Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	amen_n	forgive_v	trespass_n	2,053	5	11.0521	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40831	The Family prayers of those poor Christians who in court and country, in cities, towns, cottages and farm houses, are in good earnest with religion : together with their way of intercession or praying for others.		1675 (1675)	Wing F355; ESTC R18017	7,316	23

THE FAMILY-PRAYERS OF THOSE POOR CHRISTIANS WHO IN Court and Country in Cities Towns Cottages and Farm-Houses are in good earnest with Religion Together with their way of Intercession or Praying for others LONDON Printed by A. M. for R. Royston Bookseller to his Most Sacred Majesty at the Angel in Amen-corner 1675. The Family-Prayers of those poor Christians who in Court and Country in Cities Towns Cottages and Farm-Houses are in good earnest with Religion ●●gether with their way of Intercession or Praying for others 1. THE Sum of our Christian Religion In the Name of the ●●●er and of the Son and of the 〈◊〉 Ghost Amen 2. The Prayer of Prayers that ●●erein we ask all things necessary for ●●ers as well as for our selves for 〈◊〉 and for Body for our happy li●●● in this world for our happy go●●● out of it and for our most happy ●●ining of that better world that is 〈◊〉 come namely Our Father which 〈◊〉 in Heaven With this preparation ●●●d not by all but by one only ●●us pray for our selves and all others ●he Lord Jesus Christ himself hath not only taught but also command us to pray and to say Our Fat●● which 3. The General Thanksgiving 〈◊〉 that blessing of God for all his merci●● that he is much pleased with na●●ly Glory be to the Father and to 〈◊〉 Son and to the Holy Ghost As it 〈◊〉 in the beginning is now and ever 〈◊〉 be world without end Amen With 〈◊〉 Introduction said not by all but 〈◊〉 one only let us bless the Lord 〈◊〉 God for all his Mercies in that fo●● of words which he greatly delights 〈◊〉 Glory be to the Father and 4. The Blessing of Blessings u●● and to our selves The Grace of 〈◊〉 Lord Jesus Christ and the love of G●● and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost with us all evermore Amen Being not able with any patience think of living without com●● Prayers in their respective Famil●● they have used themselves to own th● God in common as they could w●● they could not as they would 〈◊〉 ashamed they say they were the ri●● 〈◊〉 learned sort should go beyond them 〈◊〉 the duty it self though they do or 〈◊〉 least seem to do in the manner of ●●sormance Set and long Meals they 〈◊〉 are used among them and also set 〈◊〉 long Family-Prayers But though 〈◊〉 neither of these could they equal 〈◊〉 yet equal if not exceed them 〈◊〉 would do as in the wholesom●● of their meats never eating 〈◊〉 when they are hungry so also in 〈◊〉 devoutness of their Morning and ●●eaing Family-Prayers Because these 〈◊〉 them are nothing but these four 〈◊〉 now set down said aloud and 〈◊〉 leisurely and deliberately and ●●nctly by all Parents Children 〈◊〉 Servants and all that are pre●● And this upon these two grounds ●●●●g sundry other 〈◊〉 Because they assure themselves 〈◊〉 devotion is from them and any 〈◊〉 Believers true and acceptable de●●●n to that God who hath command●● and knows the full importance 〈◊〉 though we do not and has promised to hear and answer it not according to our unworthy and narrow understanding of it but according to his own All-seeing Mind and Meaning in it 2. Because this way of Family-Prayers 1 All 2 together and 3 upo● their knees saying these things bot● Morning and Evening is such as th● most busie and most employed Famil● that is may have time for And ye● such too as the most slender and ignorant Ruler whether man or woman is able to perform And yet that whic● being offered to God with true Dev●tion Attention and Intention is 〈◊〉 him as acceptable as any Prayers wha● soever nay not the less but the mo●● acceptable for the fervency occasion●● by the Brevity Because they can off●● it most leisurely and considerately a●● so most earnestly and ardently A●● hereunto That owning their God ev●ry day thus in common they do assu● themselves whatever falls out to the●● it shall be and is a Dispensation or Bl●sing out of Sion or such as Religi●● ●●●s sanctified to them especially when ●very one of and in the Family has a great charge laid upon him and her ●or daily performing his or her own ●●cret and personal Devotions accor●ing to his or her own secret and perso●●l Necessities Occasions and Impulses The Worship it self 1. In the Name of the Father and of 〈◊〉 Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen 2. Let us pray for our selves and all ●thers as the Lord Jesus Christ him●●lf hath both taught and commanded 〈◊〉 Our Father which art in Heaven Hal●●wed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come ●●y will be done in Earth as it is in Hea●en Give us this day our daily bread ●nd forgive us our trespasses as we ●●rgive them that trespass against us ●nd lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen 3. Let us bless the Lord our God for all his Mercies in that form of words which to him is most acceptable Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end Amen 4. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all evermore Amen Besides this shorter ordinary way of Family-Prayers they have also whensoever they see they have time enough a larger way of praying but still by this Prayer of Prayers For first they say it for the Holy Catholick Church or for the whole estate of Christs Church militant here upon Earth with this Introduction Let us pray for the whole Estate ●f Christs Church militant here upon ●●rth And then most devoutly and ●eisurely do they in the Name of the father Son and Holy Ghost offer up the Lords Prayer all the while thinking of the whole Church Next for the Particular Church wherein they are with the Governours of it with this preparation Let us pray for our King and this whole Church and State And then 〈◊〉 the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost saying Our Father which ●rt most leisurely and fervently all the while thinking of the King and all his Dominions both in Church and State After this for the particular Neighbourhood whereunto they do belong and the particular Guide thereof with this Introduction Let us pray for our Minister and this whole Parish where Gods Providence hath seated us And then In the Name of the Our Father which art Both most religiously and leisurely uttered all the while thinking of their respective Parish and Minister In the fourth place Let us pray for all Enemies Persecutors and Slanderers c. In the fifth For any sick weak or otherwise in Danger Necessity and Tribulation Namely in the Let us pray him or her or them to whom they are ready to be so charitable In the sixth For the blessing of God upon the fruits of