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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09114	The good mans grace. Or His stay in all distresse. By Ric. Bernard	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1621 (1621)	STC 1942; ESTC S115314	12,107	60

THE GOOD MANS GRACE OR HIS STAY IN ALL DISTRESSE BY RIC. BERNARD LONDON Printed by Felix Kingston 1621. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL HIS VERY GOOD Lady the Lady SVSANNA BILLINGSLEY and to the Vertuous and Christianly affected Gentlewoman Mistris REBECCA STROWDE all sauing graces with dayly increase and practice thereof vnto the end Madame I Cannot but make account that I am bound to returne thankes where I finde fauour and acceptance acknowledgement is the least part of my duty He that will not confesse a debt neuer meanes to pay it some such there be And others againe will ingenuously confesse but not pay not for that they will not but because they cannot And inability giueth an acquittance though the debt be neuer so great and the greatnesse of a debt is to be iudged not alwayes in the value of the thing but after the free disposition of the one and the little deseruing of any such fauour of the other Thus is it with me I haue found your Ladyship my louing friend and this Vertuous Gentlewoman very Christianly respectiue towards mee to whom as also to her second selfe I acknowledge my selfe deeply ingaged It is not a hard matter to finde friends though in these dayes few enow but to finde a faithfull friend one that will know a man in aduersity is not so easie Complementall are obuious euery where but substantiall friends be rare a face of fauour is in those and that onely in prosperity but the force of loue is onely seene in these when a friend needeth them they fayle not they faynt not True loue as Saint Iohn speakes driueth away feare I am bold to present you both with this little Manual It is thus little of purpose that it may be often read ouer to helpe onely for matter of meditation to further you in prayer I beseech you to accept it in lieu of payment and it shall bind mee to pray for the blessing of our God still vpon you to whose gracious guidance and protection I commit you and humbly take leaue Your Ladyships and yours my very good friend euer to be commanded RIC. BERNARD Batcombe Feb. 27. THE PREFACE IT is a saying of the Psalmist The foole hath said in his hart there is no God this is an Atheisticall foole and amongst other markes hee is knowne by this that this wicked foole calleth not vpon God He doth not pray for he cannot pray is not a gift of nature but a worke of Grace Wee know not how to pray as we ought but as the Spirit helpeth our infirmities to pray with groanes that cannot be expressed Iohn taught his Disciples to pray this Christs Disciples obserued and also saw their owne want and therefore desired the Lord to teach them to pray Wherevpon hee gaue them and in them to vs a perfect paterne and forme of prayer After this all our prayers are to be directed It is then necessary that this short prayer be well vnderstood for which cause I haue made this short exposition and drawne out briefly manyfold obseruations the better to acquaint such as know it not with the meaning thereof It will administer sufficient matter for meditation at all times and vpon any occasion to enlarge our thoughts in prayer the practice wherof is the speciall grace of a Christian It is the fruit of Faith so as hee that beleeueth prayeth and so excellent a duty is this as Saint Paul sayth Pray continually as if mans life consisted in it And Christ sayth Watch and Pray It is a meanes of our preseruation from euill and a conseruation of vs in an estate which is good Wōderfull is the effect of prayer Moses by it makes way thorow the Red sea ouercame the Amalekites and obtained pardō for the people By this Iosua had the Sun standing still the space of a day waiting vpon him in the pursute of his enemies by this Hezekiah reuersed the sentence of death and had his life prolonged by this Peter escaped the hands of Herod Ionah gate out of the Whales belly By this Eliah shut heauen three yeeres and againe brought raine from heauen By this Elisha raised one from the dead got sight to Gehezi to see vision of Angels Incredible is the power of prayer the prayer of faith auaileth much if it be feruent Let therfore here in euery good Christian exercise himselfe and this let him know that it is a great honour to be admitted into Gods presence to put vp his requests vnto so high a Maiesty The due esteeme of prayer will make vs exercise our selues in prayer for as wee prize a thing so we practise so we employ our selues about it Therefore little praying argueth we make little account thereof but the lesse we esteeme and practise it the lesse grace wee haue and the more corruption of heart is in vs. The truth of this is cleared in such as wee see to make no conscience of this duty But this euill be farre from the faithfull in whom the gift of prayer is euer found as a peculiar property of them that shall inherit Glory A BRIEFE EXPOSItion with obseruations vpon the Lords Prayer The Preface Our IN brotherly communion By the Grace of adoption And sealed by holy vnction Father Tender in louing Carefull in prouiding Liberall in bestowing Which art in Heauen The place of thy Maiesty The Throne of thy Glory The fulnesse of Felicity The first Petition Hallowed In heart be thou feared In speech reuerenced In our liues honoured Be thy Name Thy attributes so glorious Thy workes so maruelous Thy heauenly Word so Gracious The second Petition Thy Kingdome Of Power generall Of Grace speciall Of Glory Celestiall Come With power to defend vs. With Grace to conuert vs. With glory to crowne vs. The third Petition Thy Will In thy holy Word reuealed In workes of prouidence shewed In good examples confirmed Be done In our true beleeuing In our Godly liuing In our patient suffering In Earth The Wickeds best heritage The place of our Pilgrimage And here to Heauen our passage As it is in Heauen By holy Angels most faithfully By the blessed Saints most cheerfully By all of them there most constantly The fourth Petition Giue vs this day By thy prouident hand mercifully By the labour of our calling honestly By all good meanes prosperously Our dayly bread Necessary for liues sustentation Conuenient for states preseruation Sufficient for Needies consolation The fift Petition And forgiue vs Of thy mercy freely In Christ deseruedly In our hearts assuredly Our trespasses In nature originally polluted In euils wilfully committed In dueties carelesly omitted As we forgiue them From our hearts most vnseignedly Expressed in words most louingly And shewed by deeds most cheerefully That trespasse against vs In heart maliciously In tongue slanderously By deeds iniuriously The sixth Petition And lead vs not By laying obiects before vs. In the danger so leauing vs. And by withdrawing grace from vs. Into temptation Satans powerfull suggestion Natures