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
denie my God 9. That I shal be rewarded if I cōtinue 10. That by prayer I shall haue power to resist him Euch. These rules indéed are generall but what if he tempt you to the sinne of Couetousnesse what remedies must you vse Phil. I must meditate 1. That God hath taken vpon him to be my carefull protector 2. That this sin is the roote of all euill 3. That euery couetous man is an idolater 4. That my life stands not in aboundance 5. That Christ his disciples were poore 6. That I shall carry nothing with me 7. That I must giue an accompt of my getting 8. That it will hinder me in the seruice of God 9. That riche men come hardly to heauen 10. That by riches I am most subiect to be spoiled 11. That they make a man vnwilling to die 12. That they may be taken away from me 13. That many woes are denounced against rich men Euch. What remedies haue you against the temptation of pride Phil. I must meditate 1. That I must not be proud because I haue all things of gift 2. That God resisteth the proud 3. That it hindreth a greater larges of grace 4. That I am but dust and ashes 5. That pride cast Sathan out of heauen 6. That if it be in apparell I haue more occasion to bee humbled for my shamefull nakednesse 7. That Christ left me an example of humilitie 8. That by this I make others to contemne me 9. That it argues a sonne of the deuill 10. That others haue more excellent gifts then my selfe 11. That pride is the causer of contentions 12. That proud men are farre from reformation Seest thou saith Salomon a man wise in his owne eyes there is more hope of a foole then of him and a proud heart is a Pallace for the deuill Euch. What remedies haue you against the temptations of adulterie Phil. I must meditate here 1. That God sées me 2. That God can punish me 3. That he will punish me 4. That I am a member of Christ 5. That adulterours shall not inherite heauen 6. That such people seldome repent 7. That such a thing should not be done in Israel 8. That it made Salomon to commit Idolatrie 9. That for the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread 10. That I doe not as I would be done to 11. That I wrong the Church and commonwealth by obtruding to both a bastardly generation 12. That as by this I endanger my soule so must I néeds decay my body and when I am dead leaue a blotte behinde me which neuer can be wiped out Euch. What remedies haue you against the temptation of gluttonie and drunkennesse Phil. Here I must meditate 1. That Salomon commands me at great tables to put my knife to my throate 2. That by these I make morter of my body by too much drinke and my stomacke but a streiner by too much meate 3. That I abuse that which might doe good to the poore 4. That I abuse the good creatures of God 5. That all ciuill nations haue detested these sinnes 6. That by them I am vnfit for Gods seruice 7. That I bring vpon my body diseases 8. That I am vnfit to kéepe any secret 9. That I am a scorne to the sober 10. That these sinnes are the maine instruments of other sinnes 11. That I must fall into the Phisitions hands 12. That I may in them commit some such sinne as may cause me to fall into the censure of God and gouernours Euch. What remedies haue you against the temptation of enuie Phil. I must meditate 1. That mine eye must not be euill because Gods eye is good 2. That God may dispose of his owne as he list 3. That enuie is a note of a bad man 4. I must bee glad at the good of others 5. Moses and Christ and other good men were glad when they heard of others excellencie 6. God will not haue all alike 7. It is a meanes to murther our brother 8. It is a fruite of the flesh 9. It hinders vs from dooing good to others 10. It is the greatest torment to a mans selfe 11. Though our brother excell vs in one thing yet we do him in another 12. God euen hateth and curseth the enuious Euch. What remedies haue you against idlenesse in your calling Phil. I must meditate 1. That God commandeth all men to labour 2. That Euah fel in paradice by idlenes 3. That it was one of the sinnes of Sodome 4. That it is a cushion for Sathan to sléepe in 5. That labour puts Sathans assaults away 6. That idlenesse consumes the body 7. That a sloathfull hand maketh poore as a diligent hand maketh rich 8. Without diligence wee cannot prouide for a familie or the time to come 9. All creatures euen to the pismire are diligent 10. GOD our father is euer working 11. by it we may be able to do good to others 12. All good men haue laboured in a calling And why haue people hands wits but to vse them and the more both are vsed the better they are Euch. What remedies haue you against impatience in afflictions I must meditate 1. That naked I came into this world naked I must returne againe 2. I must remember the afflictions of Iob what ende God made of them 3. That the patient abiding of the righteous shall be gladnes 4. That God hath a stroake in afflictions 5. That they are nothing to the ioyes of heauen 6. That I haue deserued more 7. That they will tend to my good 8. That in this world we must haue tribulations 9. That murmuring is a signe of bad child 10. Christ said not my wil but thine be done 11. Many of Gods seruants haue endured more 12. That Gods children haue béene ready to suffer Euch. But what remedies haue you if sathan tempt you to despaire of Gods mercy Phil. I will saie vnto him auoide satan and will enter into this meditatiō 1. I was by baptisme receiued into the Church and it hath beene to mee the lauer of regeneration 2. I once heard and beleeued his worde and therefore I shall stand euer by this faith 3. Mine election is in Gods kéeping and therefore Sathan can neuer stealt it away 4. The calling of God is without repentance and whom he loueth bee loueth to the end 5. I knew by my loue of the brethren that I am translated frō death to life 6. I am sorry that I can bee no more sorrie for my sinnes and this to me is an argument of faith 7. I desire to beléeue in Christ and to runne the waies of his cōmandements 8. Christs merits are greater then my synnes and hee is the propitiation for my synnes 9. Though the righteous fal he shal rise againe for GOD supporteth him with his hand 10. The Spirit doth though verie weakely witnes to my spirit that I am Gods childe 11. I hate syn with an vnfained hatred 12. I loue
that it can be no miracle it may appeare by this vnanswerable reason Euery miracle is sensible as when Moses rod was turned into a serpent and Christ turned Water into Wine But this myracle is not sensible for I see bread and taste bread I sée wine and tast wine euen after consecration Therefore it is no miracle Quest May you not receiue the bread without the wine An. No for these reasons 1. This were to crosse Christs institution 2. It doth dispriuiledge Christs people 3. It makes Christs feast a drye feast 4. It takes away the remembrance of Christs blood shed 5. The wine signifies not Christs bloud in his veines but that bloud which was powred out Quest What is the forme of this sacrament An. The coniunction of the thing signified with the signe the action of God with the action of the Minister the action of faith with the action of the receiuer Quest What doth the action of the minister signifie An. His taking of bread and wine into his hands doth signifie Gods sealing of Christ to beare the office of a mediator Ioh. 6.27 His blessing of the bread the sending of Christ to be a mediator his breaking of bread and powring out of wine the execrable passion of Christ and effusion of his blood the giuing of bread and wine to the receiuer the offring of Christ to al euen hypocrites but the giuing him onely to true Christians Qu. What doth the action of the receauer signifie Answ His taking of bread and wine into his hand doth signifie his apprehending of Iesus Christ by faith His eatinge of bread and drinking of wine for the nourishment of his bodie his applying of Christ vnto him selfe that his true communion with him may be more increased Quest What is the end of this Sacrament Ans 1. The assurance of Gods fauor 2. The increasing of my faith 3. Fellowship with Christ 4. Communion with the saintes Quest You said in the second place that you must examine your faith tell me therefore what this faith is An. It is a miraculous worke of God wrought in the heart of a regenerate man by the preaching of the gospell whereby hee doth apprehend and applie to himselfe particularly Christ Iesus withall his benyfites to the pardon and forgiuenesse of all his sinnes Quest Howe may a man knowe whether bee haue this faith An. by these signes First if wee can from our hearts renounce our false supposed goodnesse and can wholy relie vpon Christ in the matter of our saluation this nature cannot doe 2. If we haue peace of conscience arysing from the apprehension of Gods loue in Christ and our reconciliation with him Quest Which are the wantes of faith Ans 1. Doubting and distrust of Gods mercie 2. Presumption and vaine confidence in our selues Quest To come to the third parte of our examination tell me what repentance is An. 1. It is a worke of grace arysing of a Godly sorrow whereby a man turnes from all his sinnes to God and brings forth fruit worthy amentement of life Quest How shall you know whether you haue this repentance or not Answ By these markes 1. If I haue a Godly sorrow wherby I am displeased with my selfe because by sinne I haue displeased God 2. If there be in me a changing of the minde a purpose to forsake sinne and euer after to please God 3. If I do dayly more more breake off my sinnes and abstaine from inward practise kéeping vnder my corruptions and vngodly thoughts 4. If I can mourne for the present corruption of my nature 5. If I haue bin gréeued craued pardon for my late sins euen sithence I was last partaker of the Lords table Quest You said that obedience was the forth part of our examination can you tell me what obedience is An. It is a frée heartie vniuersall personall perpetuall kéeping of Gods commandements Quest Howe many properties are there of this obedience An. Fiue 1. It must be frée without constraint Psal 110 3. 2. Sincere without hipocrysie 2. Tim. 1.5 3. Vniuersall not to some but to all the coÌ„mandements Psa 119.6 Ia 2.10 4. Perpetuall till the hower of our death Math. 24.13 5. Personall in regard of our personal 〈◊〉 1. Pet. 5.1 Quest Which is the last part of examination Ans Our reconciling one selues vnto our brethren if wee haue made them any offence Math. 5.24 Que. When are we fit to receaue the sacrament in regard of reconciliation Answ Euen then when we are fit to say in the Lords praier forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespas against vs. And therefore many indaÌ„ger there own coÌ„sciences in refusing to receaue lest they should leaue their sins be reconciled to men Now the Lord grant that I may after this sorte examine my selfe that at all times I may be fit to come to Gods table Quest I hope you are well Instructed in examinatioÌ„ Tel me what premeditation the second part of preparaâ—… is Answ It is a consideration of those graces which wée doe receaue by the death of Christ signified in the sacrament of the Lords supper Quest Which are those graces that 〈◊〉 must consider of An. Our redemption from hell our deliverance from death damnation 〈…〉 of the lawe 2. The remission of our sinnes whereby wee receaue fréedome from sinne and acceptation to life Psal 103. 3.4 ps 32 1.2 3. Which is a fruite of the former reconciliation with God when we are made friends with him Col. 1.20 4. Our communion and fellowship with Christ 1. Cor. 10.16 5. Interest and title to eternall life by Christ in whom we are sonnes Ioh. 1.12 Rom. 8.13 Quest What fruite ariseth out of these two Answ A spirituall hunger after Christ and his benefits for when a nian hath examined his wants and hath considered the riches of Christ his heart longes after the same Ioh. 7.37 Quest You haue wel said al that you haue yet said howe must you be disposed in the action of receiuing An. I must seriously thinke of these fiue pointes 1. First when I sée the minister sake bread and wine I must consider the action of God whereby he sent Christ to worke my redemption 2. When I see the bread broken the wine powred out I must consider 1. the bitter passion of Christ for me in so suffering 2. Gods infinit loue to me who sent Christ coredeeme me his enimy 3 Gods wrath towards me for my sin which nothing could satisfie but the deth of christ 4 I must detest those sins of mine which caused Christ thus to suffer 5. When the minister distributes breade and wine I must consider that as it is truly offered vnto mee by man so Christ is truly offered vnto me by god 4. In receauing breade and wine I muste apprehend Christ by faith 5 In eating that breade drinking that wine I must apply christ particulerly to my selfe be perswaded that as that bred and wine is
pardon and forgiuenes of all our sinnes this day at this time and heretofore committed against thée with a blessing vpon thy church and children euery where as well as though we had named them thorough Christ our Lord and onelye Sauiour Amen A thanksgiuing for our late deliuerance from that vnnaturall conspiracie against our King and State ALmighty Lord GOD father of our Lord Iesus Christ and in him our most Gratious and mercifull Father many are thy mercyes towards vs and that our soules know right well And as we cannot be ignorant of them vnles we be senselesse soe wee may not be forgetfull vnles we be thankelesse By thée our lot is fallen into a good soile and by thée we haue a goodly inheritance by thée are our bodies deliuered from sicknesse and by thée are our soules deliuered from sin by thée our names are not a reproch vnto our enemies and by thée our estates are not a prey vnto the Idolatrous Thou euen thou hast don great things in our land thy right hand amongst vs hast brought mighty things to passe What is it O Lord that thou hast not done vnto this vine of thine English Israel and what couldest thou doe more for it then thou hast Thou hast planted it by thy hand placed it in thy vineard hedged it by thy prouidence garded it by thine Angells watred it by thy spirit pruyned it by thy rodds supported it by thy power committed it to thy husbandmen beautified it by thy mercies and fructified it by thine aboundance not of sower but swéete grapes The wilde boore of the woods can neuer roote it vp the beasts of the forest shall neuer deuour it Lord continew still to visit this vine which without thy visitation must be fruitles and strengthlesse Thou hast cast out the heathen and planted vs in thou hast subdued our enemies and made vs the mirror of the whole world Thou hast giuen vs thy Sonne to be our Sauiour thy word to be our instructor thy Spirit to bée our sanctifier thy preachers to bee our monitors thy sacraments to be our seales and Kings to be our nursing Fathers and Quéenes to bee our nursing Mothers When our enemies came against vs thou subduest them when our light was extinguished thou oldest set vp a greater 1588. Q. Elizabeth K. Iames. 1603. when the plague was amongst vs thou calmest it and when our Countrie was to be betraied thou wast our deliuerer What shall we render vnto thée for all these fauours or what can we render for all these mercies O our soules praise the Lord and all that is within vs praise his holy name O our soules praise the Lord and let vs neuer forget his benefitts Wee Lord had bin blowen vp with the powder of rebellion had not the power of thy prouidence watched ouer vs. We therefore our Princes Nobles Clergy Commons our Wifes Children Seruants and al are héere before thy Maiesty this day now render vnto thée for more we cannot and more thou desirest not the sacrifice of praise the calues of our lipp◠for this wonderfull deliuerance shewed vnto our Gracious King and Country Lord teach vs therby to bée thankfull vnto thée obedient to our gouernours frequent in praier feruent in the spirit and zealous in good workes least a worse thing hereafter happen vnto vs. Make vs to detest Popery the poyson of Authority Iesuits the bellowes of sedition Papists the plotters of rebellion and to thinke better of our Christian Brethren and this not new but most auncient religion of ours by which wee are taught Pietie to God Loialty to Gouernours Peace to the Church reuerence of superiority charity to our inferiours amity to our equalls loue to our enemies patience in tribulation thankfulnesse in prosperity faithfulnesse in our calling honesty to al. And séeing of late thou hast deliuered our backs from whipping our liberty from seruing our soules from dying our country from consuming our King and Estate from a suddaine blowing vp Lord wée pray thée that the meditatiō of this mercy may neuer depart out of our minds but that wee may bée thankful vnto thée for mercies receiued and fearfull of thée for iudgements escaped Teach vs to pray vnto thée alone who canst heare graunt our requests to kéepe our country from inuasion our Church frō dissention our houses from infection our State from alteration and people from the cruell mercies of the Italian Popedom whose faith is fancie whose force is fraud whose trust is treason whose obedience is hipocrisie whose lawes are traditions whose pardōers are priests whose sauiour is the Pope whose god is an Idol whose seruice is ceremonies whose glorie is their shame and whose end is damnation except they repent Let the Sunne of the Ghospell be neuer eclipsed the Light of thine Israel neuer be extinguished the hope of our happinesse neuer bée subuerted Nor the branches of our vine euer cut off Thus we thy people and shéepe of thy pasture shall haue iust occasion to praise thy great name in the face of thy congregation from this time forth foreuermore Lord kéepe in our Kinge the Spirit of Maiestie in our Quéene the Spirit of Chastitie in our Prince the Spirit of Pietie in our Nobles the Spirit of Loialtie in our Councellers the Spirit of Prudencie in our Clergie the Spirit of Vigilancie and in vs all the Spirit of Fidelytie and as for such as wish euill to this Sion of ours the Honour of thy name the Pallace of thy pleasure the Place of thy protection and the Wounder of the world if they béelong to thée giue them hearts to repent and to returne to vs if not or euer their pottes bée hotte with thornes let indignation vexe them as a thing that is rawe Euen soe let all thine Enimies perish O Lord. And vnlesse their Children bée better then the Parents as the Prophet prayeth deliuer them vp to famine let them droppe by the force of the sword let their wiues be robbed of their children and be widdowes and let their husbands be put to death let their confederate young men be slaine by the sword let them be ouerthrowne in the day of thine anger and let none be left to make lamentation for them and to say O my brother O my sister Lord roote all Cananites out of this land of the liuing that such as feare thee may dwell safely Blessed be the Lord God of our saluation for euer and euer and let all the people say Amen Amen 1. Sam. 12.24.25 Now therefore feare yee the Lord and serue him in the truth withall you hearts and consider how great thing he hath done for you But if you do wickedly ye shall perish both ye and your King He that eateth and drinketh and letteth grace passe Sitteth downe like an Oxe and riseth like an Asse Grace before meat WE acknowledge and confesse this fauour of thine eternall God and gratious Father that it pleaseth thy maiestie to giue vnto vs so