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A53117	The fall of man by sinne delivered in a sermon preached at the late solemne fast, Aug. 28, 1644 : wherein these three positions are briefly handled : 1. That all men are miserably fallen from God by sin, and are in a lost condition, 2. That we must see ourselves thus fallen, and utterly lost in ourselves, before we can convert and turn to God by repentance, 3. That formes of prayer may, in some cases be lawfully and warrantably used : published at the request of that truly religious and vertuous gentlewoman, mistris Elizabeth Barnham, wife to the worshipfull Robert Barnham, Esq. / by William Newport, Preacher of the word at Boughton Monchelsey in Kent.	Newport, William, Preacher of the word at Boughton Monchelsey in Kent.	1644 (1644)	Wing N940; ESTC R3278	14,865	30

justice before we will appeale to the Throne of Mercy Vers 2 3. Take with your words c. HEre the Prophet shewes them the manner how hee would have them performe the duty hee would not have them come to the Lord empty but with these words Take away all iniquity and c. where he doth endevour to support their infirmity because a mind astonished knowes not what to say for Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent therefore he prescribes them a short but a pithy forme Turne to the Lord and say Take away c. Where wee have a kind of Antithesis laid downe betweene true and false repentance as if he should have said Yee have hitherto sought the Lord with sheepe and oxen chap. 5.6 yee have thought to please him with these sacrifices which hee loathes without true repentance But now saith he Take unto you words and shewes them what words they should use And lest they should thinke that there was nothing else but bare words required of them to be uttered like Parots without understanding apprehension or heart as hypocrites doe who thinke they have done enough when they have run over a forme of confession and praiers though after never so heartlesse a maner he shews that the thing signified by these words likewise is necessarily required viz. True conversion and turning to God that the mouth in prayer may speake from the heart and the heart by the mouth and therefore hee addes Turne to the Lord and say Take away all iniquity c. that is say it not only with your mouthes but from your hearts And the forme of words prescribed them stands of two parts First of a petition for mercy Secondly a restipulation of duty without the one we cannot be saved without the other we shall shew our selves ungratefull hypocrites and therefore both are necessary to true conversion The benefits that hee teacheth them to aske of God are two First That hee would remove all their evils of faults guilt and punishment Take away all iniquity and they say All because they acknowledge themselves guilty not of one sin or of a few transgressions but polluted with many This is a petition for the remission of sins Secondly They are taught to aske acceptation regeneration by the Spirit and the continuance of outward benefits in these words Receive good as 't is in the originall that is take it as it were in thine hand to give it us As Agar tooke a wife to Ismael her sonne that is gave him one Gen. 21.21 And as Christ when he ascended up on high received gifts for men Psal 68.18 that is to say to bestow them upon them The summe of the petition therefore is pardon our sinnes accept us in Christ regenerate and guide us by thy Spirit remove our calamities and afford us such temporals as are necessary for us In the restipulation we have a double promise 1. That they would celebrate the name of God with praise for his mercy Ashur shall not save c. so will we render the calves of our lips 2. That they would reforme their lives and so First That they would renounce all their sinnes especially their confidence in creatures and idols Secondly That they would endevour to performe their duties especially that which they had so much neglected viz. that they would hence-forth depend upon their God as a pupill or fatherlesse child upon his guardian So that in the manner of their repentance prescribed we have First the prescription of a forme of Prayer Take with you words returne and say Secondly the substance of the forme prescribed which stands First of a Petition Secondly Restipulation The Petition stands First of deprecation for the removall of evill Take away all c. Secondly Supplication for acceptation and a supply with all benefits spirituall and temporall In the Restipulation they promise First praise for mercies Secondly amendment of life First that they would abjure and renounce their former evil courses Secondly that they would performe neglected duties I begin with his prescription of a forme In that to helpe their weaknesse he prescribes them one wee may learne That formes of prayer in some cases may lawfully and warrantably be used As the people here by our Prophet so the Priests by the Prophet Joel are prescribed a forme Let the Priests the Ministers of the Lord weepe between the Porch and the Altar and say Spare thy people c. Joel 2.17 Moses a Prophet of the Lord who talked with him face to face used one forme when the Arke set forward and another when it rested Arise O Lord and let thine enemies bee scattered and let all that hate thee flee before thee And return O Lerd to the many thousands of Israel Numb 10.35 36. And so the Priest used a forme of prayer to blesse the people withall Numb 6.23 24. The Lord blesse thee and keepe thee c. The Psalmes are some of them wholly prayers and some prayers for the most part and yet all used by the Jewes in the solemne worship of God in the formes wherein they are written Our Saviour taught his Disciples a forme saying in one place After this manner Matth. 6.9 and in another When yee pray say Luke 11.2 intimating thereby that it may be used as a prayer so that it be done with understanding and heart and not used onely as a copy to write by Lastly the Apostle useth formes of benediction and malediction Grace to you and peace c. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ c. And since hee used short formes no doubt but we in some cases may use long ones Quest. But in what cases may we use them Answ 1 In case of infirmity as here when Christians for lack of naturall abilities of invention memory orutterance or being newly converted for want of exercise in the Word of life and for want of experience are not able to expresse themselves without a forme there is no doubt but they may make use of a forme either written or printed or learnt by heart As a man that is lame may make use of his crutches or a staffe to helpe him to go so may he that is weake in knowledge and utterance during the time of his weaknesse make use of a forme to pray by Howbeit when it pleaseth God to give him more strength Perkins Cases no doubt he is to lay aside his formes as a lame man recovered his crutches and to pray without them For without question every man is to serve God with his best abilities 2. In case a man hath occasion to aske againe and againe or daily the same things there is no question but a man may aske them in the same words therefore a man daily needs pardon of sinne strength of faith fortitude and patience c. There is no doubt but a man may aske these things daily in the same words to aske the same things in variety of words every time doth