Probations out of the holy Scriptures I will call vpoÌ„ the Lord which is worthy to be praysed so shall I be safe from myne enemyes King Ezechias by prayer was deliuered from the proude wicked tyraunt Senacherib both hee and all hys So likewise was Ioseph Daniell Susanna Peter c. By prayer we get the victory of our enemies in battell ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures The people of Israell gotte the victory ouer the Amalechites so long as Moyses prayed for them When the blacke Mores came out to fight agaynst Asa King of Iuda Asa prayed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde gaue him the victory so that all his enemies were destroyed in battell Read y e chapter Iudas Machabeus after he had called on the name of the Lord got a noble victory of Gorgias and his company By prayer we obtaine health of body ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures The miracles which Christ wrought vpon theÌ„ that were diseased fled vnto hym for helpe with faythfull prayer proue this true By prayer we obtaine all thinges necessary for the body ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Moyses by prayer obtained MaÌ„na from heauen for the Israelites Helias by prayer obtained raine of God to water the earth By prayer our sinnes are forgeuen vs. ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lord and thou forgauest the wickednes of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer to thee in a time when thou mayest be found I forgaue thee all that det wheÌ„ thou desiredst me The sinfull Publicaue praying for remission of hys sinnes went home more righteous in the sight of God then the proud Pharisey If any be diseased among you let him call for the elders of the coÌ„gregation and let them pray ouer him and annoint him with oyle in the name of y e Lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lord shall raise hym vp and if he be in sinnes they shall be forgeuen hym By prayer we ouercome the deuill and all our ghostly enemies ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Thys kinde of deuils is not cast out but by prayer and fasting Watch and pray that ye fall not into temptation The spirite is willing but the fleshe is weake By prayer we obtaine God the holy Ghost ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures If ye which are euill can geue your children good giftes how much more shall your father which is in heauen geue the holy ghost to them that desire it of hym As the disciples of Christ were gathered together in one place and continued in prayer they were all filled with the holy ghost By prayer we obtaine all good thinges both for the body and soule ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures What thinges soeuer ye desire wheÌ„ ye pray beleue that ye receaue them and ye shall haue them The haruest is much but the labourers are fewe Pray ye therfore the Lorde of y e haruest that he will send labourers into hys haruest If any of you lacke wisedome let hym aske of hym that geueth it euen God which geueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shall bee geuen him But let him aske in fayth c. The Lord is euen at hand Bee careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your peticions bee knowen vnto God with thank esgeuing ¶ Many other benefites receaue we of God through prayer which here to rehearse were to long Read diligently my booke called the Pathway vnto Prayer and that shall sufficiently instructe thée in all thingâ—s concerning prayer ¶ The Lordes prayer called the Pater noster with confirmations of euery Peticion out of the holy Scripture The Disciples sayd vnto Christ Lord teach vs to pray And he said vnto them when ye pray say Our Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy name c. ¶ The Preface of the Lordes Prayer OVr Father which art in heauen ☞ The confirmations Our Father Is not the Lord God the father and thine honour Hath hee not made thee ordayned thee Thou O Lorde God art our father and redemer Haue we not all one father Hath not God made vs no â—hy doth euery one of vs then despise hys owne brother Should not a sonne honour his father and a seruaunt hys master If I bee now a Father where is myne honour If I bee a Lorde where is my feare Ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receaued y â— spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba that is to say father The same spirite certifieth our spirite that we are the sonnes of God If we bee sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres I meane of God fellow heyres annexed with Christ. Which art in Heauen HeaueÌ„ is my seate â–ª and the earth is my footestoole The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauen Our God is in heauen hee doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym Unto thee lift I vp myne eyes which dwellest in the heauens Call no man father vpon earth for one is your father which is in heauen ¶ The first Peticion HAllowed bee thy name ☞ The confirmations I will make the name of my holines to be knowen amoÌ„g my people of Israell and I wil not let my holy name to be euill spoken of any more but y â— very heathen also shall know that I am the Lord the holy one of Israell The time shall come that who soeuer calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saued From the rising vppe of the Sunne vnto the going downe of the same my name is great among the Gentries yea and that in all places The Lord gaue and the Lorde hath taken away Now blessed bee the name of the Lord. Sing vnto the Lorde and prayse hys name Bee telling of hys saluation from day to day Declare hys honour among the Heathen and hys wonders among all people I will declare thy name vnto my brethren In the middest of the congregation will I prayse thee The name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous flyeth vnto it and shall be saued By Christ do we offer the sacrifice of prayer alwayes vnto God that is to say y e fruite of those lips which confesse hys name ¶ The second Peticion THy Kingdome come ☞ The confirmations Seeke fyrst the kingdome of God and the righteousnes therof and all thynges shall be ministred vnto you The kingdome of heauen suffereth violence the violent plucke it vnto them Who soeuer receaueth not the kingdome of God as a childe hee shall not enter into it Except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he can not enter into the kingdome of God
The kingdome of God is not meate and drinke but righteousnes peace ioy in the holy ghost The kingdome of God is not in wordes but in power ¶ The third Peticion THy will be done as in heauen so likewyse in earth ☞ The confirmations Teach me O Lorde to doe thy will for thou art my God Not euery one that sayth vnto me Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but hee that doth the will of my father which is in heauen Whosoeuer doth the will of my father which is in heauen he is my brother sister and mother This is the will of him that sent me that whosoeuer seeth y â— sonne and beleueth on him hath euerlasting life Fashion not your selues lyke vnto thys world but bee ye chaunged through the renuing of your mind that ye may proue what thing that good and acceptable and perfecte will of God is This is the will of God euen your sanctifying that ye abstaine from whoredome that euery one of you know how to keepe his vessell in holâ—â—es and honour and not in the lust of concupiscence as the heathen do which know not God For asmuch as Christ hath suffered for vs in the flesh arme ye your selues likewise with y e same minde For he which suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sinne that hee from hence forth shoulde liue as long time as he remayneth in the flesh not after the lustes of men but after the will of God For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the time that is past of the life after the will of the Gentiles walking in wantonnes lustes excesse of drinking and abominable idolatry ¶ The fourth Peticion GEue vs this day our dayly bread ☞ The confirmations I haue bene younge now am old yet saw I neuer y e righteous forsakeÌ„ nor hys sede begging their bread He is euer mercifâ—â—â— and lendeth yet haue his children Gods plentie and inough The eyes of all waite vpon thee O Lorde and thou geuest them their meate in due season Thou openest thy hand and fillest euery liuing creature with thy blessing The Lorde will not let the soule of y e righteous suffer hunger but he taketh away y e riches of y e vngodly The blessing of the Lord maketh men rich as for carefull trauaile it doth nothyng therto Two thinges haue I required of thee that thou wilt not deny me before I dye Remoue from me vanitie and lies Geue me neither pouertie nor riches onely graunt me a necessary liuing least if I be too full I denie thee and say who is the Lord And least I being constrayned through pouertie fall vnto stealing and forsweare y â— name of my God Be not careful for your life what ye shall eate or drinke nor yet for your body what rayment ye shall weare Is not the life more worth then meate and the body more of value then rayment Read forth the chapter Cast all your care on God for he careth for you ¶ The fift Peticion ANd forgeue vs our debtes as we forgeue our debters ☞ The confirmations And forgeue vs. I am he yea I am he which put away thine iniquities and that for mine owne sake and will remeÌ„ber thy sinnes no more As for thine offences I driue theÌ„ away like the cloudes thy sinnes as the miste Turne thee again vnto me and I will deliuer thee God is the king which forgeueth hys seruaunt the ten thousand talentes No man can forgeue sinne but God alone God is the most louing father which ioyfully receaueth home againe hys lost sonne when hee repenteth and conuerteth Our debtes They are all gone out of y e way they are altogether abominable there is none that doth good no not one Who can tell how oft hee offendeth Oh clense thou me from my secrete faultes Who can say my hart is cleane I am free from sinne There is not one righteous maÌ„ in all the earth that doth good and sinneth not Behold God hath found vnfaithfulnes among his own Sainctes Yea y â— very heauens is vncleane in hys sight How much more then abominable and vile is maÌ„ which drincketh wickednes lyke water All the children of men are wicked all their workes are nought neither is there any truth in them All are hypocrites and wicked We are all become vncleane and all our righteousnesses are as a cloth polluted with menstrue We are all vnprofitable seruants All haue sinned and want the glory of God If we say we haue no sinne we deceaue our selues and the truth is not in vs. But if we confesse our sinnes God is faithfull and righteous to forgeue vs our sinnes and to make vs cleane froÌ„ all iniquitie As we forgeue our debters He that seeketh vengeance shall finde vengeance of y e Lorde which shall surely keepe hym hys sinnes Forgeue thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done thee and so shall thy sinnes bee forgeuen thee also when thou prayest A man that beareth hatred agaynst an other how dare hee desire forgeuenes of God He that sheweth no mercy to a man which is lyke him selfe how dare he aske forgeuenes of his sinnes If he that is but fleshe beareth hatred and kepeth it who will intreate for hys sinnes Remember the ende and let emnitie passe If ye forgeue other men their trespasses the heauenly Father shal forgeue you But if ye wil not forgeue men their trespasses no more shall your Father forgeue you your trespasses When ye stand pray forgeue if ye haue ought against any maÌ„ that your father also which is in heaueÌ„ may forgeue you your trespasses Forgeue and it shal be forgeuen vnto you Forbeare one an other and forgeue one an other If any man haue a quarell agaynst an other like as Christ hath forgeuen you euen so do ye likewise Christ forgaue his persecutors and prayed for them saying father forgeue them for they know not what they do S. Stephen forgaue his enemies and prayed for them on thys maner O Lord lay not this sinne to their charge ¶ The sixt Peticion ANd lead vs not into temptation ☞ The confirmations My Sonne if thou wilt come into the seruice of God stand fast in righteousnes and feare arme thy soule to temptation c. Watch and pray that ye fall not into temptation The spirite is willing but the flesh is weake Blessed is the man that standeth fast in temptation For when he is tried he shall receiue the crowne of life which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him Let no man say wheÌ„ he is tempted that he is tempted of God For as God cannot be tempted with euill so neither he himselfe tempteth any man vnto euill But euery maÌ„ is tempted when he is drawen away and
entised of his owne concupiscence Then when lust hath conceaued she bringeth forth sinne and sinne when it is done in deede bringeth forth death ¶ The seuenth Peticion Bvt deliuer vs from euill ☞ The confirmations Sathan hath desired after you y â— he might sift you euen as wheat But I haue prayed for thee O Simon y t thy faith may not faile And when thou arte conuerted strength thy brethren God is faithfull which will not suffer you to be teÌ„pted aboue your strength but shall in the middest of the temptation make a way to come out that ye may bee able to beare it Be sober and watch for your aduersary the deuill walketh about like a roaring Lion seeking whoÌ„ he may deuour Whome resist stedfast in the fayth The Lord knoweth how to deliuer the godly out of the temptation We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not but hee that is begotten of God keepeth himselfe and that wicked toucheth him not ¶ The conclusion of the Lordes Prayer FOr thine is the kingdome and the power and the glory for euer and euer ☞ The confirmations Blessed be thou Lorde God of Israel our father for euer and euer Thine O Lord is might power glory victory and prayse for all that is in heauen and in earth is thine thine is the kingdome O Lord and thou excellest aboue all euen as the head of all Thine are the riches treasures honour dominion ouer all and in thy handes is the vertue might power excellencie empire and rule vppon and aboue all thinges Wherfore now O our God we geue laude prayse and glory to thy most noble name Of hym and through hym and in hym are all thinges To hym be prayse for euer To God which alone is wife be glory through Iesus Christ for euer Unto hym that is able to do exceding aboundantly aboue all that we aske or thinke according to the power y t worketh in vs bee praise in the congregation by Christ Iesus throughout all ages worlde without end Unto God king euerlasting immortall inuisible alone wyse bee honour and glory for euer euer Thou art worthy O Lorde to receaue glory and honour power for thou hast created all things and for thy wills sake they were and are created Blessing honour glory power be vnto hym that sitteth vppon the seate and vnto the Lambe for euer more Amen ¶ All these Peticions I vndoubtedly beleue that I shall inioye when soeuer I aske them in fayth of God my heauenly father through Iesus Christ our Lord. ¶ Of the Lawe ¶ What the Lawe is THe Law of God is a doctrine prescribing vnto vs what we ought to doe and what to eschue both toward God and our neighbour ☞ The confirmations Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy hart Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in vaine Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steale ¶ To what vse the lawe was geuen Fyrst that it should declare vnto vs the will of God how we ought to liue and what workes we ought to do that we may please the Lord our God ☞ The confirmations The law of the Lorde is an vndefiled law coÌ„uerting soules The testimony of the Lord is sure and geueth wisedome to y e simple The statutes of the Lord are right and reioyce the hart The commaundemeÌ„t of the Lord is pure and geueth light to the eyes Thy worde is a lanterne to my feete a light to my pathwaies He sheweth hys word vnto Iacob hys statutes and ordinaunces vnto Israell He hath not dealt so with any nation neyther haue the heathen knowledge of hys lawes Secondly that it shoulde reueale and open vnto vs our sinne and wickednes while we consider how vnable we be of our selues to doe that which the holy righteous good law of God requireth of vs to be done ☞ The confirmations By the lawe coÌ„meth the knowledge of sinne The lawe entred in that sinne should increase What shall we say is the lawe sinne God forbid Nay I knewe not what sinne ment but by the lawe for I had not knowen what lust had ment except the lawe had said Thou shalt not lust But sinne tooke an occasion by the meanes of the commaundement wrought in me all maner of concupiscence For without the lawe sinne was dead I once liued without y e lawe but when the commaundement came sinne 〈◊〉 I was dead And y e very same coÌ„maundement which was ordayned vnto lyfe was found to be vnto me an occasion of death For sinne tooke occasion by y â— meanes of the coÌ„maundement so deceaued me by the same commaundement sâ—ue me The stiâ—ge of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the law The letter that is to say the law killeth The lawe is the ministring of condemnation Moyses sayth Christ gaue you a lawe and yet none of you fulfilleth the lawe in deede Thirdly after we haue learned our weaknes our wretchednes our sinne our wickednes by comparing our strength and life with the lawe of God which proueth vs all sinners and worthy of eternall damnation least we shoulde fall into desperation and so be damned the lawe was geuen of God to bee a Scholemaister vnto vs to lead vs vnto Christ the alone end and perfect fulfiller of all the lawes of God that we through fayth takyng vppon vs hys righteousnes and hys fulfilling of the lawe myght bee found blameles through hym in the sight of God and to bee made inheritours of euerlasting glory ☞ The confirmations The law was our Scholemaister vnto Christ that we shoulde bee iustified by fayth But after that fayth is come we are no longer vnder the Scholemaister For ye are all the children of God because ye beleue in Christ Iesu. The lawe brought nothyug to perfection but was an introduction to a better hope by the which we drawnie vnto God Be it knowen vnto you ye men and brethren that through thys man Christ is preached vnto you the forgeuenes of sinnes that by hym all that beleue are iustified froÌ„ all thinges froÌ„ the which ye coulde not hee iustified by the lawe of Moyses Why tempt ye God to put on the Disciples neckes y e yoke which neyther our fathers nor we were able to beare But we beleue that thorow the grace of the Lord Iesu Christ we shall be saued Christ is the fulfilling of the law to iustifie all that beleue Christ hath deliuered vs from the curse of the law in as much as he was made accursed for vs. ¶ The x. Commaundementes of God with confirmations of euery CoÌ„maundement out of the holy scripture ¶ The first Table of the Law contayning foure CoÌ„maundementes wherin is declared our dutie to God ¶ The first Commaundement I Am the Lord thy God