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A41129	The spirituall man's directorie guiding a Christian in the path that leads to true blessednesse in his III. maine duties towards God : how [brace] to believe, to obey, to pray [brace] : unfolding the [brace] Creed, X. Command., the Lords prayer / by that reverend and faithfull minister of Gods word Mr. William Fennor ...	Fenner, William, 1600-1640.	1648 (1648)	Wing F702; ESTC R41150	81,283	149

over all 1 Chron. 29. 11. and ruleth over all Psal 103. 19. and reigneth in the Kingdoms of men Dan. 4. 32. and hath the Keyes of hell and death Rev. 4. 18. Divels and reprobates and all shall bow to this kingdome passively as well as the good Angels and elect actively Rom. 14. 11. though they yet say he shall not reigne over them Luke 19. 14. Secondly the Kingdome of his Gospell whereby he reignes over the Christian world both good and bad Math. 13. 47. which God threatnes to take away when people are unworthy Matth. 21. 43. which is called a Kingdome because it offers men a kingdome Matth. 4. 17. and because by it Christ reignes in his Saints Rev. 15. 2. and in his enemies too but in a different manner Rev. 19. 15. Thirdly the Kingdome of his grace whereby he rules only i● his elect for this kingdome is within them Luke 17. 21. consisting in righteousnesse and peace and joy Rom. 14. 17. bringing every thought into obedience 2 Cor. 10. 5. and making them Kings too Rev. 1. 6. and to rule as it were with God over sinne and the world and the Divell Hos 11. 12. and this Kingdome is not of this world Ioh. 18. 36. Fourthly the Kingdome of glory that flesh and blood cannot enter into 1 Cor. 15. 50. Q. 244. For the third Petition Thy will be done what say you of that why is Gods will se● next to his Kingdome A. First Because the greater his Kingdome is the more he stands upon his will we see this in earthly Kings Dan. 11. 3. Secondly because the doing of Gods will is the giving the glory of his Kingdome unto him Heb. 13. 21. Thirdly because by doing of his will we shew that he is our God and King Psal 143. 10. because by doing of his will we shew that we are worshippers of him Ioh. 19. 31. Fourthly hereby we shew that as God is a great God so he is great with us ●s Moses was great with the Aegyptians because he could borrow of them whatsoever he would Exod. 11. 3. why did David greatly praise God and give him whatsoever obedience he would because God was great with him Psal 145. 3. Fiftly because by doing of Gods will we may enter into Gods Kingdome Math. 7. 21. La●●ly this is to be men after Gods owne heart when we fulfill the Lords will Act. 13. 22. Q. 145. Hath God such a will in him as he calls a conditionall will as for example to will all mens salvation if they repent A. Properly there cannot be a conditionall will in God First because such a will supposeth a superiour that may hinder Act. 18. 21. Secondly it supposeth ignorance how things may fall out as Abraham willed his servant to fetch a wife for Isaack out of the land of his kindred Gen. 24. 4. if she were willing verse 8. neverthelesse improperly it may be given to God not as though his will can have a condition for that 's the property of a created will to have a condition of it Iam. 4. ●5 but because the thing willed of God may have a condition Isa 7. 9. now that the Lord may be said to have a conditionall will in some sense is plaine First because he is said to will the connexion of things when he doth not will the things a sunder and therefore he wills them onely upon the condition of a connexion God would have all men to repent and come to the knowledge of the truth 1 Tim. 2. 4. Secondly because he is said to will the salvation of all believers and true penitent persons and therefore if a reprobate doe believe he willeth his salvation 1 King 11. 38. this is true of God towards a reprobate if thou wilt obey me I will blesse thee Deut. 7. 12 13. Q. 146. What say you of Gods simple an● positive will A. God willeth a thing simply two wayes First by purposing and dec●e●ing Rom. 9. 11. either to be wrought by himselfe which is his working will Eph. 1. 11. and so he willeth his Elect to believe and to be saved Act. 13. 48. or to be done by another Act. 4. 28. and so he willeth the hardening of the reprobate Rom 9. 17 18. Secondly by likeing and approving which is the will of his worde Psal 40. 8. which telleth us what is acceptable unto God Rom. 12. 2. and thus he willeth every man to repent 2 Pet. 3. 9. and all men to come to the knowledge of the truth and to be saved 1 Tim. 2. 4. even those that finally will not Math. 23. 37. hither is referred that distinction of Gods will either secret or revealed Deut. 29. 29. not as though God hath two wills for it is an imperfection to have two wills as it is an imperfection to be of two minds Iam 4. 8. it argueth a change Act. 28. 6 but it is one and the same will whereof one part is secret and unknowen the other revealed Heb. 11. 8. the revealed part and all was once kept secret and unrevealed Rom. 16. 25. and God revealeth it two wayes First in his word whereby Christ revealeth the will of his father to his people Math. 11. 27. Secondly in the event of things as for example I doe not knowe whether it be Gods will that I shall be persecuted for the truth to morrow yet it is secret but when I see that it is so come to passe the event doth reveale it to be the Lords will 1 Pet. 3. 17. Q. 147. What say you of Gods secret wi lt A. It is not for us to know it Act. 1. 7. no● aske after it Iudge 13. 18. nor pry into it to search it Isa 40. 28. A man is very chary of his secrets suppose one should know them yet he taketh ill that he should reveale them Prov. 11. 13. wouldest thou know when it is Gods will thou shalt dye or be sicke nay s●ay till himselfe is pleased to reveale it who made thee of his counsell Rom. 11. 34. when Gods will of command is revealed it is nothing but unbeleife to be inquisitive what his issue and event shall be Math. 6. 20. nay to be doubting about it it is unbeliefe Math. 14. 31. the prying into Gods secret will abate issues and the suffering of thy heart to be questioning it is the cause of most of thy sinnes the Lord had revealed his will unto Ionas that he should goe and preach to Niniveh ●on 1. 2 now Ionas questioning what Gods will was the issue should be may be they will put me to death may be the Lord will spare them and then I shall be counted a false Prophet this made him fly away to Tarshish Ion. 4. 2. nay it is the cause of most errours to some when a part of Gods truth is revealed enough for faith and salvation Iohn 20. 31. but when people will be tampering beyond no wonder if they erre for Gods judgement is unsearchable Rom. 11. 33. 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ascension Ephes 4 10. For he was not only dead but hidden of death for a while though he could not be held quite Acts 2. 24. How soever this descent into hell be understood we are sure by this means his people shall never descend into he●● Rom. 8. 1. Q. 40. What beleevest thou of Christs rising the third day A. He rose againe not by re-uniting his body to his God-head for they were never severed by death for being Crucifyed hee was still the Lord of glory 1 Cor. 2. 8. But by re-uniting Soule and body together and taking his life againe which before he had laid downe Iohn 10. 17. And hee himselfe had power to doe it verse 18. To bee Lord of quick and dead Rom. 14. 9. And this hee did the third day 1 Cor. 15. 4. Namely the third day from his suffering passively verse 3. And therfore the space is called by the Scripture the space of three dayes John 2. 19. And because that every day hath a night belonging to it it is called the space of three nights too Math. 12. 40. That as by man came death so by man also might come the resurrection of the dead 1 Cor 13. 21. Himself being the first fruits of them that sleepe verse 20. And the first borne from the dead Col. 1. 18. And the first begotten of the dead Rev. 1. 5. And dyeth no more Rom. 6. 9. And therefore those that rose before Christ as the Shunamites child 2 Kings 4. 35. And Lazarus and the rest rose again to a mortall life Iohn 11. 44. Q. 41. Why did Christ rise againe A. He rose againe for the glory of God and the good of all the Elect Rom. 6. 4. That they might be glorified Rom. 4. 25. For if hee had not risen they had still been in their sinnes 1 Cor. 15. 17. This article was a comfort to Iob and all before the comming of Christ Iob. 19. 25. And is to be remembred of all the people of God as a comfort against all troubles namely that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead 2 Tim. 2 8. and for diver other reasons did he rise Q. 42. What beleeve you conceerning the other two Articles A Hee aseended into heaven Iohn 3 13. and was seene so doing Iohn 6. 62. being taken up Acts 1. 9 and he went up verse 10. whether the bodies of the Saints are not yet ascended no not Davids Acts 2. 34. though their soules doe ascend as soone as they are dissolved from their bodies to be with Christ Phil. 1. 23. and the Heavens must receive him till the times of restitution Acts 3. 21. and therefore in respect of his body wee have him not with us here on earth Iohn 12. 8. But onely Sacramentally in his Supper 1 Cor. 11. 24. And hee sitteth now at the right hand of God Col. 3. 1. in the throne of his Father Rev. 3. 21. being preferred even in his humane nature above all Angels and all Principalities and powers Ephes 1. 20 21. expecting till his enemies be made his foot-stoole Heb. 10. 13. Where Steven saw him standing up as in his defence Acts 7. 55. and where hee maketh intercession for his redeemed Rom. 8. 24. As beeing their one onely Mediator 1 Tim. 2. 5. Q. 43. What beleeve you of Christs judging the world A. Hee is ordained of God to bee Iudge of quick and dead Acts 10. 42. Not only men but Angels to the day when being called the great day Jude 6. Hee shall come to do it visibly Acts 1. 11. And according to those truths which are contained in the Gospell Rom. 2. 16. and as men may find their doome in the word so they must expect it Iohn 12. 48. His Saints too by their lives shall judge all the world that are not Saints 1 Cor. 6. 2. The set day and houre and time knoweth no man nor the Angels no not Christ himselfe as man Marke 13. 32. Though a mans particular judgement bee as hee dyes Heb. 9. 27. either to Heaven or to Hell Luke 16. 22 23. Q. 44. What is the Office of Christ A. Hee is our Mediator Heb. 12. 24. and he that makes intercession for us Heb. 7. 25. appearing in the presence of God for us Heb. 9. 24. and perfuming the Prayers of his members with the odours of his merits whensoever they pray in his name Rev. 8. 3 4. In this sense no meere creature can bee a Mediator to intreat for us 1 Sam. 2. 25. And therefore it is in another sence that the Prayers of Saints living upon earth when they pray for other men are called intercessions 1 Tim. 2. 1. and wee must pray them to pray for us Heb. 13. 18. though not when they bee dead for then they bee ignorant of us yea though it bee Abraham himselfe Isa 63. 16. The dead know not any thing of the affaires of this life Eccl. 9. 5. The Lord counts it an absurd thing that the living should seeke unto the dead Isa 8. 19. when once their soules goe away hence they ●e no more to appeare to us Psal 39. 13. Neither have wee any warrant to pray the Angels to pray for us though they be sent forth to minister for us Heb. 1. 14. Nor to speake unto them unlesse it bee in a Rhetorieall straine to blesse the Lord Psal 103. 20. Q. 45. Why did Christ take the office of a Mediator upon him A. Because hee was elected of God for this purpose Isa 42. 1. and foreordained 1 Pet. 1. 20. and sealed John 6. 27. and Sanctifyed Iohn 10. 36. And given of God for the life of beleevers John 3. 16. not only to helpe sinners with a possibility of salvation that they might bee saved ver 17. but to convert sinners 1 Tim. 1. 15. This was the agreement made between his Father and him that hee should have a seed and that the Redemption which hee purchased should actually prosper Isa 53. 10. this was trinsicall end he lookt at namely that he might purchase to himselfe a peculiar people Tit. 2. 14. Q. 46. Which bee the particular Offices of Christ A. Hee was Annoynted Isa 61. 1. First to be our Prophet to whom we must hearken as long as wee live Deut. 18. 15. Secondly our mercifull and faithfull high Priest to reconcile us to God Heb. 2. 17. and King of Saints Rev. 15. 3. For first wee were desperately ignorant of God and hee onely can reveale God unto us Math. 11. 27. Secondly wee were desperately alienated being the enemies of God and hee only can reconcile us Col. 1. 21. Thirdly we were desperately disabled and could never have applyed this Redemption unto us hee onely can make us Kings over sinne and death Rev. 1. 6. Q. 47. Who is hee that in effect denyeth Christs Offices and teacheth men so A. The Pope and his Church for though hee seeme to sit in the Temple of God 2 Thes 2. 4. and have the horne of the Lambe as though hee were

be fatherlesse otherwise Psal 85. 5. Secondly we must receive Christ and then we shall have the power of calling him father Ioh. 1. 12. Thirdly we must get the Lord to say so to our hearts Hos 1. 10. Fourthly wee must be sure that we be Peace-makers Math. 5. 9. Fiftly wee must love our enemies and lend freely Luk. 6. 35. Lastly we must be the good seed begotten againe under the Kingdome of grace Math. 13. 38. Q. 139. Why our Father not my Father A. We may pray also my Father Luk. 15. 18. and we are taught to doe so in private Math. 6. 6. for first Nature teacheth that the creature should have a particular propriety in God whom it calleth upon Jon. 1. 6. Secondly we have need of a particular propriety in God that we may strengthen our Petition Luk. 15. 19. Thirdly that we may come thankfully before him Rom. 1. 8 Fourthly that we may come with filiall affections and never run away from him Ier. 3. 19. but our Saviour puts it in the Plurall number first because wee are to pray with others Acts 20. 36. Secondly wee are to Pray for others Iam. 5. 16. Thirdly to teach us to love one another and not to deale unbrotherly one with another Mal. 2. 10 Fourthly to shew us that God is universally a Father to all his elect and he is not like an earthly father that hath but one Blessing or few blessings Gen. 27. 38. nay though all the company that joyne with us in Prayer be not adopted unto God yet if two or three be the mouth of the company may pray Our Father Isa 63 16. the meeting is denominated a congregation of Saints from them two or three Psal 149. 1. there is a communication of Phrases the mouth of the assembly knowing there be some wicked though some bee not yet by the communication of phrases hee may say We have done wickedly though neither himselfe nor many of the company have done so Nehem. 9. 33. Besides God is in a generall sence the Father of such as are rebellious Isa 1. 2. and they may equivocally be said to be in Christ Iohn 15. 2. Q. 140. What is the meaning of Heaven in Prayer A. Heaven signifies first the region of the ayre Jer. 8. 7. Secondly the place of the Sunne Moon and starres Gen. 15. 5. Thirdly the Church of Iesus Christ Rev. 12. 7. Fourthly the blessed Angels Iob 15. 15. Fiftly God himselfe Da● 4. 26. Sixtly the habitation of Gods holinesse where the glorified Angels are in blisse and injoy the beatificall vision of God and so it is mean● here especially 1 Kings 8. 30. which is called the third heaven 2 Cor. 12. 2. farre above all other created heavens Ephes 4. 10. it selfe being a created thing too Heb. 11. 10. Gods childrens house and home 2 Cor. 5. 1. Gods holy hill Psal 24. 3. from whence he blesseth his People Deut. 26. 15. where he sitteth as a great Prince on his thro●e Psal ●1 4. and hee is said to be in heaven first to strike Reverence into us Eccles 5. 2. Secondly to let us understand hee can doe whatsoever he will Psal 115. 3. Thirdly to lift and raise up our hearts in prayer Psal 123. 1. Fourthly to shew how infinitly hee is above us his thoughts above ours his motions above ours Isa 55. 9. Fiftly to expresse Gods condiscending goodnesse that hee being in heaven will deigne to looke upon a poore soule Isa 66. 1 2. and yet God is not confined to heaven as though hee were there onely Psal 139. 7 8. No hee fils heaven and earth too I●r 23. 24. and the whole world is not able to containe him 2 Chron. 6. 18. Q 141. For the first Petition Hallowed bee thy Name what is the meaning of name here A. First the Lord himselfe his very Person and nature Deut. 28. 58. for Name is often put for ones person Acts 1. 15. so also Rev. 3. 4. Secondly Gods attributes Exod. 34. 5. Thirdly Gods esteeme that hee should have in all the world Psal 8. 1. Fourthly Gods worship Gen. 4. 26. Piftly any of Gods works or word or any thing whereby hee is knowne Exod. 20. 7. His name is Iehovah the Lord Isa 42. 8. or I am that I am Ioh. 3. 13 14. As Christ said of himselfe before Abraham was I am Iohn 8. 58. ●he most High Psalm 9. 2. El-shaddai or ●●e Almighty or the All-sufficient Gen. 17. ●● Hee hath sweet names in the new Testament the GOD of Peace Rom. 15. 33. ●he GOD of Patience and Consolation vers 5. the Father of Mercies and the God of all Comfort 2 Cor. 1. 3. c. Indeed Gods ●ame is unutterable no word is able to ex●resse who hee is Prov. 30. 4. It is transcen●ent above all names Phil. 2. 9. and wonderfull Isa 9. 2. and secret Iudg. 13. 18. and hence ●● is first that no name is able sufficiently t●●●t him forth Gen. 32. 29. Secondly his name ●● expressed by negatives to shew that wee ●an rather tell what is not his name then what is Immortall Invisible 1 Tim. 1. 17. Unsearchable Psal 147. ● Infinite Psal 147. ● Thirdly his name is borrowed from his effects God that made the world Acts 17. 24. and from his back-parts Exod. 33. 23. Fourthly figurative and not proper Exod. 15. 3. Prov. 18. 10. O then GOD being so great what a condiscending goodnesse is it in him to take upon him such a poore name as this Our God the God of Abraham Exod. 3. 15. 142. Why Hallowed or Sanctified rather ●●●● Glorified why is that word used rather the● this A. Because Gods holinesse is the cause why wee should glorifie him Rom. 15. 4. Secondly because Gods greatnesse most appeareth in his holynesse Isa 12. 6. and so doth his might Luke 1. 49. and therefore we call Kings sacred and the greater a person is the more sacred and therefore of all creatures the Lord made his Angels most holy Luke 9. 26. Thirdly Gods holynesse is the beauty and lustre of all his attributes Psal 96. 9. nay it is the beauties Psal 110. 3. Fourthly when the Angels would picke out an attribute to glorifie God most in they chose his holinesse Holy holy holy not glorious glorious glorious Isa 6. 3. Fiftly we cannot glorifie God except we be holy 1 Pet. 2. 9. nay it is rather an obscuring of Gods glory when a prophane soule praiseth him and therefore o●● hearts and our tongues and conversations must be holy Pet. 1. 15 16. we must sanctifie him in righteousnesse Isa 5. 16. not as though we can put holinesse upon God that he had not before in this case we had need that he should sanctifie us 1 Thess 5. 23. but we must make his name to appeare to be holy by our doings Isa 39. 23. Q. 143. For the second Petition thy Kingdome ●ome what say you of that A. God hath a foure-fold Kingdome First the kingdome of his power whereby he is