one of him that hath the other for indeed they be Relatiues and S. Iames saith faith that is without workes is dead Yea our sauiour saith not euery one that saith Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but he that doth the will of my father which is in heauen Therefore whosoeuer is truely iustified is in some good measure sanctified and indeede faith can no more be without good workes then fire can be without heate The vse FIrst we learne to aske nothing in our prayers which is not agreeable to Gods word Secondly we learne to take all crosses patiently that with Christ we may say not my will but thine ô father be fulfilled Lastly we are here taught to striue towardes perfection for Gods children haue an earnest desire to doe his will And with Dauid to say it is written O Lord in the volume of thy booke that I shall doe thy will O God and loe I come Application SVch therefore as despise knowledge and set light by the word of God their prayers will God despise for saith the Prophet Zachary Zach. 7. 13. as God cried to them and they would not here so when they cry he will not here them But where the worde of the Lord is imbrased there the Lord is nigh to vs in all that wee call vppon him for Yea they that Deut. 4. 7. keepe Gods commaundements receiue whatsoeuer they aske but as for such as haue no care to doe 1. Ioh. 3 22. Gods will the Lord is farre from them Therfore ô man if thou wouldest that God should here thy praier Pro. 15. 29. when thou callest vpon him heare thou the Lorde and amend thy wayes when by his good spirit he calleth vnto thee els thy prayer is vaine babling Pro. 35. 13. The second part of this petition As in heauen so also in earth THis saith one is no otherwise but as the Angels serue thee in heauen euen so should we serue thee in earth with all alacritie and willingnesse in all humility and faithfulnesse And howsoeuer no Christian can performe such obedience in this life yet this petition teacheth that we ought to haue a desire so to do From the consideration of these things we learne three profitable lessons First that God ought to raigne here in our hartes on earth as well as hee doth in heauen but seeing it is not so how ought we to bee humbled and cast downe in our selues when we consider how disobedient we haue beene to the will of our heauenly father Secondly it ought to mooue vs to all possible thankfulnesse for our redemption when wee consider this example of the Angels who were but once created but we miserable sinners put God to a new worke to redeeme vs by the bloud of his owne sonne Lastly it teacheth vs that we ought to loue God more then the Angels in as much as wee haue put him to a greater busines and haue receiued greater mercies then they and they which haue much forgiuen them ought to Luke 7. loue much Application BEhold thy duty ô man consider but the Angels the scriptures describe them to haue six winges two to couer their face by which they signifie to vs that they are not able to looke into the depth of Gods counsailes they haue two also to couer their feete shewing their owne insufficiencie and vnworthynesse to serue so glorious a God yet haue they two wings also about their hart to signifie vnto vs that with hearty obedience they do the will of God Therefore ô sinfull man looke to the heauens and beholde the Angels looke into the firmament behold the Sunne the Moone the starres yea in the earth also behold times and seasons all these obay Gods will Therefore ô mankinde for whose sake these were created and for whose sake God equall to the father thought it no scorne to take vnto him our nature and to be our brother according to the flesh that hee might condempne sinne in the flesh let vs not therefore walke after the flesh but let our conuersation be in heauen whether our eldest brother is gone before vs that in his time we may be with our head Christ Iesus Amen The 4. petition Giue vs this day our dayly or continuall Bread O praise the Lord of Lords for his mercie endureth for euer which giueth foode to all flesh for his mercie endureth for euer Psal 136. 2. 25. Bread ×œ×—× THis word Bread is tooke in diuers sences in the Scriptures whereof there are fiue principall 1. First it is taken for bread properly as Gen. 14. 18. Exod. 25. 30. Prou. 28. 19. 2. Secondly for bread corne as Gen. 47. 15. Iob. 28. 5. 3. Thirdly it is neither tooke for bread nor corne but for Manna Exo. 16. 15. Behold I will raine to you bread froÌ„ heauen Also Psal 105. 40. he satisfied them with bread from heauen which Manna was a figure of Christ who is the true bread of heauen and many of the ancient fathers vnderstand by Bread in this petitioÌ„ Christ who is the true bread of life whom we are to desire and pray for before all other things 4. Fourthly it is tooke for sacrifices Leuit. 3. 11. Mal. 1. 7. What is meant by bread in this petition 5. Lastly it is taken generally for all things necessary for this life as Gen 3. 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eate thy bread That is thou shalt get thy liuing Also in Psal 38. 25. Which giueth food to all flesh Also Pro. 30. 8. * So doth Tremelius vnderstand it in his Hebrew catechisme Feed me with food conuenient for me So likewise in this petition we vnderstand saith Bucer Victum quibuscunque Bucer in Mat. 6. pag. 62. vita praesens opus habet all things that be necessary for this life from which word wee may consider the bountifull liberallitie of God towards all his creatures but more especially towards man for whom he both careth and prouideth And therefore the Apostle in the 1. Tim. 6. saith Trust not invncertaine riches but in God that giueth to all aboundantly Secondly this word Our bread doth not import that it is ours by * Riches are not ours properly but lent vs and wee are stewards of them must giue account for them desert but being got with a good conscience not by defrauding of our brother any way that so we may eate our owne bread The which cannot be except we liue in a lawfull calling Oh thou that hast no calling or an vnlawfull calling how canst thou say this petition Let gamesters and such as haue no lawfull calling consider in what state they stand in and let them saith the Apostle rather labour with their hands for he that will not labour let him not eate Our continuall or dayly Bread BY this word continuall or daylye Bread I gather these lessons 1. First that none must aske riches or any other thing to satisfie the
God by prayer our mindes must not be drawne away with earthly matters or worldly affaires for we must consider that we are in the presence of one that is so infinit in maiesty that he filleth both heauen and earth yea this glorious God maketh the thunder to be at his command and his voice breaketh the Ceders of Libanus Therefore with Moses let vs Exo. 34. 8. Psal 95. Kneeling seemly in prayer bow downe to the earth when we worship also with Dauid bow downe and kneele and with great reuerence to God let vs say with the Publican I am not worthy to looke vp to heauen With Dauid let vs cry I will lift vp my soule vnto thee Whereas it is said Which art in heauen that doth not contradict the other place of scripture where God saith the heauen of heauens cannot containe me how then will yee build a house for mee to dwell in for Gods omnipotencie is euery where so saith Dauid Psa 139 whether shall I go from thy presence if I take the winges of the morning and fly to the vttermost part of the world yea in the deepe and in hell also there art thou But as the soule is said to be in the head and heart so Gods seate is in heauen and that is as it were his †Austin temple saith an auncient father yet is he resident in all places euen as the soule is in all the parts of mans body but hath chiefest seate in the head and hart so God is in all places but hath his temple and doth most manifest his glory in heauen Lastlye it comforteth the children Vse of God to thinke of heauen seeing God hath promised The last consideration of the word heauen that they shall be inheritours of so glorious a place which Christ hath purchased for them This made all the fathers to behaue themselues like strangers here it made Paule Heb. 11 say he had fought a good fight though bitter to the flesh because saith he is layd vp for me a crowne of glory Also in another place he saith I suppose that all the afflictions of this life are not worthy the ioyes that shall be reuealed Now follow the petitions Hallowed be thy name VVHich Petition hath two Peti ∣ tion 1 parts principally to be considered as First what is meant by the name of God in this place Secondly what it is to halow the same For the first the glorious name of God who can fully expresse What is his name or what is his sonnes name saith Agur the sonne Pro. 30. 4. of Iakeh But it hath pleased the Holy and Highest to condiscend to our weake capacities and in mercy to call himselfe by such meanes as either note to vs his essence as 1. Iehouah 2. Ehieh 3. Iah or his presence and power as 4. El 5. Eloah 6. Elohim Iehouah denoteth vnto vs the יהוה essence of God euen that one deuine Essence which hath beene from all Eternitie is and shall be without any change for euer and for euer the vse of this is handled before in the worde Art Ehieh is of the same roote that ××”×™×” Iehouah is it signifieth I will be The sonne of God being Iehouah equall to the father appearing to Exod. 3. 14. Moses saide vnto him thou shalt go and tell the children of Israell I will be hath sent me vnto you Signifying indeed * Saith Doctor Forster that he it was that was to be come man who was promised to Adam and their father Abraham euen God stronger then all the sonnes of Adam who should breake the head of the serpent and destroy him of his might This true IEHOVAH called himselfe EHIEH to Moses but when he had taken our nature vnto him and was constituted in the ministry worke of our redemption then he that before said to the children of Israell I will be sayd I am Ihon 8. 17. Before Abraham Iohn 8. 17. was I am Yea as soone as hee had sayde to Iudas and his company I am he They fell backward Iohn 8. 58. Therefore let me conclude this with this exhortation of our sauiour Ioh. 18. 5. to his Apostles beleeue yee in GOD beleeue also in Iesus Ioh. 14. 1. 2. Christ The third name which declareth the essence of God is ×™×” IAH an abstract of IEHOVAH signyfying Christ humbled and abased in the flesh And as Eâ— sheweth the presence of God in his might and gouernement with ELOAH So doth IAH denote to vs the essence of God as well as IEHOVAH As you may reade in the 146. Psal In which the office of Christ is very plainelye set foorth to bee the Creator of the worlde and faithfull in his promises who feedeth the hungrye releaseth prisoners giueth sight to the blinde raiseth the crooked loueth the righteous keepeth them that are destitute of worldly succour releeues fatherlesse and widdows and ouerthroweth the way of the wicked For he came to destroy sinne and therefore Dauid in this place saith further blessed is he that hath the God of Iacob for his helpe and shutteth vp this Psalme with HALLELV-IAH And that this is spoken of Christ will more plainely appeare when the new testament is compared with this Psalme Euen the workes of Christ which he did amongst the Iewes as he himselfe said if ye will not beleeue mee because the Prophets beare witnesse of me yet beleeue for the very workes sake Also he saith if I had not done workes amongst them that no man could doe then had they not sinne but now are they without excuse Therefore when Iohn Baptist sent his disciples to Christ for the instructing of them in the faith of the true Messiah Our sauiour had recourse to this 146. psal and said go tell Iohn the blind see the lame are made whole the dead are raised vp the deafe heare the poore Luk. 7. 22. receiue the gospell and blessed is he that is not offended in mee And the children of God which were deliuered from the bondage * For he was Satans instrument to afflict the church of sinne the tyrannye of Sathan †and the Pope by Christ sing HALLELV-IAH which is in English prayse yee the eternall Let vs therefore in our prayers The vse and in all our songes of reioycing also praise God for our deliueraunce from the slauery of sinne and Satan And for our happye deliueraunce from Romish Babell God giuing vs free liberty to prayse him in the congregation yea to pay the praises of God with the Prophet Dauid in psalme 56. 12. יהוה ××”×™×” ×™×” Because hee hath deliuered our life from death and our feete from falling praysed be IAH Amen ab ×”×™×” esse The three names of God that put vs in minde of his presence and power be these EL ELOAH and ELOHIM which are all of one signification declaring to vs that our God is strong against whome there is no resistance *
in cōmanding him to go out of his owne coūtrie Secondly by Sarahs cōception who being past age and was as dead in regarde of strength of nature and thirdly God tempted him in offring vp his onely sonne Isaack of whom it was said in Isaack shall thy seede be called therefore is Abram called the Father of the faithfull deliuer vs from euill IN the former petitions we begged pardon for sinnes past and here we craue Gods grace to resist sinnes to come And surely if we looke into our selues how prone we be to fall we shall see that we had need to craue of God that we come not into temptation for that Satan intendeth euill towards vs and surely as S. Iames saith God temteth none to euill but man is eyther tempted by his lustes as the Apostle obserueth which is a voluntary temptation as drunkennesse whoredome theft and such like are voluntarie temptations or else by cruell tyrants to do that which is against religion and conscience and this is called vnuoluntary temptation when wee are compelled by force to do against Gods lawes these temptations we are not to desire But if any such happen the Apostle Iames willeth vs to account it exceeding ioye and sheweth the benefits that follow to them that feare God and if God tempt or prooue his children it is to manifest their faith to the world and for example to others so he tempted Abraham in offering his sonne Isaack also the Israelites and Iob yea indeede he tempted all his children so and his onely Sonne also that we might not thinke much nor faint in our temptations And therefore said Moses to the children of Israel Yee shall not feare because the Lorde commeth to tempt you for he commeth to tempt you to manifest what is in thy heart But Satan he doth it to an euill end Yea euer when he tempteth it is not for conuersion but subuersion of the party he tempteth and this is euident through all the Byble But what shall we say of those which are dead in sinne and haue no feeling of temptation nor remorse of conscience O God deliuer vs from that euill The second part of the sixt petition But deliuer vs from euill THerefore in the next place we pray that God would Deliuer vs from euill that is saith olde and new writers from the Diuell which is indeede the very fountaine of euill Thus we pray not simply against temptation but against the euill of temptation for we see our sauiour was tempted with three capitall great temptations such as fewe of the best members do withstand and what were they Theophilact telleth thee they were auaritia Gula etinanis gloria couetousnes gluttony and vaine glory Consider therefore him that was equall to God yea thought it no robbery to be so yet for thy sake he tooke to him the shape of a seruant and euen was buffeted of Satan that he might the better strengthen those that are tempted was not all for thy sake ô vnthankfull Heb. 2. mankinde learne therefore to take vp his yoke for it is easie and the burden light and God is faithfull that will not suffer thee to bee tempted aboue that thou art able but in all our temptations hee will giue vs a happy issue which God grant vnto vs Amen The Conclusion For thine is that kindome the power and the glory for euer and euer Amen The first part FOr thine is that kingdom this sheweth Reue. 21 vs a reasō why we should pray to God onely because he only is King and to him we owe this duty therefore the Angell told Iohn in the reuelation that he must worship Reu. 21. God for he was but his fellow seruant Obiection Why Dauid saith the earth is the Lords with the fulnes therof the roūd world and they that dwel therein why therfore say you that Kingdome Answere Surely God ruleth all Kingdomes indeed preserueth bad to from outward dangers as you may read in Dan. ch 5. also Ester ch 16. 16. but here we speake of the Kingdome of grace by which God rules in the harts of his childre◠after a more peculiar manner therefore well may we say that kingdome for he sheweth Mysteria regni the misteryes of that kingdome to his chosen but he hath not dealt so with euery nation The second part of the conclusion The power THe Lorde our God is a God of Gods and Lord of Lordes a great God mighty and terrible which accepteth no persons nor taketh rewardes and this is the second reasō why we ought to pray to God because all power is his and he onely able to helpe vs. In the first place as he is our king he willes our good as he is of power he is able to performe what himselfe pleaseth Therfore are we to pray to him that he would preserue vs keepe vs reade Num. cha 6. 24. But alas how often hath God manyfested his power to euery one of vs so that we may say with Moses there is neither God in heauen nor in earth that could do like thy workes and like thy power How did the Lord manifest his power against the cruel bloudy spaniards in 1588. yea and how hath he diuerse and sundry times ouerthrowne our enimies since hath not this father of ours preserued our gracious Queene most miraculously from secret conspiracy and most vile treachery oh that we would therefore praise the Lord for his goodnesse declare the wonders he doth for vs in this little Iland Hast thou remembred Gods power in deliuering thee from Satan and sinne and for preseruing thee all thy life oh thou redeemed Christian thou subiect of the realme of England say thou with Dauid Psal 106. 2. who can expresse the noble acts of the Lord or shew forth all his power The third part of the conclusion And the glory THou art worthy O Lord to receiue glory honour and power for thou Reue. 4. 11. hast created all things and for thy willes sake they are and haue beene created And the blessed Apostle S. Paule saith whatsoeuer we do it must be to Gods glory for that is his due and our duty Therfore well said a learned writer on this place Habes hic etiam causam cur nullae omnino creaturae sint inuocandae quia ipsarum non est regnum non habent omnipotentiam nec debetur illis ea gloria that is to say thou hast here also the cause why no creatures are to be called vpon at all because saith he the kingdome is not of them neither haue they the power neither Illiricus pa. 325. may that glory bee due vnto them Wherefore let vs say with the Prophet Dauid in Psa 108. 5. my hart is prepared O God so is my tonge I will sing and giue praise And exalt thy selfe O God aboue the heauens and thy glory aboue all the earth and let vs as Ieremy exhorteth giue Ier. 13. 16. glory to the Lord our