ' ■ ■ ' .- 

^ ;Sepon4iy»if^isbe a wav$nd m^aiieKp bindea 
qnans hands^ and to hinder nim ficci^ ihepradioe df- 
{onie Htine : As if a periecutor int^ids to periecute. 
anothef) if a man have a futt of Ldw )2^inft him, 
hpistopnditpc^^ iftir.it J^eeps h^m ^^ ^^ 

boat pediecuting. the Saints of the Lp ^jp,. and fo^ **^"''^ 
fyjmvmm^ ft i$ a work, of mercy to take, 

a knife from amad man : Co to bind (ucna m^ns^ 
baqd$ tbrtdodi fp. If Codpqt forth an <H>portu- 
oity mto a mans l^ndyhe IS txia^d 

arid it is mercy to him thus to doe/ 
, Tlxirdly, when a man cannot otherwiie main- 
takie his owxie honour, o; Itfe^or fome other paiti«^ 
cuiar gpod> for the taking c^ oC his p\«gA , wro 
maais bound injuftke to take pimiihm^t <m*^roch 
ame^dioi^Jfhe fliall raife a ^li[e report on a man, 
it isxiota.WipKkof tyraim but a vfork of merpy^ he 
oughtto i^ght his own wroi^ th^t is dcxie; uptp. 
him by punUfament ^ whenit cannot otherwife be 
I mamtaln^ we are bound to take d^s <?our(e 5 for 
-!w^y ^ pfopf^^^ and ^(bte i$to be p^h 

i^brred be£prec^fi^ 

Fourthly, when this courfe being juft wiU main- 

taine the goodnej^^ of a mans profeffion and Gods 

dpry^ diis iJbcnild bq don^: . when a man^ profe£Soa 

^esat the flake,, a man is not bound to be meahe^^ 

^ mouthed,.butto make thofe black-mouthed wret-- 

■^ ches known to others i that they may not dare to 

bringafcandall upon the glorious Gofpd of Chrifl, 

- nor on the piofi^urs thereoE Thus a man mui^ 

^doe, and yet fbr^Te a man forall this,, if kis good 

;\ or 



6l A briefi^Epcf^ti^ of 



(k tninc^ or ihe profeffiittof theO^^id mary^x 
ftirc^Kd herebf, this ihoukl be. Anddmsa msurV 
floay goetx>hwin thefedafes^and thelik^. 
: Nowwecometodiefbixroftte Aigamcnfc 

^^ * ffffirgivem^ becoHfe weefirgive ^hers > where hes 
fhe force if «6e Arpmcta ? what vcPtne k that 
intbki ; ■ 

. /r . • It'lyes in 5. particrfarsi arid it i$ aipedstH tncaax^ 

^ * to oBtaift mercy, Ltad I foi^e ot^^ 
foreivcthoumc. 

ftrflr, afl the tiierdb I have, it is TK>t fiil^ 
ft^9 tt k bilt a rivefiand (prihg ooinini^ tfte 
Sea, but mcrdeisfefHyihthy j[dle,fIJe^fbtmtaitie 
and Sea erf* mercy isin thee : NowLdtdif Ibaire 
but feme bowels of mercy, and fome &Ojps of that 
Ocean of mercy, and yet can ibrgivr others p mwch 
more then thou the iUiritaine bf mercy brhff fe^ 
^eme. When the two fibrvants fMouti U»conc 
litdled the other by the throat, v^A^iS^fMrntt 
that tk&uih^efimei, rimv when the/Msft^ 
fervant heard of it, he faid, oh thm wrehb dofitfm 
dealefhmwith biw:, vphen ideakfafavatirabtf tnth 
thee ; and if aitnnermilR: fbi^ve his. fcfttfi? biodicr 
fevcnty fcveii tiinesj' how muchtnore ^ Loni tftc 
G*d of mercy? if he that hath but fome merdc 
received from the fountaine, much more the Lord 
the fountairie it felfe. 

Secondly, as \ye have not fixnn our fclvcsi but 
fiom God 5 fb alfc that we have i$ mixt with a great 
dcale of fpleene. Though fome cbmpaCEon yet 

mii^led 



'/ 



the Lords Tn^er. 6^ 



minted with a great deale ofeaviej thou^ fome 
xneicyj yet minted with agrtat d«le orcnrcky^ 
and a great dqJe of darkndfe widi this Ktde ftarre-^ 
Ik;bt:butthelx>]xl hathalllovc Mritfaout any hatrec^ 
^^Tnieixr/ witlKmt anycnielm there is nohinde* 
l^ancein the Lord toninderhim. Now thefoule 
iaith> Lprd,if I that have a great dealeof malice can 
fxpvc mybrethren^ then how much moie tfaoa 
that haft aU mercy and no (pleen Of men humlxlb 
their (bules befi^re thee) wilt for^e ? 

Thkdlya that meicy that is in us it is but little^ 
)but it is infinite in the Lord 5 what we can doe is 
but the firft Bvat^ a drop, a grain?, a muftard-feed,' 
but abundant in the Lord« Then the foule faith, 
Lord,thou art boundlelTe and boftomlefle in mer^ 
0^9 iflw much moiip wilt thou fbrjgiyc? True, 
t/O K l^ iJae talents and debt wherebyr we are in- 
gaged uptp thee.are m^ny ^d great ^ but if wee 
poore creatures that have but wptn. the Fountain^ 
arid thatwehay^ k Pdii^lkd w$h ajdfr^eat d^ak of 
malice^ and that bi^ a drop, and yet ican ft>rgiv€^ 
how much more thou that haft ^ firft ^m thy 
i^lfe, and purely witbojut all mixture of envie, and 
inan/mfinite aboqdance? how mudi more canft 
thou forgjLYe wh^motjbou wilt ? therefore Loup 
ibr^ve us, fiw; we forgive others- 

Hm ought tbefauUto be framed ifr pitting up thk ^^fi 

Itapj)ear^iiifouiiE particulars; . : j^r^ 

FirW, thefpukm^ft.feeandacknowl 
guiky oCth^rfejSnnes.tl^ar appeare i* this fife : wet • 

. '^ l I muft 



^ »• 



• .■ ■ ^ a f» 



64 A hriefe Exfofin&k of 



muft fee our fclvs ftand in need of foigivcnes : no\t 
we cannot doc this till we fee our felves fiiulty. He 
that owes nothjmgj what riced he crave forgive^ 
nefle ? So forg^venefle of finnes im^dycs that wee 
are guilty of (inne and lyaUe to*me^amf|biient 
due to jlinne^ They that confejje finnt and firjakf ft 
fl)all finde mercy ^ rro.28. 1 4. firft finde out thy finsj 
then find Gads mercy^l CiwVl i .Ifti^e v^auld judge #w 
fehejywejfjculd not te judged. He that would have 
God forgive hifo, muft not for^ve himfelfe 5 if 
we judge our felvesj G o D will not JvlA^ us. As a 
Male&oor that fticks to his owne innocencie, and 
will not acknowledge any guilty in vaine hee dc- 
fires to bee forgiven : So a (inner or Male&ftor 
before GoD s Tribunall , if hee wiU not con- 
fcflehislinne, hee (hall never finde meide at the 
hand of the Lord. Therefore I cannot fee how 
a PapifV can beg this, when as hee thinkes he can 
&tisne Gods Ju(ticehinifelfe« 

Secondly^ W£ ^uft labour to have the heart (ce 
its owne inalnlitie to (atisfle for finne% or to be^e 
Gods indi&ment he (hall pafle upon the (bule that 
is guilty.. The foule acknowledgeth it (^fe unabk 
ta anfwer one of a thoufand ^ Behold (faith the 
Pfalmifk^ Lord:, if th&u ffjouldeji enter into judge- 
menty wno were able to abide it tr but there if nfer(y 
t^ith thee that thou mayji be feared. Wee are Bim- 
kerupts y wee cannot anfwer the debtj nor beare 
the fuit 5 if the debtor be able to ari(wer the debt 
or pay the money, hee cares for no kindneife 5 the 
(inner is the debtor^, and, if hee can fatisfi^ Gqds< 



tbe Lards Prayer. 65 



■» «• 



Jviftke, \siiatii6ed he care ? If I can abide it, what 
need: I crave favour ? hut when it is come to thi^ 
who can abide its then the Lord will pardon 
whatfbever is amtfle. Where-ever the (inner goes 
he cannot avoid the fuit 5 hee needs no purfevant 
to follow him, confdence is arrefting, theDevill 
accufing, therefore he fiUs down and cryes mercy, 
mercy to pardon the fiiit, the (bule is not able to 
beare the fuit* This the Church complaines of. 
Behold 9 our righteoHfneJfe is as menJlrMt^ chath^ 
and thcYy EMk. jo.^i. juc^ thcmfehres wor- 
thy to be condemn^ Now in that I (ay for- 
give^ I imply that I cannot (atisfie for fin my felfe. 
Thirdly^ wc ihould feeke to the free mercie 
€)f G oJ> and of his Grace for what wee needs 
wee ihould acknowledge his free mercie. When 
the foule fees there is mercie in God for him, 
then it is fitted to pray this petition 5 for (hould 
Ixx)oceive God were fevere, hcdy, )uft, &c. 
though: 1 iwiounoe my fbme, yet I could not feek 
him s God is not extreame and rigorous, but hee 
hath mei^ in ftoive^fordiofo that feeke him in 
tmth and (inoeinb^herefove we ihould appcehend 
two things.: 

, Firft, that God defires not to deale rigorouC- 
IjTi. we (hould'periK?rade<nir hearts, thatGcJd is de- 
^rom to welcome our prayers, ExocL 34. TJ&e Lord k 
vMd^tofHcci^tmrinfirmitks. If we be iiimifery, 
theix>rd will abound in mercy , the phrafe is,mul* 
Otplybg meucy 5 therefore the Apoftle calls him the 
f 4thet of iiieccics^iaiid the God of ail compaffionj 
*, Is we 



mm 



66 ' A brhfe E^fitum of 



I 



we have new vexationr^ he hath new cosnpfiiom 5 
nay^ God hath more good then we can ddSre y he 
perfonnes more then he promiiibthv he is abundant 
in truth^. above all that he hath revealed himCelf to 
be in his Word, Jfa. 55, 7. Our God ik merciful/ and 
abundant in for givmejfe. He multiplies panionf 9 he 
hath pardons in itore^ meicy to pardon any pdcnr 
{bu^ But) (faith the foul) wnat my finnes commit- 
ted and continued in? marke what he adds^ diougli 
ou cannot comprehend it % yet he can conceive in 
lis thoughts of mercy arelamrin gfivii^, tbea 
ours in craving) £^^. 2. He is able to da above libdt we 
can thinks or aske. It was but a cold cooAm 4^ 
^vcto Efauy he had but one bleffing; fo if Gods 
mercies come to an end, it were hat a poor comfibit 
when the foul faith , Lord gjKre me, and the Loid 
(hould {ay^ all is drawne dry. But dhere is enough 
in God to do us good. What availes it, if a &ther 
have agood heart to his child, if he hath not to 

give it whatit a(kes5 or (lands in need o/E> but our 
eavenly Father abounds in goodnefle. 

Secondly, Go4 as he ham abundance of good, 
fo he is free and ready to beflow it,£/tf«5^ i./27j 
Everjf one that thirjiethjet him buy milkfr^ mdtHiH§ 
tpithoHt moftey or price. We would be content to 
have wine, bi»t w^lurve no money to buy it, thero* 
fore Godadds,though youiie not able to pay fotit^ 
yettakeit. Mich. j. x'^Wl^isaGodlikf wr Oodi 
who fardansGn^ hecatfe mertj fleafethbim. The 
pardoning ot our (ins is l&e the overdiroira^ v& 
Thamh in the fca. God doth it not becaai(e we 

plea(e 



the Lordt Tracer. 



pleafe hiiD^ but becanfe his mejxry pleaieth him , he 
doth it freely • 

Fourthly 5 wetnuftbe content to waite for his 
mercy that we ftand in need of^ we muft both wake 
for itj and be confidently perfwaded of it , elfc we 
crcffe the tenure of foigivenefle, Heh^ 1 1 . G^ gives 
mercy to none but thofe th.tt waite for it. In that we 
aske pardon^ we are refbived to waite for it 5 forfo 
much is implyed. A pardon in law is not authectti- 
call, until! It be fealed^ fbCodiakh^ be will pan- 
dcHia^'sbutthisisDOt authentically until! we have 
fet to pur feale 5he (Mth^ he will dve freely^ we (ay^ 
we if^ waite confiaady s rfd.^7^$. Commit thf 
waies to God^ and he will care for thee. He tliat thus 
b^foxnveneOe^ IhaH undoutitedly obtaine it zt 
the hand q£ the Lord, 

Andleade us not into temptation. 

THis is of fandificadon both begun here and 
ended in heaven s &ndification nees from the 
^powcr of fin, glorification frees from the pre&ncci 
; of finne 3 fan&ification kills finne^ glorificttion bu- 
ries fin* 

Firft, for the orders fandiicanon flowes from 
\ juftification. When fin is pardoned,we have the Sph- 
1 lit of ChriA, whidi conveys all to uss firfl: juftified^ 
^bsn iknAifiec^ 

Secondly, forthefenfoof theword^ andh^oe 
aretwothiiigs. 

I 5 FixD^ 




^i .*• -• 



y,. 



^^i^- 



6g A brmfe E9(fofi\ 

Firftj what God ihould not doc, ie^^.i«fi/^w- 
to temftatioH. 

Secondly , what he ihould doc, deliver uf from 

evill* 

what is meant by temptation ? 
jTCip ^ tryall, or an idflault, whereby a mans ftrcngth is 

^ * tried: now they are dcxide. 

Firft, the dcaiverance from evifl. 
Secondly, to prove the fbundnefle of grace, 
-^he firft is efoecially intended,and by it are under- 
ftood all the amults of the (bui, by fin , Satan , c»v 
the worid, whereby our feith may be {haken^ or we 
withdrawn fixwn God to evilly fometimes there arc 
good temptaticMis , of proving or expreffiog our 
grace. Thefe, in fome fenfe, may have place m this 
Petition: God tries us in this manner, and we pray 
him,i;hat he would trie us no more then we ai€ able 
tobciare. 
GmCt. what is itto he led into temptation.? 

Anjvp. • ^t appeares in three things. 

Firft, when temptations purfiie us. 
Secondly., when they doe fbile^-usin ^i iilrin g 
of us. 

Thirdly , when temptation dodi totally vanh 
quiftius. 

- No^weprayinthisPeriti that tirniptatknis 
miy notpuilueiis 5 purfuingus, that they may not^ 
foile us s and though we be toiled, yet that we may I 
recover our felves. We defire that Cod wopld not<; 
let them befiege usj if they doe , yet not folic usj j 
and if they do, yet that w;e may recover our felvesi 
after our foile. cm. 



the Lords Prayer. 69 



Cm God lead into temptation ^ ^eft. 

: The Apoftle cxplaines it^ Jm. 13. Go4 cannct Anjvf. 
tempt to eviff. He that is |?oodnefIe it ielfe cannot 

riroke a man to fin. The Lord doth not put ma- 
into any mans heart, God cannot properly be 
the caufe of drawing a man into finne 5 there are 
tmls of proofe : The Lord may try his , as he did 
Aoraham^ Gen. 23. i. A man doth not hurt his ar- 
mour if it Jbe good when as he proves it : So Cod 
intends no evul to a man when he thus deals with 
him. Some adde this \fotd\fHffer$^npttobeled^ 
but that is^ fiUy 9: fince Cod tempts iio man to 
finqe. 

tVbat needs thk Prayer ? Shiefi. 

God may doe it : fin and all other temptation^ Anl^. 
have a doiU^le refped. 
, , Fjrft, evils are totally and profefledly oppofite 
to tJie La w of God. 

Secondly, finnes go under the nameofpunifti- 
ments, (bmetimes God punifheth one finne with 
Vmothet : now, as fin hath reference to the Law of 
Ged^heisnotthecaufeof it^butfp far as fin isa 
puni(hment3Cod may be the author of it : We pray 
then 9 that God by a finfull diftemper would not 
plague us. 

In . vphdt manner doth God leade^ ns into temf^ ScJt^fid 
tationir 
: He doth it three waies. Anfw^. 

Fitfti when the Lord withdraws not thofe nets 
that are kid for us h when God removes not thofe 
ftopiUing^Uocks that are cafl: before us : Nay,God 

mav 



yo A hriefe Escf option of 



may put a temptation before us : Thus a tiia£kr| 
may lay a bake lor his fervant, by laying money in | 
acomertotrie his tmiii : Now it is lawfoS tor ill 
man thus to leave his money^ to difberoe whether 
his fervant be fiiithfull or no ^ he defires not tliat 
he (bodd fteale^ but that he may trie his fidelkyV' 
fo Codjufliy iu^efts oocafions 5 there muft be he* 
refiesforthetriaU of Oods ferv^ts^ God iends 
occa(ions; of provocations, for their tryafi Cod 
raines (hares, Tfal. 11.6. They tbatpifch fkeir mefsy 
fir filet it fall ^ and tbenfetitup. This is tb rtine: 
flares 5 the fevour of God is tnit a bake t^a wid:- ^ 
ed man 5 his pofperitie is but his ruineJt is not wkb 
God to deale fo, becaufe wicked men dc&e k 5 fo 
Judoi would &ine have gotten ibmwhat by the 
ointments now it is juft with God to fend the P&f- 
rifees to ^e hiitntisuty peh^ andnrinetob^now 
his mindeis pleafed, he hath thirty pencfi^alnd dam^ 
oaticHitoo. 

S^ondly, asGodlayesoccafion^ ^ht letsiffl) 
4nd Satan loofe 5 a mans heart would be hankep-l 
\v%, now God gives him up 3 take him fin and Sa^) 
tan, let him have field-roome , i King, sx 22. jAJ^ 
woukl £une go to warre, it was a thing not ^Skm^ 
ed, but he defired it 3 therefore God fends the De^ 
villi Gad askes , who will prevaile over Ahah > the 
Devill faith, I will go : Then God (aith^ goand db 
it. judg. 9. 23. Abimelech and the men of Secbem 
did very iJI, then God fent an eviU (pirit, that is, he 
he ktjoofctbeipirit of contention, and thfcy dc^ 
(Irayied^MmyaxibdbelabouredtiD deftroy theih : So 
... God 



the Lordfi Prayer^ j i 



.C^d, Rimfi^u is (aid to ^ve them up when they 

'^departed from the government of the truth. No, 

^'{atthGod, will you not be ruled by holineile ? then 

;take themundeanneijk. Many a man hath a wrath* 

full difpoiition^ take him envie/aith God^ let htm 

1^ bfing blood on others^^dfo mine to himfelf. Thus 

' Codtooke away his Spirit fiom Saul^ and gave him 

: up to finfull diftempers; of all plagues there is none 

fikethk 

Thirdly^ GoD leaves a man tohimfelfe; and 
lends him tiot the affiftance of his grace ^ fuf* 
fers him and jSatan to grapple togedien 7 Carin* 
ibiams^ ^% 91 v Thus CoD dealt with Hezikj^hi^ 
becaufe he had a leafibjof his hfe^ he began tobe 
pit>gd^ thtrtfarc Oodte^ him to himjelft^ totrit 
8pW wm in vim* He mought himielrc a brave 
man, ^ittefore Gbi> leavcshim^ as a father lets 
a child gd when he. wiM not be held^ fb faich 
O o D5 fefe what thou canft doe^ trie thy own 
ftpengtK Now this ieaKong is in two paf&^es: 

JwX^ .0.0 Rkw in the truth of his Word^ 
not 6> much as may ferve for direftionj but for 
provocation* That of the Romans is obfervable 
to ^ this purpofe J There k no tranfgreffion where 
there if no Lam:^ not that the Law brings finne, 
but provokes a maiis heart -> Rom. 7. 5. thephra- 
fes are ftrange in the fifth vcr^e y The motion f 
ofjinne which were by the Law : The )Law moves 
a man to fiime by oppofing of it 5 faith the fhib- 
borne hdart, I wffl doc it becarufe you fay fo; 
many a man that hath lived civilly i and as a g6od 

K neigh- 



72 A hriefe Exfofitiou of 



neighbour , &a and after the Law ftirs him up 
to more exaftneflfe he is more violent againft 
;ood men. The Law meeting with a proud heart, 
le oppoieth it ^ and woukl pluck the Law in 
peeces. All the while men jome fides they are 
loved. ^ but if G o D pleafedi to huniUie them^ 
then they flie out : There is nothing diere that 
comes in anew (aving Gods graces but that 
malice that was there before ^ is now ftirred 5 
now there is no fault in a good man^ that be is 
rood: butfinne taking ocrafionbytheooma^md 
lew me, faith the ApofUe. Loo^e as an ague 
that is pretty well over-p^, it. lies in die fcoiies 
and if he that hath it diinke add watei^k growes 
extream and hot by force Woppofitton : So that 
man that lay lurking before , the Word comes 
and it layes a man flat » and it flayes him utter- 
ly, verf. 13. Sifme ly the commdnd tecame ohP 
^ meafure finfuU. Looke^ as it is withadanune^ 
the damme ftops , and the fheame (wek by force v 
of oppofitiono fo the Law Iteps the ffa^eame of! 
finne and corrajption ^ and now it growcs ex- \ 
ceeding violent. Therefore they that have been 
unc^er good meanes, and breake^ are out of mea- 
fure fhameleffe in their finfiill proceedings 5 this 
damme that ftops makes this fin greater 5 thus the 
Law of G o D is a Law to a proudneart. The Law. 
is not to blame, but the heart. 

Secondly , the L o R D will not fiifier thfe foul 
to have the power and affiftance of the Spirit 
which formerly he hath had 5 but lets 61 and it 

grapple 



the Lotds Prayer, 



79 



grapple tiH he breake finne all to peeces* Many 
a time the Lord leaves the foule, and will 
not let it have that power that fomierlie it 

had. 

IFbat^ can a f(nd fall? gntf. 

No. God takes not away his hand^ but yet An^i»^ 
he -flwJl not feele it5 as a man ^ if he ftirfe not 
the wheek it will not goe vhts hand is on it all 
the while ^ but doth not ftirre it , therefore it 
goes not : So G o D leaves a man to himfelfe^ 
dioudbi for the wliile he doth not give him 
that force 9 whereby he may gaine-fay a tempta- 
tion. This befell David y LORD^ take not thy p^^^^ 
hdj Spirit from me\ that is, when God would 
not helpe David ^ but let him make his part good 
with the^ temptations. I doubted not , but Da^ 
vid had igrace enough , if God would have 
quickoiea it in him. Hezetjjah had wifHome e^ 
nou^d but Go D left him. Thus the Lord 
is faid JulUy to leade a man into temptation. 
Now we© pjay.5 that he would take away all' 
iiiares^ that he wouU riot fii&r theWord to 
provoke us^ but to direft us^ that we may not 
be left to our owne Arength , and that wee 
xpay ovcxcQme all our ^piimiall enemies. 



K 



Bm 



74 ^ Mefe ExfcfiHoH of 



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H 



But deliver wfrm evilL 

' • • ■■ 

Ere obferycJ, . that thou^ GtOiD 
doe nothing aMinft us^ yet we are 
ble to deliver oui fclves firom ourowncoorrapt] 

hearts, 
^ a what k m^ant by eviUf • - ^> - 

^ivp ^^^ ^^ rnxx^ troublcij or puniflnntert, butfinne. 

^•'^' Now in fin are three things. 

Firftp the breach of the Law. 
Secon^y^ the guilt a man gets by this breach^ 
and fo is liable to this pUnifluncnt. 

Thirdly ^ the vigour of finne , whereby it ttdes 
over the foule; : TSow tlie former we pray againft 
in the fifth Petition ; becaufe we ftand guijfey of 
the breach of the Law, therefore wee pray ^that 
God would not enter into Ju^ement with us. 
And thirdly wce pray here againfi: thcr power of 
finne > and that it in three fparticulkr^V not 6cif\ 
in re^d of the gliilt of it^bwt that tlie Lord wouM.' 
keej) us fi-om the pdwer of iii » 

Firfl 9 finite would be a cotnmander over the 
foule : It is the K^ngpSatan is the Gaoler, it hath a 
Kingly Soveraigne Authority ^ and would rule 
over us 5 finne is often compared to a Ring;> his 
fervants are they to whom they obey. Sinneisa 
Mafler^ at leafl: it would be ; and is f6 in every 
naturall foule ^ and it would bee fo in the god- 



the Lords Prayer. 75 



ly. The law cfUfe ((aith the ApofHe ) hath freed 
meefrdm the Iotp df deaths Rom. 8. 7. Sinnc gives 
Parliament-Lawes to the Soule and Edids , and 
as the Centurion bade one fervant goe and hee 
went 5 and another come^ and he cx)mesi fodoth 
finne fay 5 Pride faith ^ it is my plealure you 
ftioidd be proud 3 therefore I will nave you pioud 
and fnappiflij&c Sayes angcr^ I will have you fple^ 
niticke and rage : Sayes the foule , then I will , 
and it fhall be done. Thus finne fets up it felfe 
2s a fiipreame Soveraigne in the foule. Hence 
a proud heart (aith, I will that I will 5 let GoD 
lay what hee will 5 tell not mee of Lawes , it 
is ngy roinde. It is your proud heart fets you 
Lawes ^ and you yeeld to them. Now we pray 
that C o D 5 however finne bee in the Soule ^ 
that he would fnub and curb it, that it may 
an underlidg in the Soule ^ and daily fiib- 
dacd. 

i Secondly 7 as finne doth^ and defires to fet 
up a: mafter-Iik^ rule and a^ fupreamp Soveraign 
Loidrlike doniinieh : So finne carries the foufe, 
and (bmetitoes feparates the foule fi'om G o D 5 
whereas the command of G o D (hould be a guide 
to us ^ and take place in our hearts 5 this Re- 
bell) it takes up Armes ^ , refifts^ flands in defiance 
againft the rule of the Spirit. Hence come all thefe 
ftatafesjthcy forfook Cr^^^refiftcd G0D5 and turned 
difttr badkes to his commands. What > faith pridej 
(hall I bee a flave , that the Word flionld awe 
mee:> and frtub mee ? I will never yeeld it while I 

K 3 live^ 




76 A briefe Exfofitiqn of 



livcj I will dye firft. This is a Deyill that drawes 
you from G o D^ and will cany you to Hell, 
Rom* 7. 25. that is the meaning of this places 
Sinne carries a man captive, that when the foule 
fees it felfe fo ruled bjr him , a gracious heart 
would teareit felfe off if it could 3 but a natu- 
rall man is a flave to finne) finne gets head^ and 
fo the foule dares not zScSt any good in another^ 
nor labour for it in it felfe. 

Thirdly 5 finne leaves a kinde of Uemiih and 
ilaine upon the foule , after the commiffion (^ 
^t. There is a kinde of jeering to the hearty 
and a cunning wrong of the foule ^ henor the 
Scripture calls it the excrement of naHghtineJftJkc. 
though the aft of fitme be gone, yet there is a 
blemjfli on the Soule. Peter ^ after his xieayaU 
of C H R I ST was averted ftom C H r i st : So 
a man after finne fiiall finde himfelfe dull to 
any good , and profle to any evill- This is the 
ftaine of finne 5 when a mans arme is put out 
of joyntj befides the fall there is a bruife ; So 
after a man hath broken the O^ommandements of 
the Lord, the Lord unjoynts him ^ hee is 
more awake to any good then ever, Galath. 6. 
If any man bee nnjoynted by finne .• ; $0 that of 
the Romanes^ they wound their owne foules : 
This finne doth 3 now thefe wee pray againft,; 
partly againff the power of finne, partly agair^"^ 
the authority pf iuine , partly agamft uie ilaine^ 
of finne. 



But 



the Lords Prayer. 77 



But deliver us from evil/. 

To deliver from evil implyes three things : 
Firft , wee pray that the Lord wcwjld pre- 
vent dSl thofe occafions » and ftruglings , and di- 
- ftempers of finne that trouMe us 5 thefe wee 
jpray ag^inft^ to wit^ that hee would take ofif 
< thefe diftempers , whereby finne would lay fiea: 
againft the Soule^ that hee would remove thole 
} tmngs that would remove us fix>m hinu This is 
■ that wifdome promifah ^fr^t/. 6. 21. shee vpiB 
J^epe and walkf tpith them that v^ali^e with her ^ 
] andjhee mU keepe him from the way of the wicked 
woman. Sinne is like a Harlot, therefore the 
L o K D is pleafed to expreffe it after that manner. 
Nqw it is the mercie of the Lord that he will 
tume our eyes from beholding of vanity; That 
there may not bee in us the violence of finne 
afiaulting us : Wee pray alfo that wee may 
not come into the Battaile 5 if it bee poflfiblc 5 
and that finne ^ or pollution ^ may not come in 
againfl: us. 

Secondly , that the Lord would alBft us in 
the temptation 5 that the temptation may not 
pevaile. 

It is a mercie not to bee tempted ^ but if we 

I muft bee ^ it is a great mercie not to bee over- 

' come by temptation. If hee will not wholly 

* prevent us by his Grace, yet that hee will affift 

us gracioufly in it. It is a mercie not to be af- 

faultcd. 



y8 -^ briefe Eocf option of 



faulted 5 and though aflaultcd^ yet that we may 
beaiSfted. 

Now this affiftance of G o d is two-fold , ei- 
ther octraoidinary ^ or mediate by the meanes : 
wee fpeake not fo mudi of the firftj though 
that be true > but we crave both at the hand of 
the Lord. 

Firftj {bmetimes wee crave for the extraor- 
dinary help and affifhnce of the L D k d^ to afiift 
us either above meanes or in the meanes. Wee 
feaow the Lord in the time of the Martyrs Cv£^ 
ferings did helpe wondcrfidty, their temptati- 
ons were grievous , and afflioions greats and yet 
the Lord cfid helpc them extraordiarily § God did 
let in abundance of (weetxiefle. Butwepaflfethisi 
and come to the other. > ^ " 

Secondly^ we pray dpecially for fijch meanes 
as may l^pe usi and that appcares in foure par- 
tkulars: 

Firft^ rfiat the Lord would cfifcbver the enc-^ 
mie before hee corner 5 that hee would •a\ik& 
kmowne unto us the engines ^ and wiles 3, and 
depth of Satan •> and the fubtilty of our owne 
cbrmpt hearts > which are ready on every tand ■ 
to furprize xxsih foir to be furprized before wce( 
are aware is great danger ^ therefore we pray, 
r that the Lord would give us the Spirit of Re- 
vebtion^ that wee may take notice of the en-- 
gines 0f Satan 5 that hee may be difcov^red to, 
- us a the difcoveryi wee knoWj, of an evis i? to 
prevoit an cviU : an4 not forefeeingj we caiinoe ' 

pie- 



mmmi 



the Lards Prayer. 79 



. prevent. He that fees not an evill before it comes 
\9i0, bee oveithrowne by it when it comes. Ma- 
ny a man periflieth by pride, and knowes not 
wnat hurts him. Thus oomiption blowes up the 
Cook. This ,the Lord pioiQiteti^ ifij/ 30. ai. 7%^ 
fikilt heare a tpord bebinde tbee^ Af^i^ ^^^^ ^ *^^ 
way. That GoD may keep a man &om iinne, 
hee fends the Sj^t oFChrist to (ay, this is 
die way, walke in it. The Text (aith, 2 Cor. 2. 
: tfaerc, (peakinjz of the incefluous man, iVee arc 
^ not ignorant oftbc methods of Satan to us^ Mat. 
20. When the great skirmilh was to come, our 
Saviour forewarned Tettr^ and (aith, Imllfmiic 
the shepherd^ &c. and (aith. Watch and fray for 
the hoHre if come^ &c. Hee ^ves him this war- 
ning-peece. We pray then that God would make 
^kmwn^ to us tne engines of iinne and Satan 
beiiire they come. Wee know it is a great helpe 
- in warre to know the quarters and orders of c- 
inemies, that fo a man may order his adions ac- 
I cording thereunto. So wee mud: know where 
the Dooll and our corruptions lye quartered, and 
what be the haunts of our wretched hearts, and 
. fo to order the help Cod hath put into our hands 
' for the refifting of them. 

Secondly , that the Lwd , as it were > would 
intrench about us : If hee will not . foretell us 
of the enemy^ tliat, feeing iinne« wee may pre- 
vent it,, yet that hee would lav (ome hciviQ im- 
pediment upon lis, &c and build fome trench 
vgbout us, that wee mjiy not commit thofe evils 
... . L wee 



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80 A briefk Escf^hn of 



wee ale temptdd Uhto r. That tfcotr^ htt doc 
flC* neveaie tne polipie of Satan , yet that hce 
\ctM3id lay fome wattSt thtt wee fiuiy not eoow 
intt chtt fitutt wfakh <ithett(^ wtxr wocdd doe. 
Afld tlhii fe * ttJtfvtftMte ^letud, <?iWfi vx 7.. -d^^^- 
)»^/e£^ vooke il4n<iJ5i , as dioueii !bee had beene 
j/fy-ahamt fifler, ss hee laadeae told tnm % and, 
no tfadffion^tee had a pwrpofe to take fer to 
be mt wife 5 btit the lord Md an impediment , 
the Lord kept Abmekth fyom Sttn^y faee took 
o# the edge of hi$ de&t 9 and lud a tatee be- 
tweene them J £6^2. 6,% The Chttrdi was rutt" 
ning afber her at^ooiiittidlon^ 9 itow lum did tfte 

. ^^lord prevent her > the T«xt faith a ^iwijf fce^^l 

'■<* '" "^ t^ )apapi iPith th(fffief, and htilda »a^ JKMd^bee.\ 

TJtit Lovers wste corrapdons » and tte fe&w- 
Ing of idiftnis th6 eajgetiparftttt <£them. T^cwf. 
hee li«%« 1^^e wayes with Ttaatie* 5 1 
hee layes de^wnite ailBiflions on them, t' 
had tto Mberty to finne, To that ihcelfiaih 
to doe to ttSrfde lier owne mtfenes. 86tii«ettnic$' 
atnanis adilBt^ to tsrfe company, andxfaen 
Lord layes (fckadfletoimprlfonhnn , and to keep / 
liim fhsnlfinne: tfeiSB mercy, 
, , Thirdly, the Lord pyts armoar and weapons 
Oh tliem to f^ht a^iinft their enennes tliat are 
«f)pcfite to Ws grace andchitdien,ep^e/ri$. fiom 
the la to the 19. ^ ne firen^bmedin allmj^ht^ 
ptntikk vn M'^iimtmlitm ^ tCoi*. 1, n hee 
firengtfmtd 'in ewry mdJt>9ri^, tJofl faith, hee 
fiDWrs the heads ofhis, tret, t. 5, Cod kcepes 

them 






• illUI 



mm 



the LardrPrayer.' 8i 



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tkem bf the power of has graces God gives his 
Acyflu:Ac2Tayonir^^d^ the breafi- 

fhtc of ri^iteoufndle 9 6cc. toquendi the fiery 
ckrts of SataO) and to refift him. 

i^ofurdalyo God ^vcs a xlomiiiMm over and 
cxmapx& againA aU our enemies and over aH our 
ynSUxnom corrapdom hee gives a happy ilfiue 
,«di ibooefle : Widi the ii^iiee aves mcVBxtc 
wtSk the viAory .^ ttevel. 1.6. Hee hath inade us 
'Ki]i^9 that is , ihee 4iadii ^en us a Knghr au- 
thority over dSl joax oorrupiions 3 JZ^/nr. o. 14. 
Smm fmff not have dMmm§m war yau^ PfatAl^. 

mtermee. Thro tm li>rd aflitb his in tiouble. 

Thicdly , as 'Wtse ptay liiat the Lord wbuM 
fJCTCM tnc ocpifions 4jf evil^ and) jf they come^ 
to affift us in them 5 fo lafUy:> if *ee he foiled 
and faorottidit under ixy ^e temptations of Satan 
aad^iMr ofm xsornqncms^ that the L o K D would 
seioie -ius^fmmitbem dm ^ve had too much 
power over us^ and too too ffliuch prevailed a- 

S^inft tis. fThis wee icnow ^as the tequeO: and 
cfire of the Shjophet Datrid^ 3^* 59* H^fiore 
jm€t» my finm&r ^keatt^ tiefihf^ 7 g4>€ atfu^fwi 
:hmtt rand hk no ^m&rk'fmm : As who ifaould fay , 
Biy ixife Idfe TBot too 'ftrong for mee ^ thefe 
faaads were fftcnit^ but now feeble 5 therefiwe 
Lh>:kD CTmn&xhat^former ftrength. His (innes 
WGdt as nckiveire ^ DswidU caft was a& wh^a a 
maniiaihiDeeaiidDr, and after comes to get up hi^ 
cnunmes ^ ;fls ibiiiif^ Jifcee 'haxiiaid *^ I Knew the 

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time when I had a broken heart fi>r my finnci 
but now hardened 5 therefore , O Godf , fparfe 
mee a litde while before I goe hence 9 and bee 
no more fcene^ that I may recover my former 
courage, zeale, and ftrei^h: before I goe hence; 
Rom. 8. 2. The Law of the Sfirit of life in Chriji 
bath made mee freejrom the Iaw ofjinne and 
death. Sinne makes Lawes : Weethen mtreat the 
i.prd3 that hee would prevent cormpdon , that 
hce would aflift us in temptation ordinarily and 
extraordinarily 9 that tee would difcover the 
enemy YxSost hee come 5 that hee would ki- 
trench abcHit us, and give us Armour and wea- 
pons to refin: it 3 andj^e us dominicHi over our 
enemies > and that, if wee be overcome , hee 
would refcue and recover us oitt of them : Tfatsis 
the fom of this Petition. 

,0Hefi. NotP vpee come to the frame of the heart that toe 

fhould bring before God^ thatfo wee may befit to rc- 
ceive the good we fne for at the hand of God. Now 
wherein doth it appeare f 

Anfw. ' The frame of heart and dUpofition of 

Soule, thatbeft be-foemes us in dieputtinjgup 
of this I^€;tition,appeares j)rindipally in four tfamgs. 
Fiift, \yhai wee deuce diat tne Lord womd 
not let us bee drawne afide, nor led into temp* 
tatiqn, wee muft labour to avoid all occafions as 
may bee too ftrong for us or like tortrevaile over 
us. In vaine wee defire to bee delivered firom 
evill , when wee rufh i6to evill and into t^mp*- 
tations. Hee that fliould take pitdbi into his hand, 

and 



the Lords Prayer. 




and pray not to defiled 5 put fire into his bofbme, 
and pray not to be burnt ^ it is a (leighting of Gods 
mercy, and a provoking qf God to wrath, rather 
then a begging of mercy. We would count it a 
niadnefie tor a man to(^himfelfeinto the Sea, 
and defire to be (aved$ to make our felves fick 
t^tiat God may make us whole ^ine. It is no- 
thing elfe, but as we may fay, to make God 
WOTKe^ &> to runne into evill, and to pray to 
die Lord to deliver us from evill ^ it is provo- 
king and mocking of the Lord : the wife mans' 
rule is here memorable ^ Prav. 23, 2}. If a man 
ke given tobk appetite^ let him put hifl^ifetohk 
throat. If thou lovef^ the wine, looke not upon 
itv^i'c^^^ui that is ^ven to his apetite , it is in 
v^ume to pray agamfl; it, and yet nourifh it : but 
thou mull: put thy knife to thy throat, abftaine 
fiom that whiclvmay provoke its for if we pleafe 
our appetite, it will be a temptation to us« rjal. 30. 
The promifes and the providence of the Lard go to-' 
gether. He will fliccour us and relieve us, but it 
muft be in the way of providence 5 we mufl: be 
in the way : He that goes outof the way, and 
craves Gods a{Iifl:ance, (hall never have it, but 
hales on evill on himfelfe, Matthef^^o^-t%. our /i?*ii 5 '• 
Saviour fpeaking of offences, faith , If thy hand 
caufe thee to offend^ cut it off: and if thine eyecaufe 
thee to offend , plucky it out : That is , were thy 
(nines as necre to thee as thy right hand in re- 
gard of profit , or thjr right eye , in regard of 
pleafure , cut diem otf, pluck them out , fling 

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them away 9 rather dien be foiled hy them« In 
vame wee crave the afiiftance of the Lord ^ and' 
iu the meane time lay blodcs before usjkispre- 
fumption^ therefore no tiKuvell (if many timie$ 
the Lord leaves a man in die hirch ^ beaiufe be 
doth not that he praies for. It is enou^ to ^atde ^^^ 
the Lord to cmie tu?) when we do notavoidop- 
cafions of evill : he that will not fiiU intb the ptt^ 
let him not come neer the brtrike of it 9 "hetbat 
will not be fiiared by evill 9 let him not comeTictr 
,tfie occafikms of evin* 

Secondly-) if we be weake of orit Sfhre^ aod . 
q^not prevent the Mcafions of evill 5 yet h6t 
cfieftdl to ieeke all iiich meanes as tnay befno- 
courable and fadpfuU to iis^ ^ we caxinot lictee 
k^ but that thcfe will fiirprifie tis \ht us fisttc 
themeanes that mayfuccourustnournei^ TIm 
gcke man that craves (uccour of the Lad mtft 
life the meanes the Lord hath appointtd ^ liap* 
pfly ^ou lindeft temptations prmit^ on in my 
caltbg thou canjR: not avoid k ^ tne tnotie dbe 
octatons are^ themore^k for tbe meaner that 
may fortMc thee. Hee that wHl bee holed , let 
him-fe&^'the Phwfician^ he that is out cf Ams; 
way^.^and woc^^be fet in the right way, fctlam 
inquire it out:, ^^md not fit Itill, and %, X^^ havt 
meny np(m ^/egC^^. but feeke unto God tn 'die 
ufe of the meanes. It was that whidi%/^^dx£^ 
chapter the feventh, 'he caDed upon God, ' bat ytt 
lohe Lord dod not help him , but faid, Whydocft 
thou fo ? J/rwe/Aarfi finned, looktto diat 5 * 

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the Lords Pra^. 85 



iraine it 15 topmy^ that the enemiemaynocr pre^ 
vaite > aad hboar not to get fiime cut of the 
Ottiip i but doe thst^ jmd then the overthrow 
of the E(»emies wiU: bee £irre enough fv&m 

, thee* 

TbtocU^r^ when wee h»« £biind the ineaHesj 
lahotir to bee Gooo^ot to bee cudered by all the 
nipnie) jnd hAp$ that Codhath been fste^^td 

• imdmpc fof om good, k is a jnadnefife to <$raVe^ 

j » jM^nr. f . Afr ^^ I might elk the death ff the 
riffat9m^ and notlhre their life^ 1:0 fee tlie way5and 

^ogt tto^ndbeink. }!?r«42. they d&id iu> 1^ Pfo- 

jhever he commaMkth^tha$'PPBtmiMdi>ey 1>tt whM 
they heard and knew it ^ they would not. In 
vaine it is to crave the ijardon of linne, Trhen we 
looke not to the pfonMtes to defire fihne to be 
fubdued , and yet not to abide the meanes that 
flKRold dioek: ban ifaman f^uth^he will not 1^ 
aNMoTdlcxi^ but wiU haFve his pr^od heart , an^ 
w£ walke in aU his owae waie^^iibVea!t he fi^' 
ddfver me fiom this fvoud heart 9 when he wffi 
ntt: have aiounfidi take place? When a in»i is4n 
horrour of heart, when d^nfetence flies in -Ms ^lee, 
it is in vaine to whine theii , and yet not to be 
itikd by tdbie Word of God, but be as vame as 
ever 5 as loofeas ever^ and as idle as ever.lliou 
- ^'P^A'OBicit^iiftg^^uidddirdlanod^ andfetoog 

f<)amity9 wee tiiiifl: 4;dve i](pon ^ Lord (or 
a kk&an^ «id ixkcodSk m m ^^f^ pray fer^ordo. 

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86 A briefe Eocfofition of 



We muftfo ufethemeanes^ as if there were no 
promile to helpe us o and yet (b depend on Cod 
tor all, as though the meanes could doe nothii^^ 
Obierve all thy occafions , and fay^ counfell and 
advife is good , but the Lord muu fet them on 9 
man lives not by bread only, but by the bkffing 
of God in the meanes 5 goe to the Spirit c^ the 
Lord 9 and fee there a greater power then in all 
meanes. ? ^ing. 2. If thou canjifee me takgn uf^ 
then jhalt thorn have my Sfirit aauUe nipm thee. 
The meaning is 9 if thou feeft the God diat 
takes me up, then he will give thee hi^Spirit; 
looke to God above all meanes, andhetlut n thus 
difpofed praies aright to be delivered. 

For thine is the Kingdome. 

"T T X TE have done with the fixe Petitions: 
V V thr^ concerning God, his Name,Ring- 
dome, Will: three concernmg our (elves, ccmcer- 
nin^ things of this Ufe , and of a better^ to wit, 
juftification, fanftificationj we come now to the 
conclufiori, and confider in it two things. 

Firfl, the thankfgivirtg. 

Secondly, the concluficta of fiith in the word 
A^»en. 

In the thankfgiving is included both a neafim 
of the Petition^ as alio, a forme of thankfgiving^ 
as who fliould fay , wee doe not prefume wee 
can do any thing, janlefle thou dofi: worke in us 

what 



the Lords Prayer. 87 



what thou rcquireft of us ^ For thine is the King-' 
dome. It is not in our power to doe what wee 
(hould) or what thou requireft of ws5 but the 
Kingdome is thine , all comes from thee:>OLord9 
tiid let aU the ^ory of aUbe retumdd todiee ag^ 
^Doe we hallow thy name ^ and prtiy for'thv l^og- 
dome to come^ and thy will be done? wny>it is 
diou Lord) that muft givedw powers we beg all 
from thee » imd this is induded in the word fovper. 
FoT) as that we(hould (ay, wc havenopower to do 
anything do thou alt Lord, and t^e thou the d^o- 
ryof all 5 fo that is the ground why we beg ail of 
him, and returne all to him. , 

What k here meant by Kingdome ? SH^fi* 

Fiift 5 the word Kingdom doth difcover the right Anfw. 
and authority of Cod, to rire all things we want; 

^ thou,Lord,haft the difpofing of all things 5 we have 
no authority, nor no property that is in us, thine is 

* the King(kHaie^ thou haft all powcrto do what thou 
wilt. The Mafter doth what he will in his familyi 
and the Rii^f ules in his Realme 5 fo doth the Lord 
rule iiif the heart of hi», ' 

Secondly, the Lord hath not only authority tp 

do what he will, but full and abundant fiifficiency 

todifpofe of all acoording to hi$ wiH and plcafiire. 

Kings may want power to do what they would,and 

( Ae fons of Z^rniahmay be too ftrong for David^ 

.'but as the Lor4 hath title to all , fo his armeis long 

^ enough, his aWity fuflSdent enough to do all; there 

^ is much infirmity in us, but pone at all in the^ 



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And the glory ^ 

fnpHe ^ry pf a thing>we knowuippcaKs in two 
JT things. . 

r irft the excellency dE it.. 

Secondly , in the beauty and Iplendor of its ex-. 
cdlcncy : this fetj forth tlu: glory of a thmg>a$ who 
(houldfay^ if any beauty, excellenar or ^ory be 
in the creature, it is thine, oh Lord 5 n>r thine is the 
Kingdome, power^ and the glory. 

Tbinc. 

gjre/?. what doth this v^ord thim implj ? 
Anjh. It implies three particulars. 

Firfl:, that all authority, (ufficiency, and excel- 
lency is fiiitty in God , allishis by poflG^on and ' 
propriety. Any thing that we have er enjoy , it is 
but what we have of him , it is but a glimpfe and 
reflexion of that glory in God, and itisall nrltiy in 
God, and he leafes it outfit is my God and my por- 
tion, God is the roote of all we are or have,aU po- 
wer and fufficienqr is in him firftly. 

Secondly, (bsdl comes from nim^ what-ever is 
in the creature^ comes fiom himj all are but te- 
nants and leamres of that they have from the 
Lord , who is the great pofleifour of Heaven and 
Earth. . 
Thirdly , it implies,that we (hould acknowledge 

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all belonging tahim^give cvciy man hisduc:who(e 
is'this honour and power ? the Lords: let him have 
it then ^ and this is to put off all ability and fiiffici- 
encie from our felves^ and to acknowledge all to 
come from him: Asthonghthe foule ftouldiayy 
Is there any thing in me^ Loid ? it is becaufe thou 

giveft it : Thou giveft unto us all our abilities and 
earts to pray, and it is thou that heareft us when 
we pray. Itisallfieemercie, all abilities are from 
thee^therefore. Lord, take all^ for all is thine.Thus 
the foule difdaimes all (elfe. 

Tor ever and euer^ ^c. 

THat is, evcrlaftmg power is in thee, which 
differs from all other power; all mans power 
is from God; but the Kingdom of G o D,his pow- 
er and his glory, it is for ever and. ever. We can- 
not pray alwayes, our abilities &ile and our hearts 
£dnt, but thy power endures for ever; the good 
things of this life, meat, drink, cloth, &c. tome 
times 4ire gone, but yet thy power eindures for 
ever to fticcour us. When our abilities faile, yet 
power is for ever and ever in thee to renew them. 

Amen. 

THe word Ji^/en implyes three things : 
Firff, the terme of afleveration, and it dis- 
covers the truth of a thing. 



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-.l: SccDOidly^ t wifli, Oh^iaidi the fouli^ that it 

TInnUv, the vofyce ofa coDfic^ 
it is done Lord: all thefe three » e implyed:but this 
lafi mainly here intended Thefe thin^ wee have 
prayed for^ that accojrdi]:^ to thy will tney are veri- 
hr<Hine : AsaUp, there isa fecret lodikig^er the 
Petition when itisfHitupi the fixile fblu>wes the 
Petition : Now^ faith the UxAe^ they fpeed , the 
Ldr.d grants thefe petitions: asra man that (hoots 
an Arrow^he looks merit : So the foule (aith^ Oh, 
that the Lord would (peed it. So when the Petiti- 
ons are fent to heaven^ the heaia foUowci the blow 
and looks after them^ it (ends his Jmen oh, that it 
might be fo^nd then &ith (aith^it is don^ undoubt^ 
edly : As true as the Lord is faithfully fo the(e muft 
heeds be done. The word v4we» (bikes, the .match 
thorow. The foiile wifhcth^ Ob that rt might bee 
dcmeo faith faith, it is done already. Pjayer is as 
the key 5 when a man wants provifion, Jieegoes to 
theTreafurieandfetchethit : So prayier fetcheth 
^mfortj pedccp and aflRirance, &c. smd Amen tvacns 
the key^ it is miae, faith the Soulc- Prayer is. as a 
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