name thy kingdome come thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our daily bread and forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespas against vs and lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill For thine is the kingdome the power and the glory for euer and euer amen Euch. Why is this praier called the Lords praier Phil. 1. Because Christ Iesus our Lord set downe the same b Math. 6.9 2. Because we cannot pray vnles Christ teach vs c Luk. 11.1 Euch. How many partes hath this praier Phil. Fowre 1. a preface 2. Petitions 3. a reason 4. a Seale Euch. Which is the Preface Phil. Our father which art in heauen Our Father which art in heauē where God is described by two such properties as wée must haue in our minds when wee pray vnto him as 1. That he is our louing Father d Esa 63.16 2. That he is our almighty God in heauen e Vers 15. Euch. Do you here pray to the Father onely Phil. No but to the whole trinity yet as the first person is the fountaine of the deity wee pray to the father by the sonne through the holy ghost Euch. What doth this word Father teach you Phil. 1. That I must not call vpon him as my Iudge but my father f Lu. 15.18 2. that in Christ I am his sonne g Gal. 3.26 3. That hee will denie mee nothing conuenient h Mat. 7 7· 4. That I may boldly come vnto him i psal 50 1◠5. That none can pray vnto him but his children k Vers 16. 6. That I must euer behaue my selfe as gods childe l Eph. 5.8 7. That I must pray only to God m Mat. 4.10 8. And lastly that I must come vnto him by Christ n Ioh. 14.13 Euch. Why doe you say our Father and not my father Phil. To teach me 1. that I must hold ech member of the church as my brethren o gen 13.8 2. That I must pray aswell for others as my selfe p Iam 5 16 3. that I must loue almen as brethren q 1. Ioh. 4.21 4. The dignity of each Christian hauing God to his father r 1. Sam. 18 2◠5. Gods loue to mée in making mée his child ſ 1. Ioh. 3.1 Euch. Why saie you that God is in Heauen Phil. Because there he sheweth him selfe chiefely to the saints t Eccle. 21.24 and from thence hee manifesteth himselfe to man u Psal 57.3 Euch. Is not God euery where Phil. Yes for his essence is euery where x prou 5.21 and he filleth both heauen and earth y Eph. 4.10 Euch. How many heauens are there Phil. Three 1. The ayre in which we breath z Gen. 1.26 2. the skie in which are the starres a Deu. 1.10 3. the heauen of heauens in which Christ the Angels Saints departed are b 1. kin 8.27 Euch. What learne you by this that God is in heauen Phil. 1. That he is therefore able to graunt my requests c 1. kin 8.30 2. That I may pray with confidence vnto him d psal 123.1 3. That in prayer my heart must be in heauen e 1. king 8.48 ps 25.1 4. That I must vse all reuerence in praier f Eccl. 5.1.2 5. That one day I shall come to heauen g phil 3.21 6. That I must looke for all graces from heauen h Ier. 1.17 7. That by pilgrimages I néed not séeke to God i psal 145.18 Euch. How many petitions are there in the Lords praier Phil. Sixe whereof the first thrée concerne God the other concerne our selues and of the last thrée one onely is for things corporall the other two are for thinges spirituall 1. Pet. 1.3 Euch. What learne you out of this order I learne 1. Gods great fauour to me who will admitte me to aske for my selfe 2. His great loue that he will heare me asking for others 3. My duety that I must desire especially Gods glory 4. That I must oftner craue things spirituall then corporall Euch. Which is the first petition Hallowed be thy name Phil. Hallowed be thy name Euch. Why is this set in the first place Phil. 1 Because it is first in the intent of the god who made all for his owne glory k pro. 15.3 2. Because it is first in the intent of the godly who doe all so Gods glory l Ioh. 15.8 Euch. What is the vse of this order Phil. That whether wee eate or drinke or whatsoeuer we do else wée may doe al to the glory of GOD. 1. Cor. 10.31 Euch. What meane you by these words Hallowed be thy name Phil. By Gods name I vnderstand his titles as God Christ Lord and such like his properties as his Iustice Mercy Prouidence and such like his word as the Scriptures read and preached his Sacraments as Baptisme and the Lords supper his Workes as Creation Preseruation and the like And by Hallowing I meane that god in all these may haue due reuerence done vnto him of all the people that belong vnto him Euch. What wantes do you bewaile in this petition Phil. First I bewaile mine owne and others pride of heart that we labour more for our owne credit then Gods glory f Luk. 18.11 2. Our hardnesse of heart that wée cannot as we ought see Gods glorye in his creatures g Mar. 6.52 3. Our vnthankfulnesse that wee praise him not as wée ought for his many fauours towardes mankind aboue all other creatures h psa 51.15 4. Our impiety that in our liues we dishonor god i psal 119.136 Euch. What then do you pray for in this petition Phileuches I pray that GOD by mée and all men may bée glorified in the reuerend speaking of his name holy meditation of his properties diligent hearing of his words often receiuing of the Sacrament and dayly admiting of his workes And in a worde that wee may knowe in minde acknowledge in heart loue in trueth speake with Tongue do in our actions both naturall ciuile and religious all such things as God may be glorified by Euch. What doe you pray against Phil. I pray against all ignorance errour vanity of minde infidelity profanenes Atheisme worldlines security and all blasphemous spéeches false dealing scoffing idolatry superstition sorcery sacriledge simonye periurie persecution impenitencie vnreuerend vsing of Gods worde Sacramentes or workes and in a word against all such disorder in mans life as may any way obscure the Glory of God Euch. What doe you here giue God thankes for Phil. That it hath pleased him to glorifie his great name in all the former and hath giuen mee and many others grace of his méere mercie to glorifie his name in that which before I praied for Euch. Why doe you vse in this and other petitions this order First to bewaile Secondly to pray for
neither Satan nor the world nor my flesh hath so subdued me but that I am able to rise againe Euch. Which is the 3. part of this petition The 3. part of the lords prayer Phil. For thine is the kingdome the power and the glorie for euer euer Which words are a reason of all the former by which wee are mooued to craue all the former blessings at the hands of our God Euch. Why doth Luke leaue out this clause Phil. Either because the Euangelists did not bind themselues to a precise forme of words or because this prayer was vttered at 2. seuerall times by Christ in a seuerall manner leauing out not onely this clause but the third petition wholly the explanation of the sixt and changing some words which are in Mathew But we haue no warrant to do the like as the Rhemists do euen in the Gospell of saint Mathew being bold to mangle the Lords praier as they are to leaue out the second cōmandement Euch. Why is this conclusion added Phil. To teach 1. To pray vnto him who is able to heare vs. 2. To pray in faith to him that will helpe vs. 3. To pray in feruency as desirous to be holpen 4. To pray in humilitie because al is of God 3. To pray in thankefulnesse because all is from God 6. That in euerie petition we must haue this conclusion in our mindes Euch. What do you meane by these words thine is the kingdome Phil. Euen that which Dauid meant when he said 1. Cor. 29.11 Thine O Lord is greatnesse power and victorie and praise and all that is in heauen and in earth is thine thine is the kingdome thou excellest ouer all Euch. Why is the kingdom said to be Gods Phil. 1. Because he made all 2. Because he possesseth all 3. Because he commandeth all 4. Because he disposeth al. Euch. What doe you learne out of this Phil. That I may with confidence pray vnto him because as kings will prouide for the bodies and soules of al their subiects so God my king will prouide for me Euch. But haue not other Princes their kingdomes Phil. Yes they haue and in them do rule and for conscience sake must euer be obeyed yet they rule by and in and through this king a Pro. 8.15 Dan. ◠37 Reuel 20. Euch. Howe manie properties are there of this kingdome Phil. There it is a powerfull kingdome Thine is power a glorious kingdome Thine is glorie and an euerlasting kingdom it is For euer and euer Euch. Why are these thrée properties added Phil. That when wee pray for or against any thing in the former petitions we may be strengthened in the hope of obtaining them by the consideration of the Power Glory and Eternitie of Gods kingdom Euch. Why is power attributed to the kingdome of God 1. To distinguish it from the kingdomes of the world in which many Princes are heads of people but haue not power to subdue their enemies 2. To teach vs to giue all power vnto God 3. That we must submitte our selues vnto him 4. That he being a powerfull kings we may in faith pray vnto him Euch. How great is the power of God See my booke life euerlasting of gods prouidence Phil. It is not only of it owne nature in it selfe and of it selfe but also in respect of the obiect vpon which it can worke and effectes which it can produce and of the action by which it can and doth worke both infinit and vnmeasurable Euch. Can it be communicated to any creature Phileu No not to the humanity of Christ for whatsoeuer is omnipotent is God Euchedida Why then doth Christ saye all power is giuen vnto me Phil. 1. He speaketh of that power which wee call Authority not of that which is called omnipotencie 2. He saith not all power is giuen to my humanity but to me GOD and Man 3. If it be meant of the humanity by this power is to bee vnderstood as much as the creature is capable of 4. In that word the humanity may be said to be omnipotent as the word is said to suffer not in it selfe but in the the flesh Euch. What doe you meane by thine is the glory Phil. 1. That god hath made al things for his glory 2. Whatsoeuer wee aske they are meanes of thy glory 3. The things which we aske shal be referred to thy glory And therefore O Lord graunt these things vnto vs because thy glory is most deare to thy selfe which will be also performed of vs if we sanctifie thy name aduaunce thy kingdome doe thy will haue our dayly Bread the forgiuenesse of our sinnes and hee able to resist all euill temptations Euch. What is the third property of Christs kingdome For euer and euer Which is an excellent inducement to strengthen vs in praying Euch. Why is Gods kingdome power glory said to be euerlasting Phil. 1. Because in themselues they are euerlasting 2. Of vs they should neuer be forgotten Euch. To what purpose are all these arguments added here Phil. Not to perswade God who knoweth our wants before we aske but to perswade vs that he who is a king of such power glory and eternitie he will heare our praiers and grant our requests Euch. What vse doe you make of this conclusion Phil. 1. That in our prayers we euer debase our selues and ascribe all glory to this King of Kings 2. In our prayers to be euer perswaded of the power of God that he can helpe vs and the promise of God that he will helpe vs. a 2. Cor. 1.20 3. That prayer and giuing of thanks must goe together because this is a doxologie giuen to God 4. Whatsoeuer we aske we must in purpose before and practise after referre the same to Gods glory For the Alpha of this prayer is Halowed be thy name and the Omega is Thine is the glory 5. That all gouernours must remember that they holde al in caepite vnder this head 6. That if we be able to do any thing all that power commeth from God Euch. Which is the last part of this petition Phil. The seale thereof in the worde Amen Euch. How is this worde Amen The fourth part of the Lords Prayer taken in the Scriptures Phil. Thrée maner of wayes sometimes as a Nowne signifying Christ himselfe Reuel 1. These things saith Amen Sometimes as an Aduerbe as Iohn 3. Amen Amen that is Verily verily I say vnto you And sometimes as a Verbe as in this place signifying So be it or it shall be so Euch. What then doth this worde Amen import at the end of this petition and euery prayer Phil. More a great deale then man thinks for it is as much as if we should say thus Wee haue begged many things at thy hands and we doe desire thee to heare and are perswaded thou wilt heare all our requests Euch. What are we taught by this seale Amen Phil. We are taught 1. To desire earnestly that we
CHRISTS prayer expounded A Christian Directed and a Communicant prepared The first teaching to pray The second 〈◊〉 liue The th 〈…〉 e the Sacrament of Câ—… To which is added a Preface of Prayer a pithie prayer for Christian families A thankes giuing for our deliuerance from treason by Gunpowder and learned Latin verses of that argument By Robert Hill Preacher at Saint Martins in the fields AT LONDON Printed for William Cotton and are to be 〈◊〉 at his shop neere Ludgate 1606 To mine Honourable Worshipfull and Christian Auditors at S. Martins in the Fields Grace and peace To my Honorable good Lord the Bishop of Duresme CHristian Auditors There are 3. things in regarde of God which euery good person must be acquainted withal the first is how he must talke with God The second how he must liue before God The third how he must come to God when the seale of his saluation is offered in the sacrament Of all these three I am bolde at this time to present vnto you this little Manuell Lycurgus a law giuer amongst the Lacedemonians made this one lawe for sacrificing to the gods that they should not be â—…sented with many things and thos 〈…〉 or no great value If things are to be esteemed rather by weight then worth I haue obserued this lawe in this present gift I offer vnto you but three things the first number of which all can be spoken And I present vnto you but small things for what can bee conteined in twelue sheetes of paper yet if it please you to giue these few sheetes the reading you shall know better how to pray learne better how to liue vnderstand better how to come to Gods table so long as you shall either pray liue or receiue And because I haue concerning the first preached to you of late many Sermons I am willing at this time The dignitie of prayer in way of preface to coÌ„mend vnto you the dignitie of Prayer By it wee conferre and talke with God by it we procure much good vnto man By it we do pierce the very clouds and by it we haue whatsoeuer is meete Do we want any thing that is good for vs or others Prayer is the messenger whom wee must send towards God Haue wee receiued any speciall fauour from hi 〈…〉 aier is our Ambassadour to giue him thankes Are we in the morning to beginne our worke Clauit diei this is the Key to open the day Are wee at euening to shut our selues in this is the a Claustrum noctis locke to seale vp the night If wee would binde the Almightie b Vinculum in Deum Bernard Ieâ—iloâ— Câ—… to do vs none hurt heere is the band by which he is tyed c Deo sacrificiu diabolo flagellum oranti succor diu August The praise of prayer And if we would vntie him to doe vs good heere is the porter of the gates of heauen It is our Aedypus to dissolue our doubts It is our commentarie to vnderstand Gods word d Commentarium scripturae Origen It is a sacrifice to God a scourge to the deuill and an helpe to our selues in all our troubles Wherefore as the Apostle by examples commended faith so may I by examples commend prayer By it Abrahams seruant obtained a wife for Izaak and by it Moses obtained a pardon for Israell By this the same Moses ouercame the Amalekites and by this Abraham interceded for the Sodomites By praier Iacob was deliuered from Esau Iosuah from the men of Aie Dauid from Goliah The Prophet from Ieroboam Elizeus from the Samaritans Hezechiah from death Iehosaphat from the Aramites Manasses from captiuitie Ieremiah from his aduersaries and Daniel from the Lions the diseased from his leprosie the Apostles from prison and the Church from persecution By prayer Hannah obtained a sonne Dauid deliuerance Salomon wisdome Elias the restoring of a dead child Elizaeus the opening of his seruants eyes Nehemiah the kings fauour the Centurion his seruaÌ„ts health Christ comfort in his agonie the Apostles a successor to Iudas Stephen pardon for Paul and Monima the conuersion of her sonne S. Austin Thus true it is which Austin saith Great is the profit of pure prayer and as a faithful messenger deliuers her arrand and pierceth thither whether flesh cannot come And this it was which made Barnard to say Brethren let none of vs lightly esteeme his prayer I tell you that he to whome we pray doth not lightly esteeme it after it is out of our mouth he writes it in his booke and one of these two we may doubtles expect either that he will grant our petition or that which he knoweth to be better for vs. Call vpon me and I will heare saith God aske and you shall haue saith Christ Before they crie I will heare theÌ„ saith Isayah The Lord is nigh to all that call vpon him saith Dauid but to such as call vpon him in trueth And if wee may beleeue the Apostle Iames the praier of a righteous man auaileth much Pray therefore Why we ought to pray and we had neede to pray Sathan will deuoure thee pray for deliuerance The world will a lure thee pray for assistance The flesh will betray thee pray for defence The wicked will seduce thee pray for continuance What beloued if God had commanded vs a great thing ought we not to do it how much more when he saieth Pray and preuaile aske and haue seeke and finde knock and it shal be opened vnto you aske temporall things and haue them seeke for spirituall things finde them knock for eternall things and the gates of heauen shall stand as open to you as the gates of the prison did to the Apostle Peter By this with Eliah you may open and shut the very gates of heauen and by this with the Apostle you may shake the foundations of the earth O pretious praier what could not onely we but eueÌ„ the whole world do without thee Thou encreasest the earth calmest the sea asswagest the fire purgest the ayre protectest our gouernours confoundest our enemie preseruest our health instructest our mindes blessest our actions encreasest our wealth exaltest our honour speakest but the word and we are preserued Pray in all places Pray we therefore in all places at all times for all persons and for all things Pray we in all places but in euery place lifting vp pure hands vnto God Thus Izaak prayed in the field Iacob in his bed Israel in Egypt Moses on the Mount Iosuah at Iericho Elias in the chamber Hezechiah on his couch Ieremie in the dungeon Ionah in the Whales bellie Daniel in the Lions den Christ in the Garden the Disciples in a ship Peter in a Tanners house Paul at the Sea side and the Iewes at Ierusalem Call vpon him in thy priuate chamber and crie vnto him with thy familie in thy parlour Thou needest not to fall downe at some pillar with hypocrites but praise him
Thirdly to pray against and lastly to giue thankes Phi. Because confession petition deprecatioÌ„ and thankes giuing being the speciall parts of praier 1 Tim. 2.1 I must vnderstand them all to be in euerie petition of this absolute forme of praier Euch. Which is the second petition Phil. Thy kingdome come Thy kingdom come Euch. Why doth it next follow Hallowed be thy name k Math. 5.31 Phil. 1. Because it is the first meanes by which Gods name is hallowed 2. Because next to the hallowing of his name we ought cheifely to pray that Gods Kingdome may come Euch. Why is it set before Thy will be done Phil. Because no man can euer doe Gods will in any thing till such time as Gods kingdome bée erected in his heart Euch. How proue you this Phil. By these reasons 1. Because no man can doe Gods wil that is not Gods subiect l Ioh. 1.24 2. No man can kéepe Gods lawe but by Gods grace m Psal 119.32 3. Because without faith we cannot please God a Hebr. 11.6 4. Because the end of the commandement is Loue out of a pure heart good conscience and faith vnfained b 1 Tim. 1.5 Euch. But may not a bad man doe that which is good Phil. Hée may doe that which is good in it selfe but because hée is out of Christ c Ioh. 15.5 or béeing in Christ doeth it to a bad end it shall not bée good to him d 1. Cor. 13 3. So to giue almes is a good thing but if our persons bée not iustified béefore God and this action be not to the glorie of God it will neuer proue good to vs. Euch. Howe many sortes of kingdomes are there Phil. 3. The kingdome of Satan The kingdomes of men and the kingdome of God e Eph. 6.12 Euch. What is the kingdome of God Phil. It is that spirituall rule which God through Christ doeth by grace béeginne in vs in this life and by glorie will accomplish in the life to come f Dan. 2.37 g math 25.37 6.31 Rom. 14.17 Euch. Howe many things may wée obserue in this kingdome Phil. Twelue 1. That Christ is king 2. The subiects are Christians 3. The lawes are the word 4. The enemies are satan sin death hell damnation the flesh the wicked 5. The rewards are the good things of this life and eternall happinesse in the life to come 6. The Chasticementes are afflictions 7. The weapons are faith hope loue the word and praier 8. The time of it is to the worldes end 9. The place is this world and the world to come 10. The officers are preachers 11. The vice-gerents are gouernors 12. It is exercised vpon the conscience of man Euch. How is the kingdome of God said to come Phil. 1. When it is erected where it was not before 2. When it is increased where it was 3. When it is repaired from former decaies 4. When it is perfected and fully accomplished Euch. What are the wants you doe here bewaile Phil. 1. I bewaile mine owne and others bondage vnto sin that the best of vs do but weakely yeeld to Christ scepter 2. I bewaile the want of the word and Sacraments by which this kingdome is erected in mens hearts 3. I bewaile that there be so many hinderers of this Kingdome as namely the flesh to infect the world to allure the deuill to seduce Antichrist to with-drawe the Turke to withstand and the wicked to trouble men that should bee subiectes of this Kingdome Euch. What doe you praie for in this petition Phil. 1. For Godly Magistrates that they may erect establish and repaire this Kingdome 2. For Godly Ministers that by life Doctrine they may bring many Subiectes to this Kingdome 3. That both Magistrates and Ministers may bée preserued for the good of this Kingdome 4. That by politicke Lawes and powerfull Preaching abuses may bée reformed and they without conuerted to liue in this Kingdome consisting in righteousnesse peace and ioye in the holie Ghost a Rom. 14.15 5. That in mine and many others hearts this Kingdome may bée erected that wée may growe in grace and in the sauing knowledge of Christ Iesus 6. That both by the hower of death and by the comming of Christ to Iudgment this Kingdome in me all and Godes chosen may be accomplished Euch. What doe you here praie against Phil. I praie against all thinges that doe or may hinder this kingdome as want of gouernors bloudy Lawes tolleration of Idolatrie idle and euil Ministers false and erronious doctrine infidelitie impenitencie all raigning sinnes both in me and others and lastly against all wicked both men and angels or whatsoeuer may hinder the kingdome of Christ Euch. What doe you giue thanks for Phil. I giue thankes for all Godly gouernours good Lawes painefull preachers sound doctrine and that measure of grace which is bestowed on me many others that God suffereth not Satan to take away gouernement to enact euil lawes to set vp euil ministers but that both I and others liuing in the Church may yéeld obedience to Christs scepter and doe grow vp in the graces of Gods spirit Euch. Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Which is the third petition Phil. Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen Euch. Why doeth this follow Thy kingdom come Phil. To teach me first to trie my selfe secoÌ„dly to iudge of others whether as yet we be in the state of grace or not for as many as truly be in Gods kingdoÌ„e caÌ„not but immediatly do gods wil for obedience to gods wil is an effectual signe that the kingdoÌ„ of God is in vs. a 1. Ioh. 3.3 Euch. But what if you sée that men â—o not Gods wil may you say that such are not in the state of grace Phil. That such persoÌ„s as yet are not in the state of grace I may say for as fire is known by heat the sun by light a trée by fruite so is faith knowen by workes Shew me thy faith by thy works saith S. Iames Yet must I leaue such to God and pray for their conuersion in their due time Euch. What must you iudge of an hypocrite who seemeth to do Gods will b 1. Chro. 28.11 Phil. I must iuge of such a one that he is in the state of grace till such time as he manifest his hypocrisie for that sin being inward except it be by special reuelation is onely knowen to God I must iudge of each trée by the fruits c math 7.20 Euch. What doe you here meane by Gods will Ph. b Deut. 29.29 Gods will is either secret or reueled his secret wil is known only to himself as who are elect who reprobates when the day of iudgement shal be his reueled wil is set down in the booke of god c The same verse in such works as dayly god doth discouer to man Euch. What is it to doe Gods
will Phil. The reuealed will of God is done by voluntary f 1. Thes 5.3 obeying or patient suffering that which God commaundeth g Math. 26.39 The secret will is done of vs by praying that Christ Iesus may come to Iudgement h Col. 22.20 that Antichrist may more and more bee reuealed and that wee may patiently beare all future afflictions Euch. What meane you by Earth and heauen in this petition Phil. I doe not meane by Earth my bodie and Heauen my soule as Tertullian thought nor by earth earthly men and heauen heauenly men as others thought but in these words I praie that as the angelles in heauen are readie to doe Gods will so men on earth may be ready to doe it Euch. Howe doe Angells the will of God Phil. They doe it chearefully without murmuring spéedily without delaying generally without omitting sincerely without dissembling constantly without forbearing and perfectly without halting Euch. But is it possible for man to doe perfectly Gods wil Phil. It will be possible in the life to come it is impossible whilest we liue in this world for the good which was would doe we do not and the euill that we would not that doe we Rom. 7. Euch. How many kindes then of perfections are there Phil. There is first a perfection of sincerity which was in Hezekias obedience a Esay 38.3 Secondly a perfection of all partes which was in Zacharie and Elizabeths obedience b Luk. 1.6 Thirdly a perfection of degrees which was onely in the first and second Adam and is now only in the holy Angels who only can perfectly obeie Gods will Euch. If this obedience be impossible to be performed why then doe we pray for it Phil. Because I must with Paul striue for this perfection c phil 3. and pray vnto GOD d 1. Thes 5 25. that I may come to this perfection without whose will I shall neuer bée able to doe his will Ioh. 15.5 Euch. What wants doe you heere bewaile Phil. 1. I bewaile mine owne and others rebellious natures in that we are as prone to receiue sin as a match or tinder is to receiue fire 2. I bewaile the sinnes of the world as ignorance schismes hypocrisie pride ambition couetousnesse and all contempt and all disobedience to the word of God 3. Our impacience that when God layeth any crosses vpon vs we cannot as wee ought endure them patiently 4. Our slacke and imperfect obedience yea priuie pride proud presumption deadnes of spirit secret hypocrisie and all other weaknes which breaketh either in or out vpon vs in our best seruice to our heauenlye Father Euch. What things doe you pray for in this petition Phil. 1. I pray that I and all people may in true humiliation and hatred of sinne be conuerted to GOD by putting off the old man and putting on the new that wee may obey his commaundements in our generall and particular callings and in all afflictions submit our selues to the wil of god 2. That with a speedy resolution a willing minde chearefull heart and coÌ„stant purpose wee may euer doe that which we are commanded Euch. What things do you pray against in this petition Phil. I pray against all impiety towardes God vnrighteousnesse towards man and disobedience in my selfe In a word against all rebellious withstanding Gods reuealed wil vnfaithfulnesse in mens callings all discontented murmuring at Gods doeings and all either backwardnesse or wearines in the seruice of God and â—astly against all hypocrisie which is contrary to an honest and a sincere heart Euch. What things doe you héere thanke God for Phil. 1. Here I blesse God for mine owne and others conuersion 2. For our obedience to Gods will 3. For our pacience in all trialls 4. That with some chearefulnesse we may serue god 5. That our seruice is not full of hypocrisie and that profanenes vnrighteousnes disobedience rebellion vnthankfulnes murmuring discontentement backwardnes wearines and hypocrisie are so mortified in vs that in some weake measure wee desire to please God Euch. Why are these thrée petitions in the first place Phil. Because when we do beginne to aduance Gods glory set vp Gods kingdome and do Gods will then our dayly bread the forgiuenes of sinnes and al other blessings will be giuen vnto vs. As on the contrary if we dishonor God hinder his kingdome and do our own willes we cannot looke for any blessing of this or a better life for godlines onely hath a promise of this life and the life to come 1. Tim. 6.6 Euch. Hauing spoken thus much of the thrée first petitions wee are nowe come to the latter three how do you deuide those three last petitions Phil. One of them is for things concerning mans body the other two are concerning his soule Euch. But why are you here taught to pray for things corporall and after to pray for things spirituall doth not this crosse that commaundement of Christ Seeke first the kingdome of God Math. 6.32 Phil. No it doth not but by this order I am taught 1. To sée the corruption of mans nature which ought in the first place to séeke thinges spirituall but because we liue rather by sense then faith wee doe principally desire things corporall Secondly I am taught Christs mercie vnto man in that by this order hee descendeth to our infirmity who rather depend vpon him for the pardon of our sinnes then we can trust him for our prouision in this life which argueth that wee are of little faith Thirdly I am taught by this to depend vpoÌ„ him for the forgiuenes of my sinnes for when I see that he is heere so careful for my bodie he will doubtles be more careful to prouide for my soule Rom. 8.32 Euch. What vse can you make of this order Phil. 1. That I must principally seeke the good of my soule which will bring all goodnesse and goods to my body a mat 16.26 Psal 4.6 2. That I must haue care also of my body for the preseruation whereof God hath prouided foode apparell phisicke and other meanes b 1. Tim. 5.23 3. That from the blessings on my body I must ascend by degrees to bee perswaded for my soule that he who is so prouident for the one will be much more prouident for the other c Eccl. 11.30.31 4. I must acknowledge mine owne corruption that I am so carefull for earthly things d math 6. 5. I see that I may vse gods creatures in that he will haue me to praye for them 6. I must acknowledge the mercy of god to me in that he yeeldeth so much to mine infirmity as to permit mee to aske these corporall things before such things as are spiritual and of greatest good for the saluation of my soule Euch. Which is the fourth petition and the first of the three latter giue vs this day our daily bread Phil. Giue vs this day our daily bread Euch. Do you not by bread here vnderstand
Prophet and Christ did in that hée had a pursebearer and commaunded the broken meate to be kept 2. Wée are sent by Salomon to the pismire who prouideth in sommer against winter a Pro. 6.6 3. Hée that prouideth not for his familie is worse then an infidell b 1. Tim. 58. 4. We haue precepts of frugalitie and thriftinesse c Tim. 6.18 5. Wee must get to doe good to others d pro. 32. 6. God hath giuen man foresight prouidence 7. The good huswife is commended in the prouerbs who by labour industry inricheth her family Euch. Yet Christ saith lay not vp treasure vpon earth Phil. That is wee must not séeke it cheifely and so as to neglect to lay vp treasure in heauen Euch. What rules must you obserue in kéeping riches Phil. 1. That I get them by honest labour 2. That I put no trust in my riches 3. That I spare not when I ought to spend them on others 4. I must not bee a niggard to mine owne state and person Euch. What is the vse of all this Phil. 1. It commendeth Christian care and prouidence 2. It warranteth the possession of riches 3. It condemneth niggardly parsimonie 4. It confuteth our swaggering prodigalls who with the prodigall sonne so consume their inheritance that at last they are brought to a morsell of bread 5. That each daie I must depend on God Euch. What doe you meane by daily bread Dayly bread Phil. I meane such bread as is fit to nourish the substance of my bodie and that I may be fed with foode cōuenient Euch. Why doe you pray for dayly bread Phil. Because my body is daylie decaying and so stands in néede of dayly repairing euen as the lampe stands in néede of oile 2. Because no meate can bée added to my substance vnlesse God daily giue a blessing vnto it without which I may eate and not bée satisfyed earne siluer yet put it into a bottomlesse bagge a Hag. 1.6 3. To put me in minde that I must not tempt God by neglecting of meanes as they doe who labour not in an honest calling and such as put an angelicall perfection in fasting or vowing to the world a voluntary pouertie 4. To condemne such as make an Idole of meanes and neuer craue a blessing from God vpon the meanes Euch. Our daily bread How is bread said to bee our bread how doe we pray for it Phil. It is said to be ours 1. As we are in Christ 2. As we get it by honest labour 3. As it is fit for our place calling 4. As we haue a proper title vnto it Euch. What vse make you of this Phil. 1. That I must labour to be in Christ 2. That I may so get riches that I may see they are mine 3. That I may labour to maintaine my estate 4. That community of goods is an Anabaptisticall fancy 5. That God would not haue all aske rich 6. That I must impart my goods to the poore Euch. What wants doe you heere bewaile Phil. 1. I bewaile mans great couetousnesse 2. Their discontentment 3. Their idlenesse 4. Their vnfaithfulnes 5. Their vnmercifulnes in getting kéeping of riches 6. Mine owne and others vnthankfulnes for that portion which God hath allotted vnto vs. Euch. What things do you here pray for Phil. 1. I pray here for all meanes by which I and others may haue our dayly bread as seasonable weather for the fruites of the earth sympathie of al creatures that the heauens may heare the earth the earth the corne and it vs. For godly magistrates for the maintainance of peace and procuring of plenty For valiant souldiours to defend our land for painefull husbandmen and trades men in all callings for prudent huswifes faithful seruantes that euen our beasts may be strong to labour a ps 144.14 2. I pray for peace in all kingdomes plenty in our borders that the staffe of bread be not taken from vs. 3. I pray for humility in acknowledging Gods good giftes and blessings to me contentednes in our estates diligence in our callings faithfulnes in our dealings prouidence to get frugality to lay vp liberality to giue out magnificence in doing great workes thankfulnesse for our goods ioye at the good of others and that God would giue vs all that which is fit for vs. Euch. What doe you here praye against Phil. 1. I pray against vnseasonable weather disorder of creatures vngodly lawes cowardly souldiours and vnfit people for their places and callings 2. I praye against vniust warres cleannes of téeth and that the staffe of bread may not be taken from vs. 3. I pray against pride in aboundance discontent in want negligence in mens callings vnfaithfulnes in dealing improuidence in getting parsimony in hoarding prodigality in spending and vnmercifulnes in not giuing to the poore 4. In a word I pray against all vnthankfulnes for Gods creatures our much abusing of such good giftes of God yea against all such sicknesses as may hinder vs from getting our daily bread Euc. what do you here giue thanks for Phil. I thanke God here for seasonable times godly gouernours abounnance of all thinges and for all such things as before I praied for And by name I thanke God that he hath hitherto prouided so bountifully for me others that we haue a sufficiency for our present estate do see his blessing in the getting hauing vsing of all his creatures And that in the sweat of our browes wee doe eate that bread which by reason thereof cannot be called the bread of idlenes Euch. Which are the two last petitions Phil. Forgiue vs c. Lead vs not c. Forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespas against vs And lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill Euch. What doe you learne out of this order that after our praying for daily bread we say and forgiue vs our trespasses and lead vs not into temptation c. Phil. I do learne here these 6. lessons 1. By hauing my dayly bread to lifts vp my minde for spirituall blessings to God a luk 11.13 2. To séeke more earnestly for the pardon of my sinnes then I do though alas I doe not for my dayly bread b Act. 2.39 3. That seeing these two petitions I make for my soule therefore my care must bee double to doe good for my soule c 2. pet 1.10 4. That if is nothing to haue my dayly Bread vnlesse GOD giue vnto mée the pardon of my sinnes d Wisd 5.8 5. That if God giue me my daily bread I had most neede to pray for the forgiuenesse of my sinnes because therein I am most subiect to sinne against God c 2. Sam. 11 1. 6. That if I want my dayly bread sinne is the cause that I want it and al blessings f psal 107.34 Euch. What is contained in these two last petitions Phil. In
especially in the congregation of Saints for there many voyces are Gods best melodie Pray also at all times at euening Pray at all times morning and at noone day will I pray vnto thee yea at midnight will I rise to call vpon thee nay seauen times a day will I praise thee saith Dauid Daniel did so three times a day Paul did it day and night Hannah did it all the dayes of her life and the Psalmographer vowes it I will praise the Lord as long as I liue as long as I haue any being I will sing praises to my God Euchyta Pray continually not as those heretiques who would euer doe so but as Christians who know when to do so With morning prayer the day begin With euening praier the night shut in Without this prayer sit not to eate Without Gods praise rise not from me ate And forget not to pray for all persons Pray for person for the King as the head his Senators as the eyes his Cleargie as the mouth his Souldiers as the hands his subiects of all trades as the feete vpon which the commonwealth doth stand Art thou a Minister pray for thy flocke An Auditor for thy preacher A father for thy child an husband for thy wife a maister for thy seruant or a gouernour pray for thy famulie Is any sick pray for his health Poore for his wealth imprisoned for his libertie seduced for his recouerie confirmed for his constancie or in any distresse for his deliuery Pray for all men that their bodies may be preserued soules saued estates maintained that thy and their thoughts may bee sanctified your words seasoned and your actions ordered by the spirit of God Will you know now to whom we must pray To whom we must pray not to a Calfe as the Israelites did nor to Baal as his Priests did nor to an image as idolatours did nor to any Saints as our fathers did but as we are bound to serue God alone so are we bounden to pray to God alone for he alone knoweth our wants heaâ—…th our petitions hath promised to help vs is able to doe for vs and is the alone present helper in the needfull time of trouble I will draw to an end How we must pray you haue seene beloued the necessitie of this seruice let me shew you a little the qualities of this seruice Pray we must in knowledge with vnderstanding in faith by beleeuing in remorse with feeling in zeale without cooling in intention without wandring in reuerence without contemning in constancie without reuolting and in loue without reuenging Let our eies be fastned hearts fixed knees bowed mouthes opened and our hands lifted vp as to the King of Kings And as Iacob would not let the Angell goe till he were blessed so let not vs let him go till wee be heard Let not the woman of Canaan be more earnest with Christ militant then wee wil be with the same Christ triumphaÌ„t Let neuer Queene of Sheba so willingly come to Salomon as wee must willingly come vnto Christ hee loueth most willing and importunate sutors Wherefore as Dauid said to Abner neuer see my face vnlesse thou bring Michal with thee so say I vnto you neuer looke God in the face vnlesse you bring prayer with you As I haue declared to you the dutie of praier so should I speake somewhat of giuing of thankes Many can bee content to pray in troubles but fewe giue thankes for deliuerance out of trouble Multi petentes pauci promitteÌ„tes paucissimi reddentes saith an ancient father there are many petitioners few promisers most few thanks giuers Are there not ten cleansed where are the nine there is none returned to giue thankes but this one and he is a Samaritan If euer people vnder the cope of heauen had occasioÌ„ to praise God we are they especially for his word and gospell and for many deliuerances shewed to our Princes and people But because at the end of this treatise I haue set downe a forme both of praier thanks giuing I refer you to the perusing of those two platformes I doubt not of your patience for the length of this preface because I desire to leaue it as an ocular sermon instructing you continually how to call vpon God and preparing you to the exposition of the Lords prayer which of many through ignorance is as much prophaned as euer God was by saying the Pater-noster in Latin or repeating other rosaries in an vnknown laÌ„guage Now hauing ended as you see these questions and answers I make question with my selfe to whom I may command them and because for these three yeares immediatly past I haue liued and preached amongst you I am bolde in generall to present them to you all You haue I confesse knowne my conuersation bin acquainted with my ministrie countenanced me in my calling maintained me in health comforted me in sicknes afforded vnto me much more kindnesse then can be requited by this paper present And since it pleaseth God to dispose of me still in such vncertaine places as that I could neuer yet say heere must I rest I blesse God that euer I came vnto you whose loue and larges hath bene such vnto me as makes me to say of my late exile Perijsseâ— nisi perijssem I had bene vndone if others had not sought to vndoe me And therefore though I cannot say to you as Paul did to the Corinthians I am yours to liue and die with you yet this I will say I am yours to liue and pray for you that you may so know God as you may pray to him so pray to God that you may liue before him so liue that you may euer be fit to receiue his sacrament and so both fit to know pray liue and receiue that after you haue knowne him by Christ prayed to him through Christ liued before him in Christ and receiued his fauour in the seales of Christ you may in the end dye in his faith as you haue liued in his feare and at the last day in bodyes and soules bee partakers of eternall glorye To the grace of this GOD I commend you to your grace I coÌ„mend these treatises doubting not but many of you will be as readie to read them as you haue bene willing to heare them From your Parish of S. Martin the fields Ian. 1. 1606. Your seruant in the Lord ROBERT HILL The Speakers Euchedidascalus a teacher of praier Phileuches a louer of praier Euch. PHileuches amongst manie Sermons which I haue preached vnto you you haue heard me expound the Lordes prayer are you bound to giue accompt of that you haue heard Phil. Sir doubtlesse I am for the Apostle Peter teacheth me that I must be alwaies ready to giue an answer to euery one that asketh mée a reason of the hope that is in me with meekenesse and reuerence a 1. Pet. 3.15 Euch. Repeate then the Lordes prayer Phil. Our Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy