Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	bread_n	forgive_v	trespass_n	2,928	5	10.8377	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77809	Oratio Dominica: or, The Lords prayer, pleading for better entertainment in the Church of England. A sermon preached at Saint Mary Woolnoth, London, Jun 11. 1643. By Peter Bales, Mr. in Arts, and minister of the Gospel.	Bales, Peter, 1547-1610?	1643 (1643)	Wing B550; Thomason E55_6; ESTC R16272	23,410	48

the Gospell had not mentioned the Author of it we might have easily gessed that Christs spirit had been there This Prayer is perfect in respect of the Author Order Matter First Author 1 Cor. 13. it is perfect in respect of the Author of it The Apostle saith If J had the tongue of men and Angels His meaning is that the tongues of Angels were more glorious then the tongues of men and therefore that song of the Angels Isa 6.3 Holy Holy Holy is magnified in the Church But this prayer was formed by the tongue of Christ who is the Lord of Angels It was compiled by him who is the wisdome of God and therefore cannot be but perfect Deut. 32.4 quia perfecta sunt opera Jehovae because all the workes of the Lord are perfect Secondly Method it is perfect in respect of the Method or Order of it If man did make a prayer he would begin at daily bread Matth. 6.33 but Christ in this prayer teacheth us first to seeke the Kingdome of God The Lacedemonians used to aske of their Gods 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Things usefull Things excellent So in this prayer we begge things excellent in the three first petitions and in the two last and things usefull or necessary in the fourth It is a most excellent order for therein we first seeke Gods glory afterward our owne good The three first petitions concerne God and doe begin with his glory The first bringeth it in the second amplifieth it The third consummates it The three last doe concerne our selves the fourth is for temporals the fifth and sixth are for spirituals For temporals in removing things occasionally evill as afflictions for spirituals in removing things simply evill as sinne Others doe thus distinguish them The first petition respecteth God All the rest respect us in a threefold estate first of Glory Thy Kingdome come Secondly of Grace Thy will be done even in earth as it is in Heaven Forgive us our trespasses c. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evill Thirdly of Nature Give us this day our daily bread As it is thus perfect in respect of the Method So in respect of the Matter Matter It is so large a Theme that we may lose our selves in it The consideration whereof made Saint Cyprian cry out Qualia quam malta Sacramenta How many excellent mysteries in this prayer It is a prayer of it selfe and every word in it is a prayer There is not one word wanting that should be put in nor any word more then ought to be It containeth in it all the Articles of the Creed The Creed they are twelve here are six petitions Those twelve may be reduced to six answerable to these six petitions First as we beleeve in God so we pray that God would shew himselfe Omnipotent in preserving us in the way to Heaven by giving us things necessary for this life The fourth petition answerable to the first article As in the other articles which concerne Christ we beleeve that Christs merits are sufficient so we pray here that whatsoever Christ did suffer might be efficacions to bring us to his Kingdome to doe his will to assure us of remission of sins and preservation from all evill As in the Creed we beleeve that the Holy Ghost is a sanctifier so here we pray that he would be so to us In the Creed we beleeve the Communion of Stints here we pray for it Againe it containeth all the ten Commandements for as in them are contained all good things to be done The ten Com. so here we begge grace to doe them As all the Commandements of the Decalogue are reduced to two heads so all the Petitions of the Lords Prayer are reduced to two heads we begge things for Gods glory and our owne good The summe of the first Table is answerable to the three first Petitions and the summe of the second Table is answerable to the three last Totius Evangelu breve compend ●m Tertul. lib. de orat cap. 1. As the old Testament is a Comment upon the Decalogue so is the New upon this Prayer which is saith Tertullian the Gospels Epitome Thirdly it is a Compendium of all wants Upon aloccasons All wants we may have recourse unto this prayer When Gods Name is blasphemed we may fly to the first Petition and say Lord sanctifie thy holy name When Piety is trodden under foote we may runne to the second and say Thy Kingdome come When we find in us an inability to doe Gods will we may have recourse unto the third beseeching God so to enable us to doe his will here on earth as it is done in Heaven by the blessed Angels When we stand in need of tempor all things we may expresse the fourth saying give us this day our daily bread When we find our selves burthened with sin we thirst after the fifth and say Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespas against us When we are assulted by temptations we may with comfort imbrace the sixth and say lead us not into temptation but diliver us from evil Fourthly and lastly All kinds of prayer it is a Compendium of all kinds of prayer It containeth all that were made by the Prophets of old the prayers of Moses David Samuel Daniel c. And all the prayers of the Apostles in the new Testament The Apostle Paul doth set downe four kinds of prayer in 1 Tim. 2.1 The first is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Deprecation of evill 1 Tim. 2.1 The second is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Comprecation of good The third is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Interpellation or Intercession for others The fourth is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thanksgiving or Blessing God for our selves and others All these are contained in this Prayer First Deprecation is contained in the two last petitions Forgive us our trespasses c. lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evill Secondly Comprecation is comprehended in all the other petitions Thirdly Intercession shineth in every word Our Father give us forgive us c. Fourthly giving of thanks appeareth in the Doxologie For thine is the Kingdome the power and the glory for ever Amen Nay there are all these in every Petition For as in the Commandement it is a generall rule that where the affirmative part is commanded there the negative is forbidden and on the contrary So in these Petitions where we pray for any good there we pray against the contrary evill And in every petition there is intercession because we pray for others And when we pray for the obtaining of any good or removing of any evill there must of necessity be giving of thanks for any degree of having the one or removing the other Thus find we to our great comfort that never man spake as Christ when he spake to man never Angel spake as he when he spake to God