Giue vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as wee forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for euer Amen Parent Are you bound to pray in the onely words of this forme alwaies Childe * See the examples of the Saints prayers in the holie Scriptures Not alwaies for Christ hath left it to our liberty for the words so that we doe imitate the matter and vse the like affections b Exod. 14.15 1 Sam. 1.15 16 Psal 119.145 Esai 37 14 15 c. Rom. 8.26 Phil. 4.6 Iam. 5.16 So whether I vse this forme or not I must pray cheefly with my heart being touched with the féeling of my wants and powring forth my soule before the Lord in euery request Seruant God knoweth before wee aske what wee need yea and hath appointed in his prouidence what he will bestow how and when therefore why should wee pray at all at least wise so earnestly Scholler c Psal 14.4 50.15 145.18 Iob. 21.15 Ierem. 10.25 Ioel. 2.32 Acts 10.4 1. Tim. 4.5 Luke 23.42 43. Because he hath sanctified it to be his Ordinance thereby to blesse and prosper whom and what he will for hee will saue them that call vpon him in truth and none other Parent VVhat doe you learne out of this that the Lord Iesus hath set vs downe what we should pray for Childe d Math. 6.9 Psal 119.41 Exo. 32.11.13 1 Iohn 5.14 I learne that I must ground and frame all my desires vpon the promises which God hath made in his Word Parent How many principall parts be there of the Lords prayer Childe Foure First the Preface Secondly the Petitions Thirdly the Thanksgiuing Fourthly the Conclusion Parent Which is the Preface Childe Our Father which art in Heauen Parent Who is that whom you call Father Childe c Mat. 3.17 23.9 Iohn 20.17 God who is become my mercifull Father in Iesus Christ Parent What do you learne out of that Childe f Joh. 16.23 Math. 17.5 Rom. 8.15 16. Heb. 4.16 I learne to call vppon God onely in the onely name and mediation of Iesus Christ in whom he is well pleased Seruant What doe you learne out of that that you call God Our Father Scholler g Math. 5.23 43 44. Mar. 11.25.26 Luke 23.34 1 Tim. 2 8. 1 Ioh. 3.18 22. Esai 1.15 58.4 6 7. I learne that all true Christians especially are my brethren and therefore that I must loue them heartily and pray for them as for my selfe yea also for my enemies Parent What doe you learne out of that which is added which art in Heauen Childe First h Exod. 3.5 Eccles 5.1 2. 1 Tim. 2 8. Psal 20.6 I learne when I pray to approach vnto God with holie preparation singular feare and humble reuerence Secondly i Ephes 3.20 I learne that he is not onely willing but also able to helpe Parent How many Petitions bee therein the Lords prayer Child Sixe whereof the first three doe principally concerne Gods glorie the last thrée our owne necessities Parent What doe you learne out of that order Child k Prou. 16.4 Exod. 32 3◠I learne that I must zealously desire the glorifying of Gods most holy name before I séeke reliefe for any of my owne necessities Parent Which is the first Petition Child Hallowed be thy name Parent What doe you pray for in the first Petition Child l 1 Cor. 10.31 Rom. 11.36 That God may be glorified in all things Parent Which is the second Petition Child Thy kingdome come Parent What doe you pray for in the second Petition Child First m Mark 1.13 15.43 Math. 28 18. Psal 51.10 122.6 2 Thes 3 1. that the kingdome of Grace may be daily inlarged both by the inward working of the holy spirit and also by the outward meanes vntill it be perfected at the comming of Christ to iudgement Secondly n Reuel 22 20 2 Tim. 4 8. that God would finish these sinfull daies and take vs to his kingdome of glory Parent Which is the third Petition Child Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Parent What doe you pray for in the third Petition Child First o Deut. 29.29 Psal 86.11 103.20 Acts 24.16 that wee may render dutifull obedience vnto Gods reuealed will vntill wée be as the holie Angels Secondly p Mark 8.34 Phil. 1.29 Iam. 5.7 8 c. that wée may submit our selues to suffer his will with patience in time of afflictions Parent Which is the fourth Petition Childe Giue vs this day our dailie bread Parent What doe you pray for in the fourth Petition Childe q Pro. 30.8 Psal 104.15 1 Tim. 4.4 6.8 Gen. 28.20 Pro. 10 22. Math. 8.2 Rom. 1.10 Luk. 12.16.17 18 19 20 21. That God would giue vs all things necessary and conuenient for this present life with this exception If it be his good pleasure Parent Which is the fifth Petition Childe And forgiue vs our trespasses as wee forgiue them that trespasie against vs. Parent What doe you pray for in the fifth Petition Child r Mat. 11.28 Esai 55.1 c. Psal 19.12 32.1 Dan. 9.24 Zach. 12.10 That God would iustifie vs by the forgiuenesse of our sinnes and the imputation of Christs righteousnesse Seruant Doe we deserue forgiuenesse for our sinnes at Gods hands because we forgiue them that trespasse against vs Scholler No ſ Math 5.7 Luke 7.47 Mat. 18.22 32 for first God forgiueth vs fréely and then that being felt by faith in our hearts causeth vs to forgiue them that haue offended vs. Seruant Wherefore then is that Reason added Scholler t Mark 11.24 25.26 Both to teach vs that we ought to forgiue others when we pray and also that by the same grace we may get assurance that God will forgiue vs. Parent Which is the sixth Petition Child And lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill Parent What do you pray for in the sixth Petition Child u Psal 51.12 Iob 36.21 Genes 39.12 1 Sam. 25.13 22. Math. 8.28 c. Ioh. 14.30 1 Cor. 10 13. Iam. 1.13 14. That God would sanctifie vs by mortifying our corrupt nature and quickning vs in newnesse of life Seruant Why doth Christ teach vs to pray for Sanctification in so many words Scholler To assure vs First * Psal 66.18 145.19 Prov. 28.13 Iohn 9.31 Iam 5.16 1 Tim. 2.8 that vnlesse we truly forsake all our sinnes and hartily embrace a godly life vnto the vttermost of our power God will not heare vs when we call vpon him Secondly x 2 Pet. 1.5 6 8 9 10. Phil. 2.12 that we cannot obtaine Sanctification without great diligence Seruant What do you learne out of this that Christ hath taught vs two petitions for spirituall things and but one for temporall Scholler y
l 2 Tim. 2.12 and to suffer with Christ that I may also reigne with him Finally I humbly pray thée to sanctifie my heart that I may m m Esai 58 13. turne away my foote from doing my pleasure on this thy holy-day and that I may call the Sabbath a delight the holy of the Lord honourable and may honour thée not doing mine own waies nor finding mine owne pleasure nor speaking mine own words but n n 2 Pet. 1.5 giuing all diligence o o Phil. 2.12 to worke out my owne saluation with feare and trembling specially in p p Lam. 3.40 searching and trying my waies and turning againe vnto thée Lord according to thy blessed Gospell through thine onely Sonne Christ Iesus my Sauiour and Redéemer vnto whom with thy holy Maiestie and thy sanctifying and comforting Spirit be of me in my most willing and constant endeuours and of all other thy seruants in thy Church likewise ascribed and giuen all honour glory praise might maiestie and dominion both on this thine owne holiday and for euer world without end Amen Parent But what if any of vs seuerally and alone hauing no other to ioyne with vs but must pray solitarily vnlesse we altogither omit the dutie after the manner of our prophane and irreligious neighbours would vse those two formes of prayer which you haue composed for the whole Familie on the worke-daies Or what if my whole Familie or any two or more of them would in their priuate fellowship vse that forme of prayer which you haue drawne for a Christian in solitary towards the beginning of the Lords day May we not so vse either the one or the other as may be most for our comfort and edification Pastor Yea you may easily doe so if you will And you are bound to doe so rather then omit the dutie altogither Prouided that in such a case when you doe vse the two formes which are for the worke-daies as also for the formes of thanks-giuing before and after Meales you do heedfully put the singular number for the plurall as I for We Me for Vs My or Mine for Our c. And that when mo than one of you shall joyne togither in the forme which is for the Lords day you doe vse the plurall number for the singular as We for I Vs for Me Our for My or Mine c. The which course if you be driuen of necessitie to take or do sometimes voluntarily performe it will also proue one helpe to inable you to conceiue prayers of your selues without the helpe of these or any other formes to be read vpon a Booke much sooner For as I told you at the first that is the end I shoote at in setting you downe these formes and which you ought to labour for in vsing these or any other godly formes vnto the vttermost of of your power And assure your selues that though you be very ignorant and weake at this present yea and seeme to your selues that you can do litle or nothing this way I meane to conceiue prayer of your selues * Note these directiōs you ignorant persons and remember to follow them in the feare of God haue a speciall care to examine your selues on the Lords day in secret and to renew your peace with God in a more setled and comfortable turning of your feete vnto his testimonies Psal 119.19 with 92.11 12 13. yet if you will conscionably seeke the Lord your owne saluation diligently frequent the Ministerie that God hath sanctified vnto you delight in the often fellowship of the Godly whom the Lord hath indued with sauing knowledge already desire their helpe in prayer and therein ioyne with them and in their absence which to the greatest number of you must needs fall out very often attentiuely constantly and carefully vse these or any other godly formes of prayer and thanksgiuing God will blesse you with such vnderstanding of your spirituall estate that you shall in far shorter time then you thinke attaine to the end of your godly desires which is to lay away your Bookes and out of your owne feelings to make your petitions and thanksgiuings vnto the Lord vpon any occasion either ordinarie or more speciall and rare But if you shall neglect this counsell of God and profanely put off the holy duties of praier and thanksgiuing from time to time or performe them but coldly carelesly vnreuerently or vaine-gloriously as the hypocrites doe then verily be you afraid lest the Lord should in his wrath iudge you spiritually and so you continue blind and ignorant or after a sort superstitious in vsing a set forme now than and lest you haue alwaies such neede of a Booke to pray vpon that without it you shall be able to say litle more then * Behold a peece of the old wiues their very best prayers Lord haue mercy vpon vs forgiue vs our sinnes blesse our house and our harbour and all that euer we would haue good of and send vs heauen at our last end yea and lest you fall from praying vpon a Booke as I haue knowne some to meere nothing or worse than nothing Note Beware then of an idle forme and bare externall deuotion or ceremonie of Godlinesse without seeking the power thereof As also of such a manner of learning as neuer to be able to come to the knowledge of the truth Which fearefull iudgement God doth therefore commonly inflict because the heart is not zealous sincere nor godly disposed to see obey and continue in the whole sauing truth of God but resolueth to stand out against some part of it or to follow some sinfull lusts still 2 Tim. 3.5 6 7 8. Parent Lastly I pray you collect vs such a Hymne or Psalme out of Dauids Psalmes as breifely toucheth the most necessarie graces and which we may sing to Gods glorie and our owne edification and comfort in following the labours of our vocations and callings and at other times when we thinke good Pastor But you must consider Gods proceeding with you in all things your owne necessities and estate and accordingly seeke out and sing such Psalmes as God hath fitted for you in his Booke to vse vnto your better mouing and stirring vp to liue vnto his glorie and your owne spirituall growth in faith and a good conscience Parent We will not forget to bestow our labour that way euerie day once at the least in the choise of some Psalme or parcell of a Psalme according to our weake iudgement if God permit Howbeit because we haue not any one Psalme of conuenient shortnesse that setteth forth the cheifest points and most necessarie graces of Christianitie fitted for our capacitie and because many of my people are dull to learne manie Psalmes prescribe vs one which my ignorant ones may learne by heart and whereby we may haue a taste of the heauenly sweetnesse which the Godlie doe gather in their religious vse of diuine and spirituall songs Pastor Then
accept the good being the fruit of his owne spirit for his Sonne Iesus Christ Parent Is not your saluation obtained partly by Christs grace partlie by your owne workes Child No u Rom. 11.6 for then grace were no more grace Parent Why then must you doe good works Child First and chiefly * Math. 5.16 to glorifie God thereby Next x 2 Pet. 1 5 6.7 8 9 10. to get assurance of my owne election and withall y 1 Pet. 2 12 15 c. for the edification and benefite of my neighbour Parent And what doth principally moue your heart to doe them Child z 2 Cor. 5 14. The loue of Christ constraineth me Parent Shall not euery man and woman in the visible Church bee saued by Christ Child No a Iohn 3 3 5.18 36. Hebr. 12.14 but those onely who are true beléeuers and borne anew of the holy Ghost Seruant What principall reason is there that vnbeleeuers and vnregenerate persons shall not be saued Scholler b Iohn 3.18 19 32 33. Rom. 1.25 3 3 4. 2 Thes 1.8 9 10. Iude. v. 4. Tit. 1.16 2 Pet. 2 20 21. Because by their vnbeliefe they doe either refuse as insufficient the only blessed Meane of their saluation changing that most vndoubted and important promise of God into a lye or doe otherwise through their vnthankefulnesse carelesnesse or presumption shamefully abuse it ☞ THE THIRD PART Concerning the Meanes of Grace in generall and first of the Word of God Parent WHat meanes doth Christ the King vse in working Faith and Sanctification in the heart Childe c Esai 59 21. Ierem. 10.23 Acts 20.32 Partly inward and partly outward Parent What is the inward meane Childe d Gal. 3.2 3. Luk. 11 13. 1 Cor. 12 13. Gal. 6.1 The holy Spirit which is giuen by the outward meanes Parent What are the outward Meanes Childe * Ibidem These foure First the Word of God whereby ordinarilie Faith and Sanctification are begun afterwards continually increased Secondly Praier Thirdly the Sacraments Fourthly the Practise of the Communion of Saints whereby the same graces are likewise increased and confirmed The first outward mean of Grace Parent What is the word of God Childe e Ioh. 5.39 21.31 Iam. 3.17 2 Pet. 1.21 Ephes 2.20 Rom. 1.2 with Gal. 6.16 The Doctrine of mans saluation written by diuine inspiration and contained in the bookes of the old and new Testaments called The holy Canonicall Scriptures Seruant How doe you certainelie know that the Scriptures are the verie vndoubted Word of God Scholler f Esai 59.21 Iohn 10.3 4 5 27. 16.13 1 Iohn 2.27 1 Thes 1.5 Chéefely by the inward perswasion of the Holy Ghost Parent How is the Word made profitable vnto your Saluation Childe g Rom. 10.14 Acts 17.11 Chiefly and first of all by the attentiue hearing and diligent meditating of it being rightly preached which serueth to the begetting of grace h 2 Tim. 4. i. 2.3 Luk. 1.3 4 24 17 to 33. Heb. 5.12 6. 1 2 c. Psal 1.1 2. 78.3 4 5 6. And afterwards principally by preaching and then by Catechesing Reading Conferring Meditating all for out strengthening growth Seruant How is the Word of God rightly preached Scholler i Nehem. 8.8 Tit. 1.9 2 Tim. 2 15. 3.16 1 Cor. 12.8 When the true meaning is plainely giuen and the profitable vse thereof is made and applied to the hearers Seruant What is your attentiue hearing of the Word Scholler k Acts 16.14 17.11 Luk. 8.15 Eccles 5.1 I reuerently marke it with an honest and good heart prepared to receiue it with zeale and readinesse Seruant And what is your diligent meditating of it Scholler l Psa 119.155 Prou. 8.34 I doe earnestly call it to minde carefully search it and think much vpon it to the end I may draw it into conscionable practise Seruant What need hath a Christian to vse godly meditation Scholler m Psal 119.113 139.23 24. Phil. 4.8 Because they are the grounds of all good speech and of all other holy actions and in very déed whosoeuer maketh no conscience of his thoughts maketh no right conscience of any thing at all Parent Among the manifold meditations of a Christian which do you think to be of speciall vse for his good Pastor First n Psal 16.8 Prou 15.3 alwaies to remember that God is present euery where Secondly o Psal 89.1 Phil. 1.23 Ioh. 14.1.2 c. to beare in minde Gods vnspeakeable mercies in Christ and particularly the promise and gift of eternall life Thirdly p Acts 28.26 27. 2 Thes 1.8 9. to meditate often on Gods iudgements especially those that are spirituall and vpon eternall condemnation the just reward of the vngodly Fourthly q Ps 78.1.7.11 111.2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Dan. 9 11 12 13. Act. 4.24 25 26 27 c. it is good to consider diligently Gods works both ordinarie and extraordinary obseruing how they doe seale the truth of his word Fifthly and lastly r 1 Thes 3 4. Deut. 32 29. Eccles 11.9 1 Pet. 4.7 Ephes 5.16 2 Cor. 5.9 10 11 to thinke often of affliction and chiefely of death and of the last iudgement studying how to redeeme our time that we may be prepared with comfort for that great and terrible day Seruant What is Catechising Scholler ſ Heb. 5.12 6 1 2. Gal. 6.6 Luk. 1 4. Act. 18.25 A plaine easie instructing of the ignorant in the grounds of Religion chiefely by Questions and Answeres Seruant VVho are bound to Catechize Scholler t Gal. 9.6 Pro. 4.3 4. 31.1 The Ministers in publike and * the Housholders in priuate Secondly concerning Prayer The second outward mean of grace Parent VVhat is Prayer Childe u 1. Tim. 2 1. Phil. 4.6 Praier is a religious calling vpon the name of God eyther by Petition which wee commonly call Prayer or by Thanksgiuing Parent VVhat is Petition Childe * Psal 6.8 9 Dan. 9.17 18. Rom. 8.26 It is our humble entreating of God for all things which wee desire to enioy Parent VVhat is thanksgiuing Childe x Ps 16.7 8 9 10 11. Math. 8 2. 2. Sam. 15 25 26. It is our rendring praise to God for all the good things which we enioy in déed or by promise Parent What must you doe that you may learne to pray well Childe First y Luke 11.1 I must desire God to teach me to pray Secondly z Math. 6.9.10 11 12 13. I must diligently obserue the directions of Gods Word and particularly of the Lords prayer Parent VVhat is the Lords praier Childe That most perfect forme and pattern of prayer which the Lord Iesus taught his disciples Parent Say the Lord prayer Childe a Math. 6.9 10 11 12 13. Our Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy Kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen