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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12554	A paterne of true prayer A learned and comfortable exposition or commentarie vpon the Lords prayer: wherein the doctrine of the substance and circumstances of true inuocation is euidently and fully declared out of the holie Scriptures. By Iohn Smith, minister and preacher of the Word of God.	Smyth, John, d. 1612.	1605 (1605)	STC 22877.1; ESTC S117609	137,387	190

God an heauenly Father for children come into their parents presence with reuerence so also is behoueth vs religiously to reuerence before so great a Maiestie as he is who though he be a father yet is also a consuming fire to fall into whose hands is a thing most dreadfull This honourable estimation Heb. 12.29 10.31 and reuerent feare the Lord challengeth by ve●tue of his Fatherhood as the Prophet Malachie pleading the Lords cause Mal. 1.6 reporteth which will arise in our hearts vpon these grounds duly prepondered 5. Of holy med ●●tions Psal 95.6 Genes 18.27 First if we consider that God is the Creator of vs all and that it is hee that hath made vs and we are his workmanship then as Abraham confessed so shall we let not the Lord be offended that we are bold to speake vnto him being but dust and ashes Iob 39.37 and as Iob saith Behold we are vile when wee speake vnto the Lord that maketh answere out of the whirlewinde Secondly if wee seriously weigh with our selues that God knoweth the inward disposition of the soule that he searcheth the hearts Heb. 4.13 and trieth the reines and that the bowels of the soule are seene of him and requireth spirituall seruice of vs Iob. 4.24 himselfe being a spirit it will work in vs religious feare and reuerence with sinceritie which is opposed to pride rashnes and dissembling with God Thirdly if wee consider with our selues the wonderfull attributes of God as his heauenly omnipotencie his exquisite iustice his incomprehensible Maiestie and glorie euery way infinite it may cause in vs rather astonishment and horror than a bare and naked feare But of this doctrine ariseth a reproofe of their practise that come into Gods presence A reproofe of carnall affections and thoughts in time of Prayer Eccles 4.17 either with common ordinarie affections or with vile and base estimations vpon whom the censure of irreligious and prophane persons may in some degree be charged for that they look not vnto their feete when they come into Gods house for there are some that come before God as men that goe to the market to buy or sell or to dispatch other ciuill businesses Thoughts of ciuill matters reprooued or it may bee with lesse circumspection for worldly men for the most part follow worldly affaires with great diligence desire and warines but wee must be otherwise affected for seeing prayer is a matter of religion and directed to God our heauenly father for our euerlasting good therefore we must put on reuerence and religion in regard both of God of our selues and of that holy action and doffe off ordinarie and common affections as it were a paire of foule shooes of our feete with Moses Exod. 3.5 when wee come to talke with God who is in the midst of the fire Others there are more vile and base in their estimations who bring before God the price of a dogge Vile and wicked thoughts reprooued or of an harlot for this is the practise of many who come to pray as the theefe to steale the drunkard to the Ale the leacher to the stewes or as men that come from stealing drinking and whoring for when they haue wearied themselues with these sinnes then they drop out of the stewes or Ale-house into the Church to prayer these men say as the Priests and people said in the Prophet Malachies time Mal. 2.7.8.13 The table of the Lord is not to be regarded wherefore before we appeare before the Lord some time must bee spent in preparing our hearts to prayer Preparitiue before Prayer needfull that all carnall and fleshly affections may be set apart and wee throughly possessed with an honourable and reuerent regard of that holy busines wherefore the Prophet exhorteth the true Iacob or Israelite to lift vp the heads of the euerlasting doores that is Psa 24.6.7 the cogitations and affections of the soule which is eternall that Christ the King of glorie may come in for sensuall and worldly thoughts and desires doe barre and lock the doore against him And in the next Psalme the Prophet himselfe practiseth his exhortation like a good Teacher lifting vp his soule vnto the Lord when hee speaketh vnto him in prayer Psal 25.1 for seeing we pray to God our Father which is in heauen and heauenly therefore wee must haue heauenly affections and meditations in time of prayer Christ saith Mat. 6.21 where our treasure is there will our hearts be If God bee our treasure who is in heauen our hearts and mindes will be there also wherefore wee must pitch our affections on things which are aboue and not on things which are below Collos 3.2 VVanderings reprooued so that here falleth to the ground all wauing and gadding thoughts and desires in time of prayer besides or contrarie to the matter vttered in prayer as about our dinner our money our cattell our pleasures our suites and aduersaries and a thousand of like qualitie so that if our prayers were written as wee conceiue them and our by-thoughts as parentheses interlaced they would be so ridiculous as that wee might very well bee ashamed of them and yet alas God must haue such prayers of vs or he must haue none for wandrings will creepe into the prayers of the most godly and vigilant though in time of prayer they watch their hearts with double diligence which ineuitable infirmities being disliked and bewailed shall not be imputed to Gods children And thus the fourth affection viz. reuerence is requisite by occasion whereof the fifth holy disposition also hath been handled which is as hath been said heauenly meditations and affections seuered from the world and worldly matters Now therefore the sixth and last of these holie dispositions is Faith 6. Of Faith which is grounded vpon the former foundation for seeing God is our Father therefore wee may be assured of his loue and seeing hee is in heauen or heauenly we need not doubt of his power Foure grounds of faith loue power wisedome truth of God and seeing he is so in heauen as that hee is euery where else as hath been said wee may bee sufficiently perswaded of his presence adde hereto his truth and fidelitie which will assure vs of performing his promises and wee may haue full assurance of faith which may thus be singled out 1. First God is euery where and so knoweth our wants 2. Secondly God is powerfull and omnipotent and so able to doe whatsoeuer he will 3. Thirdly God is louing and mercifull and therefore hath will to doe for vs what is best 4. Lastly God is true and therefore performeth his promises and keepeth his fidelitie for euer So that if these meditations frequent our mindes our faith will marueilously bee confirmed which is thus grounded out of this preface And these are the persons affections of prayer Hauing thus discussed the preface which is the first part