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A brief exposition of the Ten Commandments and the Lords Prayer. By Symon Patrick rector of St. Paul Covent Garden
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Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.
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A Brief Exposition OF THE Ten Commandments AND THE Lords Prayer By Symon Patrick Rector of St. Paul Covent Garden LONDON Printed by J. Hayes for S. Thomson at the Sign of the Bishops Head in St. Pauls Church-yard 1665. TO MY Welbeloved FRIENDS THE PARISHIONERS OF St. Paul Covent Garden THere being a solemn Vow upon you made in Baptisme to keep Gods holy will and Commandments it is as necessary to understand them as it is to be honest men and not to falsifie or break your word For an help therefore to the meanest capacities in a business of such importance I have drawn up an exposition of the Ten Commandments in this plain and familiar way of Questions and Answers not knowing what other course to take that would be of such general use For the Ignorant can reap little benefit by that which is purposely contrived to the pitch of the wise but there is no man of such understanding that may not serve himself very much of that which is writ to the simple people And to say the truth the plainer and more common any notion is of the greater weight and moment we shall find it and the more every man is concerned in it Let me intreat you then not to despise this little Paper but to read it deliberately and ponder every sentence in it For it being so brief that the memory may not be burdened there is not a word superfluous which is not necessary to the unfolding the sense of the command Search the Scriptures also whereby every thing is proved and afterward search and examine your selves about the breach of any of these Precepts either in whole or in part And if the Judgments of God that lie now so heavy upon us have begot any purposes of amendment do not add this new aggravation of your guilt to break those fresh Vows whereby you have bound your selves to God And for the strengthning of them Give your selves to Prayer as the Psalmists phrase is Ps 109.4 Considering also seriously as an help to that what it is you ask of God in that form of Prayer which our Lord made of which I have also added a short Explication And remember withall that all the Prayers you make will not profit you unless they cause you to keep Gods commands better which is the end likewise of all you believe Read over that which we call the Apostles Creed and you will find that every branch of it doth naturally bring forth an holy life When you confess God to be the Creator of the World it plainly implies his Supream Authority over you and the obedience you owe him upon that account When you acknowledgâ— Jesus to be his Son and your Lord it lays a necessary ingagement on you to be governed by those Laws which the Father Almighty hath sent him to give us For he died and rose again to confirm and seal them He ascended to heaven to take upon him the government of the whole World And he will come again to Judg both the quick and dead according to their works And therefore what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness that you may be found in peace at his appearing But it is not my business now to expound the Creed whose words are better understood then it's designe which is I say to lead us to the obedience of Gods holy will in all things That is it which I would gladly promote And I earnestly beseech you that this small labour may have no small effect but be so successfull as to excite in you such a working Faith as will save your souls God Almighty take you into his protection and revoke the Orders he hath given to the destroying Angel that you may not die but live to declare the works of the Lord and to pay your Vows to the most High Amen Sept. 13. 1665. Exodus 20. GOD spake all these words saying I am the LORD thy God which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage 1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth Thou shalt not how down thy self to them nor serve them For I the LORD thy GOD am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that â—ate me and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the LORD thy God in vain For the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain IV. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Six daies shalt thou labour and do all thy workâ— but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor thy stranger that is within thy gates for in six daies the LORD made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it V. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt not kill VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steal IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour X. Thou shalt not cover thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his oxe nor his ass nor any thing that is thy neighbours The Lords Prayer OVr Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever Amen A Brief EXPOSITION OF THE Ten Commandments AND THE Lords Prayer Question WHat doth the Preface to the Commandments teach you Answer Lev. 11.44 45. Lev. 19.1 2 3. Lev. 20.7 8. Deu. 10.12 13. The right that God hath to Command and the reason that I have to obey both as he is my Creator and Benefactor Q. Vnto what Duties doth the first Commandment engage you A. To acknowledge the one God of Israel to be the onely true God so as to honour a Mal. 1.6 worship b Psal 95.6 7. Psal 96.6 7 9. fear c Lev. 19.14 love d Mat. 22.37 and believe him e 1 Chr. 20.20 to trust f Psal 62.7 8. and hope g Psal 130.7 in him to offer the sacrifices of Prayer and Praise to him h Ps
you A. Not to desire to my self the possessions of my Neighbour nor to envy them to him but to be content in whatsoever state I am without carefulness for the future Phil. 4.6 11. Mat. 6. ult Heb. 13.5 Q Have you never observed any place of scripture that briefly comprehends the sum of all these Commandments A. Yes Christ tels me of two Commandments upon which the whole Law and Prophets hang which are mentioned besides other places in Mat. 22.37 c. Mar. 12.30 c. Rom. 13 8 9 10. Q. What is the meaning of those words which secure all your duty to God viz. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy soul and all thy mind and all thy strength A. That I esteem and desire him above all things and bestow upon him my whole self Q. What mean you by these words which give your neighbour security from you viz. Love thy Neighbour as thy self A. That I deal with every man so justly as I would he should deal with me and so mercifully as I wish to be dealt withal by God Q. Canst thou do all these things of thy self without Gods special grace A. No without me saith Christ ye can do nothing Q. How do you think to obtain his grace A. One way is by frequent prayer of faith Q. What is frequent prayer A. That which bears some proportion to my minutely needs to the greatness of the blessings which I ask and to the favour of being invited to be much in the presence of God by praying without ceasing 1 Thes 5.17 Q. When do you pray in faith A. When I pray with an humble confidence that God will give what I ask Jam. 1.5 6 7 Heb. 5.7 and with an obedient readiness to do that my self which I desire he would do for me Q. Hath Christ left any direction for your prayers A. Yes he hath taught me when I pray to say Luk. 11.2 c. Mat. 6.9 c Our Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy Name c. Q. To whom do you direct your Prayer A. To our Father who is in heaven Q. What do you mean by that appellation A. I express by it my reverence x Mal. 1.6 Eccl. 5.2 to him and my faith in him that his goodness y Mat. 7.11 will and his power * Psal 115. can grant my request for my self and others Q. What are those requests which you have such an humble confidence that he will grant A. They are six In the three first I more immediately respect his glory in the three last my own good Q. What do you desire in the first Petition when you say Hallowed be thy Name A. That God may be known to be what he is z Rom. 11.36 and accordingly esteemed a Psal 89.6 worshipped b Psa 97.7 9. and praised c Psa 113. in word d Psa 63.4 5 and deed e 1 Cor. 10.31 Mat. 5.16 2 Th. 1.11 12 throughout the world f Psal 86.9 Q. What is it that you pray for in the second saying Thy Kingdom come A. That Christ may so rule in mine own and all mens hearts by his holy Laws and spirit g Mat. 24.14 Rom. 6.12 14. that his Kingdom in this world attaining its just height h 1 Cor. 15.25 the eternal Kingdome of the Father may appear i Mat. 13.43 Q. What do you beg in the third saying Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven A. That he will give to me and to all men else his grace whereby we may as cheerfully unanimously and impartially execute his Commands k Act. 96. and submit to his disposals l Act 21.14 j Cor. 15.28 as the Angels do m Ps 103.20 Rev 22.9 Q. What do you intreat of God in the fourth saying Give us this day our daily bread A. That he would day by day n Mat. 6.25 34. while we are in this world grant us in the use of honest means o 2 Thes 3.10 11 12. 1 Tim 69. Mat. 7.9 11. Luk. 11.11 13. Mat. 5.16 2 Th. 1.11 12. all things fitting and sufficient for the support of our bodily p and spiritual life q. Q. What is it that you ask in the fifth saying Forgive us our trespasses as we c. A. That he would not so charge us with our sins as to punish us r Psal 51.1 we promising the like kindness and mercy to the persons who offend us Å¿ Mat. 5.7 Q. But Why doth Christ teach us to beg this thing conditionally rather than any of the rest A. For two reasons Q. What is your first A. To learn us that forgiveness of sin upon which all our Religion depends Isa 1.16 17. Act. 3.19 and without which we can expect none of the other blessings is not absolutely granted to any Q. What is your second A. To learn us that this particular of forgiving others is one of the most befitting t Eph. 4. ult yet difficult conditions u Mat. 18.24 c. 35. Q. What do you pray for in the sixth and last petition saying Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil A. That God would give us grace to persevere and go on to perfection that we may not fall back to our sins again x Joh. 5.14 Joh. 8.11 by the force of any temptation y 2 Tim. 4.17 18. Rom. 16.20 1 Pet. 5.8 9. Luk. 22.31 32. from the world the flesh or the Devil Q. Why do you so conclude all your requests saying For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen A. We do again express First our sense that to God of right belongs eternally that dominion obedience and honour which we ascribed unto him a 1 Tim. 6.15 16. and Secondly our confidence that he is willing able and in honour ingaged to grant all these our petitions b Mat. 21.22 2 Cor. 1.20 Ephes 3 20 21. The Lord fulfill all thy Petitions Ps 20.5 FINIS