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A brief exposition of the Ten Commandments and the Lords Prayer by Symon Patrick ...
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Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.
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of my Neighbour nor to envy them to him but to be content in whatsoever state I am without carefulness for the future Phil. 4.6 11. Matth. 6. ult Heb. 13.5 Q Have you never observed any place of Scripture that briefly comprehends the summ of all these Commandments A. Yes Christ tells me of two Commandments upon which the whole Law and Prophets hang which are mentioned besides other places in Matth. 22.37 c. Mar. 12.30 c. Rom. 13.8 9 10. Q What is the meaning of those words which secure all your duty to God viz. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy soul and all thy mind and all thy strength A. That I esteem and desire him above all things and bestow upon him my whole self Q What mean you by these words which give your neighbour security from you viz. Love thy Neighbour as thy self A. That I deal with every man so justly as I would he should deal with me and so mercifully as I wish to be dealt withal by God Q. Canst thou do all these things of thy self without Gods special grace A. No without me saith Christ ye can do nothing Q How do you think to obtain his grace A. One way is by frequent prayer of faith Q. What is frequent prayer A. That which bears some proportion to my minutely needs to the greatness of the blessings which I ask and to the favour of being invited to be much in the presence of God by praying without ceasing 1 Thess 5.17 Q. When do you pray in faith A. When I pray with an humble confidence that God will give what I ask Jam. 1.5 6 7. Heb. 5.7 and with an obedient readiness to do that my self which I desire he would do for me Q. Hath Christ left any direction for your prayers A. Yes he hath taught me when I pray to say Luk. 11.2 c. Mat. 6.9 c. Our Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy Name c. Q To whom do you direct your Prayer Answ To our Father who is in Heaven Q. What do you mean by that appellation A. I express by it my reverence x Mal. 1.6 Eccl. 5.2 to him and my faith in him that his goodness y Mat. 7.11 will and his power * Psal 115.3 can grant my request for my self and others Q. What are those requests which you have such an humble confidence that he will grant A. They are six In the three first I more immediately respect his glory in the three last my own good Q. What do you desire in the first Petition when you say Hallowed be thy Name A. That God may be known to be what he is z Rom. 11.36 1 Tim. 1.17 and accordingly esteemed a Psal 89.6 worshipped b Psal 97.7 9. and praised c Psalm 113. in word d Psal 63.4 5. and deed e 1 Cor. 10.31 Matth. 5.16 2 Thess 1.11 12. throughout the world f Psal 86.9 Q. What is it that you pray for in the second saying Thy Kingdom come A. That Christ may so rule in mine own and all mens hearts by his holy Laws and spirit g Mat. 24.14 Rom. 6.12 14. that his Kingdom in this world attaining its just height h 1 Cor. 15.25 the eternal Kingdom of the Father may appear i Mat. 13.43 1 Cor. 15.28 Q. What do you beg in the third saying Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven A. That he will give to me and to all men else his grace whereby we may as cheerfully unanimously and impartially execute his Commands k Acts 9.6 and submit to his disposals l Acts 21.14 as the Angels do m Psalm 103.20 Rev. 22.9 Q. What do you intreat of God in the fourth saying Give us this day our daily bread A. That he would day by day n Mat. 6.25 34. while we are in this world grant us in the use of honest means o 2 Thess 3.10 11 12. all things fitting and sufficient for the support of our bodily p 1 Tim. 6.9 and spiritual life q Mat. 7.9 11. Lu. 11.11 13. Mat. 5.16 2 Th. 1.11 12. Q. What is it that you ask in the fifth saying Forgive us our trespasses as we c. A. That he would not so charge us with our sins as to punish us r Psalm 51.1 we promising the like kindness and mercy to the persons who offend us Å¿ Mat. 5.7 Q. But why doth Christ teach us to beg this thing conditionally rather than any of the rest A. For two reasons Q. What is your first A. To learn us that forgiveness of sin upon which all our Religion depends Isa 1.16 17. Acts 3.19 and without which we can expect none of the other blessings is not absolutely granted to any Q. What is your second A. To learn us that this particular of forgiving others is one of the most befitting t Eph. 4. ult yet difficult conditions u Mat. 18.24 c. 35. Q. What do you pray for in the sixth and last petition saying Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil A. That God would give us grace to persevere and go on to perfection that we may not fall back to our sins again x John 5.14 John 8.11 by the force of any temptation y 2 Tim. 4.17 18. Rom. 16.20 1 Pet. 5.8 9. Luk. 22.31 32. from the world the flesh or the Devil Q Why do you so conclude all your requests saying For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen A. We do again express First our sense that to God of right belongs eternally that dominion obedience and honour which we ascribed unto him z 1 Tim. 6.15 16. and Secondly our confidence that he is willing able and in honour ingaged to grant all these our petitions * Mat. 21.22 2 Cor. 1.20 Eph. 3.20 21. The Lord fulfil all thy Petitions Psal 20.5 FINIS