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heart_n	conscience_n	faith_n	unfeigned_a	2,594	5	11.1136	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03354	Christs prayer expounded, a Christian directed, and a communicant prepared The first teaching to pray, the second to liue, the third to receiue the sacrament of Christs body. 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.	Hill, Robert, d. 1623.	1606 (1606)	STC 13472; ESTC S119055	60,477	208

Thirdly to pray against and lastly to giue thankes Phi. Because confession petition deprecatiō 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 secōdly to iudge of others whether as yet we be in the state of grace or not for as many as truly be in Gods kingdōe cānot but immediatly do gods wil for obedience to gods wil is an effectual signe that the kingdō of God is in vs. a 1. Ioh. 3.3 Euch. But what if you sée that men ●o not Gods wil may you say that such are not in the state of grace Phil. That such persōs 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

vnder the burden of them make vs good god displeased with our selues because by sin wee haue dishonored thy maiesty Stir vp our dead dul harts that we may hunger after Christ his righteousnesse and after euery drop of his precious bloud In that son of thine looke on vs thy seruants and for his merits righteousnes vouchsafe good God mercifullie and freelie to doe awaye all our offenses Wash them away in his bloud and by the puritie of his spirite clense our hearts from the pollution and impuritie of them all say vnto our soules thou art our saluation let thy spirite in our hearts crie Abba Father Teach vs O Lord thy way and we shall walk in thy trueth O knit our hearts vnto thee that we may feare thy name And because through corruption in our harts and sin in our liues our faith is feeble and our confidence small we do humbly beseech thee to strengthen our faith by the daily meditation and particular application of thy mercifull promises made vnto vs in thy son Christ that neither in the dangers of this world nor the trobles of conscience nor in the hour of death wee may fall from thee Gratious father expell out of our hearts all carnall confidence the vnderminer of our faith teach vs in the spirit of tru humility to deny our selues to rely only vpon thee the merit of christ in the mater of our saluation And because it is not enough to com vnto thee by praier to sue vnto thee for pardon but al that ar in christ must be new creatures therfore we cal vpon thee for the spirit of regeneration mortify therby the corruptions of our flesh quicken vs thereby in the inner mā By the powr of Christs deth let vs dy vnto sin by the power of his resurrectiō let vs rise to righteousnes newnes of life let the one as a corrosiue eat vp the dead flesh of vngodlines the other as a spur stir vs vp to holines Illuminatour minds that we may know thy will giue vs spiritual vnderstāding to discern good euil Sanctify our memories to tresure vp good things purify our consciences to haue peace in thee reform our wils to doe thy wil let al our affections be ordered aright Teach vs to fear thee continually whersoeuer we ar to neglect al things in regard of christ to loue thee our brethren for thy sake to be zealus of thy glory to be greeued at our other sins ioyful when we cāpleas thee Let our bodies the instruments of sin be euer heerafter clensed by thy spirit that they may bee temples for that spirit to dwel in keepe our eies from beholding vanitie our eares from harkning to variety our mouths frō speking blasphemy our hands frō committing of iniquity our bodies from the action of adultery Let our light so shine before mē that they seeing our good works may glorify thee our heauenly father Make vs to remember that as we are sons wee must depend vpon thee as we ar seruants wee must obey thee and as we are christians we ought to walk worthy of our vocatiō and calling And because we haue al som particular calling either of rule or seruice or trust or fauor make vs from the highest to the lowest Faithful in our callings to remēber that a day wil come in which we must giue an accompte vnto thee of all our actions doon in this flesh whether they be good or euill Take away from vs all oportunity of sinning make vs euer thankful that we liue so as wee want allurementes to many sinnes Cause vs to see how deformed sin is in it selfe to what confusiō it is like to bring vs Lord make vs to fly the very occasiōs of sin to resist the beginnings of al tēptation let not a night pas ouer our heads in which we examin not howe wee haue spent the day neuer let vs come into any company wherin we may not not doe or receiue som good Keep vs that we fashiō not ourselues to this world but rather imitate the fashion of the moste godly in our callings Let vs neuer count any sin to be a little one because that our sauior died for the least And because we liue in dangerous times wherin many ar withdrawne from the profession of thy trueth Lord giue vs harts neuer to entertain any such doctrine which cannot be warranted out of thy word nor to admit of any such teachers as goe about to withdraw vs frō obedience to our gouernors if any one fal into any sin let vs restore such an one with the spirit of meeknes cōsidering our selues that we also may be tempted We further acknowledge most gracious God that our life is a war-fare vpon earth our enemies are sinn Satan the flesh Lord helpe vs in this spitituall combat are we weak be thou strong ar we tempted with the tēptation giue an issue may we be ouercom tech vs to watch ouer our own harts waies is there any one ●…une which we are weak to resist in the act of temptation giue vs power to resist it that by this means we may haue as iust cause to praise thee in our cōquests as we haue many reasons to hūble our selues in our foyles We see also most all seeing God that none cā liue godly in this world but they must suffer persecutions either Ismaell wil reuile them with a reproachful tongue or Esau wil pursue them with a blody sword what now must we do in these days of trial whether shal we come for helpe but to thee To thee therfore must wee come O Lord our god crauing wisdom to forsee prouidence to preuent patience to beare harts to be prepared for this fierytrial that by the denial of our selues distasting the worlde liking of heauen and heauenly things wee may make a good vse euen of the least affliction Confound in euery on of vs the cursed workes of the diuel Increase in vs dayly the giftes of thy spirit Fit vs for such calings in which thou hast or wilt place vs make vs to referre the strength of our bodies the giftes of our minde our credit in this world what so euer grace thou hast alredy or wilt hereafter bestow vpon vs to the glorye of thy name the good of thy church the eternal saluacion of our own souls And howe soeuer we liue heer in this Babilon of the world lord let our conuersation be euer in heauē that whether we eat or drink or what soeuer we do else wee may heare alwayes this voice soūding in our eares arise you dead come vnto iudgment Many other things haue we to beg for our selus that our ignorāce knoweth not to aske or forgetfulnes remēbers not to ask hear vs for thē in thy beloued son And giue vs leaue now good god to pray to thee for others Ther ar no christiā peple at