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A19734	A sermon of S. Cyprian made on the Lordes prayer that is to wytte, the Paternoster.; De Dominica oratione. English	Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Paynell, Thomas.	1539 (1539)	STC 6156; ESTC S109176	18,749	72

A SERMON OF S. CYPRIAN made on the Lordes prayer that is to wytte the Pater noster AN. M. D. XXXIX TO THE RIGHT VVORshypfull mayster Antony Deny esquier Thomas Paynel sendeth gretynge THIS Sermon by me translated out of latine into englysh I dedicate vnto you not so moch for instruction as for a token of the good mynd I beare you For whā I consyder your syncere affection to god and his holy worde your great fidelytie and dilygence towarde our moste gracyous souerayne lorde the kyng your pure honest and lowly behauiour to all men in worde and dede your faythful wyse and frendly councels your continuall exhortations and perswasyons to vertue your lyberall and moste gentylle nature I can not chose but vehemently loue you and therfore I ofte thynke what I haue or howe I a poore man myght doo you any pleasure Wherefore suche thynge as I maye gyue with my entier hartes loue I sende you And as this my booke goeth on prayer soo pray I God sende you abundaunce of all welthe and good Fortune this newe yere The Sermon of saynte Cyprian made on the Pater noster THE PRECEPtes of the Gospell moste louynge bretherne are none other thing than diuine techinges the foundacions of edifyenge hope the sure groundes of fortifyenge faith the nourysshmentes to cheryshe the harte the stere to directe our iourney and the firme defences to opteyne saluation whiche preceptes whyle they instructe in erthe the apte myndes of the beleuers they bryng them to the kingdome of heuen Goddis wyl was that many thynges shuld be both spoken and harde by the prophetes his seruantes but how farre greatter are those thynges that the sonne speketh which the word of god that was in the prophetes witnesseth with his owne voyce not nowe commaunding that the waye be made redy for hym commyng but commynge hym selfe and openynge and shewing to vs the way that we that fyrste were blynd and wandryng in the darknes of deathe beinge illumyned with the grace of his lyghte and he beinge our leder and gide may holde on our iourney to lyfe whiche among other his helthful monitiōs and diuine preceptes with whiche he allureth his people to saluation he also gaue a forme of prayer he monyshed and instructed what we shulde pray He that made vs to lyue taughte vs also to pray this dyd he of his benignitie whereby he vouchesaued to gyue and conferre other thynges that whyle we in prayer and oryson that the son taught vs speke to the father we may be the soner hard He than tolde vs before the howre commeth whan the trewe worshyppers shulde worshyp the father in spirite and trouthe and hath fulfylled that he before promysed that we which of his sancctification haue receyued spyrite and trouthe of his tradition also shall truely and spiritually pray For what prayer can be more spiritual than that that is gyuen vs of Christe frome whome also the holy ghoste is sente to vs What prayer maye do more with the father than that that the son whiche is the veritie spake with his owne mouthe in soo moche that to praye otherwyse than he hathe taught is not onely ignoraunce but also offence seinge he hath set forthe and sayde Ye caste asyde the commandement of god to the ende you wolde stablysshe youre own tradition Therfore dere brethern let vs pray as god our master hath taught vs. It is a frendly and familyar oryson to praye god of his owne the prayer of Christe to ascend to his eares the father wyll acknowlege the wordes of his sonne Whan we make our prayer lette hym that dwelleth within the breaste be in the voyce And seynge that we haue hym as an aduocate to the father for our synnes whan we synners pray for our offences let vs bring forth the wordis of our aduocate For syth he saith What so euer ye wylle desyre of the father in my name he shall gyue it you than howe moch more effectually shall we obteyn that we axe in Christis name if we craue it with his own prayer But suche as woll praye let their wordis prayer be lowly quiete and honest Let vs thinke that we stand in the syght of god The diuine eyes must be pleased bothe with the behauyour of the body and maner of speche For as it is an imprudent poynt to make a clamorous noyse so cōtrarywise it is conuenient shamefastely to praye with sober and temperate prayers Furthermore the lorde commandeth vs secretely to pray in priuie secrete or out places ye in oure bedde chaumbers whiche thynge dothe greately agree with our fayth to th ende that we shuld knowe God to be presente euerye where to here and see vs all and with the fulnesse of his maiestie also to perse and enter into secret and hydde places as it is writen I am god drawyng nere and nat god afarre of If a man were hid in priuie and secrete places ergo shall nat I see hym Do not I fyl both heuen and erth And ageyn The eies of god do beholde in euery place bothe the good bad Whan we com togyther with our brethern and do celebrate diuine sacrifyces with goddis mynister the prieste we must be myndefull of shamefastnesse and dyscipline not to blaste abrode our prayers with vnordered voyces nor oure petition soberly to be commended to god we shuld cast out with tumustuouse ianglynge for god hereth the harte and not the voyce Nor we shoulde crye out to hym whyche seeth oure thoughtes the lord prouokyng and saying what thynke you wyckednesse in youre hartis and in an other place And let all congregations knowe that I am the sercher of the rainis and harte Whiche thyng Anna in the fyrst boke of kynges bearing the figure of the church obseruid and kepte whyche not with a clamorous peticion but styll and softly within the pryuye partes of her breast prayd vnto the lorde She spake with a hyd prayer but with an open fayth she spake not with voyce but with harte for soo she knewe god herde and she obteyned effectuallye that she desyred bycause she axed faythfully Holy scripture declareth what she sayd She spake in her harte and her lippes moued and her voyce was not harde and god herd her Also we rede in the psalmes Speke in your hartes and in your beddes and remember your selfis By Ieremye also the same thynges the holy ghooste dothe perswade and teache sayenge It behoueth the to praye to god inwardelye But yet well beloued brethern he that dothe pray shuld not forget after what maner in the temple the publycane prayed with the pharisee his eies not vnsemely lifted vp to heuen nor his handes insolently stratched out knocking his brest and acknowlegynge his secrete hydden synnes lamentably desyred succour of goddis meecy But seinge the Pharisee stoode in his owne conceite this man deserued more to be sāctified which so praied that he had no hope of

shoulde be cleped the chyldren of god Which name none of vs durste ones touche in prayer but if he had permitted vs soo to praye Therfore deere bretherne we ought to remēbre and knowe that whan we cal god father we oughte to behaue vs as children of god that as we take a pleasure to haue god our father so he maye be pleased to haue vs his chyldren we shoulde behaue vs as the temples of god that it myght appere that god dwelleth in vs. Ne our dedes shoulde not vary from the spirit that we that haue begunne to be heuenly and spirituall shulde thynke nor doo but heuenly and spiritualle thynges For god hym selfe saythe I wyll glorifie theym that glorifie me and he that despiseth me shal be despised Also the blessed apostel in his epistell sayth ye are not your owne for ye be bought with a great price glorifie and beare god in your body ¶ After this we saye Halowed be thy name not that we desyre of god that his name shulde be halowed by oure prayers but we aske of him that his name maye be halowed in vs. For of whome is god sanctified whiche hym selfe sanctifieth other but bicause he saith Be ye holy for I am holy therfore we desyre and pray that we that are sanctified in baptysme maye perseruer abyde in that we haue begun and this daily we pray for For truly we had nede to be dayly sanctified that we whiche synne dayly might pourge our synnes with continuall fanctifycation But what this sanctification is that god vouchsafeth to giue vs the apostelle declareth sayienge Nother fornicatours nor Idoll worshippers nor brekers of wedlocke nor weakelynges nor abusers of them selfes with mākynd nor theues nor the couetous nor drunkardes nor sclanderers nor cursed speakers nor extorcioners shall inheryte the kyngedome of god And suche haue you ben but ye be washed ye ar made rightuous ye are sanctified in the name of oure lorde Iesu Christe and in the spirite of our god He saythe we be sāctified in the name of our lorde Iesu Christe and in the spirite of our god That this sanctification shulde remayne in vs we pray and bycause god our iudge menasseth the healed and the relyued of hym to sinne no more now leste he shulde be worse handled we make this continuall prayer this we craue bothe daye night that the sanctification and viuificatiō that is goten by the grace of god might be kept by his protection There foloweth in this prayer Thy kyngdome come We desyre also that his kyngedome be represented vnto vs lykewyse as we aske that his name maye be halowed in vs. For whanne doth not god reigne or whan begynneth his reigne which alway was and euer shal be We desyre our kyngdome to come of god to vs promysed and with the bloudde and passion of Christ gotten that we which before serued in the world may afterward reigne with Christ rulyng lyke as he promyseth and sayth Come ye blessed of my father take and receyue the kyngedome whiche is prepared for you from the beginnyng of the world Truely it may be dere bretherne that Christ hym selfe is the kyngdome of god whiche dayly we desyre to come whose commyng we couete soone to se. For seyng that he is oure resurrection and that we ryse agayn in him so likewise he may be vnderstande the kyngdome of god For in hym we shall reigne And we do well to desyre the kyngdome of god that is the kyngdom of heuen For there is also an erthely kyngdome But he that now forsaketh the worlde is greatter than the honours and kyngedome therof and therfore he that dedicateth hym self to god and Christe desyreth not the erthly but the heauenly kyngdome We had nede to pray cōtinually leste we falle frome the heauenly kyngedome as the Iewes dyd to whom it was fyrste promysed as oure lorde hym selfe manyfestely proueth Many saythe he shall come from the easte and west and shall reste with Abraham Isaac and Iacob in the kyngedome of heuen But the chylderne of the kyngedome shall be caste out into vtter darknesse there shal be wailynge and gnashynge of tethe He sheweth this bycause the Iewes were afore chylderne of the kyngdome as longe as they continued to be the chyldren of god But after the name of the father ceassed amonge them theyr kyngedome ceassed withall And therfore we christians whiche in our prayer haue begonne to call god father do also praye that the kyngedom of god may come to vs. ¶ We adde therto and saye Thy wyll be done in erthe as it is in heuen not that god shuld do that he wol but that we may do that god wol For who withstandeth god but that he may do what he wol But bycause the dyuelle withstandeth vs that our myndes in all thynges and in euery act obeyeth nat god we praye and desyre that the wylle of god maye be done in vs whiche to the ende it may be done in vs we haue nede of Goddes wyll that is of goddis helpe and protection for no man is stronge of him selfe but is sure and safe by the indulgence and mercye of god For god declaryng the infirmitie of man whiche he bare himselfe sayth Father if it be possible let this cuppe passe from me And gyuynge an exaumple to his disciples that they shulde not do theyr owne but goddis wylle he added therto sayinge Neuerthelesse not as I wylle but as thou wylte And in an nother place he saythe I discended not from heuen to do myn owne wyll but his that sente me If that the sonne was obedient to doo the fathers wyll Howe moche more oughte the seruaunt to be obedient to do goddis wyll Saynte Iohū alsoo lykewyse in hys epistle exhortethe and instructeth vs to do the wylle of god sayenge Se that ye loue not the world neither the thinges that are in the world If any man loue the world the loue of the father is nat in hym For all that is in the worlde is the luste of the fleshe the luste of the eies and the pryde of lyfe whyche is not of the father but of the concupiscence of the worlde and the world passeth awaye and the luste therof But he that doth the wyll of god abydeth for euer lyke as god abydeth for euer We that woll abyde for euer must fulfyl the wyll of god whiche is eternalle The wylle of god is which Christ both taught and fulfilled humilitie in conuersation stablenesse in feyth myldnes in wordes ryghtousenesse in dedes mercy in workes discipline in maners not to knowe to do iniurie and to suffre wronge done to lyue quietly amonge brethern to loue god with all the harte to loue hym bycause he is the father to feare hym bycause he is god to esteme nothynge aboue Chryste for he estemed nothing aboue vs to cleaue to his charitie inseparably to sticke to his crosse strongly and faythefullye whan for