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A17326	An exposition of the Lords Prayer made in diuers lectures, and now drawne into questions and answers for the greater benefite of the simpler sort: whereunto is prefixed a briefe treatise of prayer for all men. Published at the request of diuers godly and well disposed: by W. B. minister of the Word at Reading in Barkshire.	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1594 (1594)	STC 4174; ESTC S116670	83,241	268

fellowship that tempteth vnto sinne and draweth to hell which such good fellowes shall one day feele to their cost if God giue thē not great repentance Q. What sinnes doe wee pray the Lord to forgiue vs A. All our sinnes whatsoeuer our sins committed in our ignorance our sinnes of weakenes and of presumption our sins committed priuatly and openly al the euill thoughts and motions of our heart Q. What say you to the Papists distinction of sinnes veniall and mortall and their 7. deadly sinnes A. It is most absurd and wicked for all sinne in his owne nature is deadly and euery sinne in the merites of Christs bloud is veniall to him that truely repenteth and beleeueth in Christ and not els As we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. Q. Why be these words added A. They are added as a reason of the former and serueth to perswade the Lord or rather to confirme our faith in Gods fauour towards vs. Q. How can you make them a reason of the former A. It is a reason to proue that God will forgiue vs our sinnes and is drawne from a comparison of the lesse to the greater thus If we that are voyd of all goodnesse doe forgiue others when they craue mercie then the Lord who is the fountaine of all mercie will forgiue vs. Q. Where finde you that the scripture vseth to reason so and to prooue Gods goodnes by mans goodnes A. Our Sauiour Christ doth so reason in Luk. 11. 13. If you which are euill sayth he can giue good things vnto your children how much more will your heauenly father giue vnto his children c. Q. But what if men would not forgiue one another could wee not then bee assured that GOD would forgiue vs A. If all mercie were dried vp in the bowels of men yet it were to be found in the Lord. See for the proofe hereof Esai 49. 15. Therefore much more may we be assured hereof when men doe forgiue Q. What doth this clause teach vs A. It teacheth vs many things 1. That all hypocriticall forgiuenes is condemned in the sight of God See Psal 28. 3. 2. That all lame and halfe forgiuenes is condemned as to forgiue a peece and carrie a peece vnforgiuen 3. That if we will be like our heauenly father we must be mercifull and forgiue Q. How must we shew mercie A. 1. In giuing of almes Deut. 15. 10. 2. In gathering our fruites Leuit. 19. 9. 23. 22. 3. In taking vp of debts Matth. 18. 23. 4. In pardoning of offences Mat. 18. 21. 5. In punishing offences Deut. 25. 2. 3. Q. Our Sauiour Christ nameth here no degrées of persons as parents friends c. why is that A. To teach vs that our forgiuenes must not goe by affection of men but in generall to al that haue offended vs whether they be friends or foes c. Q. Our Sauiour Christ 〈◊〉 no manner of trespasses as little ones or great ones old or new c. why is that A. To teach that of what sort soeuer the offences be we must forgiue them all because the Lord doth forgiue all both small and great c. Q. But the matter may bee so grieuous or preiudiciall to vs that we may take exceptions vnto it and not forgiue it may it not A. No for the Lord Iesus in this prayer makes no exceptions and therefore biddeth vs to make none Againe there is no offence cōmitted against vs by man but God forgiueth vs as great committed against him by vs why then should not we forgiue being so forgiuen Q. What if wee deserued better at his han●s that hath done vs the in●rie A. So doth God of vs. Q. We ment him no harme A. No more doth God vnto vs. Q. What if we be his superiours A. So is God our superiour Q. What if we liue not of him A. No more doth God liue of vs. Q. 〈◊〉 haue often warned him A. So hath God done vs. Q. We haue often forgiuen him A. So hath God done to vs. Q. Well then I perceiue wee can finde no cause to retaine malice if wee consider things well but ●n long as I cannot finde in my heart to forgiue my ene●ie what if I say not the Lordes prayer but some other good prayer A. That is a notable shift to deceiue our selues but not the Lord for it is not the saying of the prayer that God onely regardeth but our being in that estate that wee may say it See Esai 1. 14. 15. 1. Ioh. 3. 15. Q. Then what if I pray not at all A. Not to pray at all is a manifest note of a wicked and a reprobate person See Psalm 14. Q. Whether is a man bound to forgiue all debts A. Ciuill debts which come by lawfull bargaining may be exacted so that it bee with shewing of mercie Q. Whether may a Christian pray this prayer aright and yet sue another man at law A. Yea he may in a holy manner sue another for an ini●rie and bee free from malice so that in doing thereof of these rules be obserued that follow 1. We must take heed of all priuate reuenge and inward hatred 2. Our doings must not be offensiue to the Church 3. That our sutes bee taken in hand to maintaine godly peace 4. The ende of our suing must bee the good of the partie offending that he may be chastised and brought to repentance 5. The lawe must bee the last remedie when al other good meanes doe faile See 1. Cor. 6. 7. And touching the lawfull authoritie vse of Magistrates see 2. Chro. 19. 6 7. 8. Rom 13. 1 2 3. Of Pauls sending to the Centurion and appealing to Caesar wee may reade in Act. 23. 17. Act. 25. 11. Q. How may a man forgiue trespasses seeing as GOD onely forgiueth sinnes A. In euery 〈◊〉 which any doe to their neighbour there be two offences 1. To God and in that respect it is called a sinne which God only forgiueth 2. To man and in that respect it is called an iniurie and so man may forgiue it Q. What vse may wee make of this clause A. The vse of it is very profitable for it sheweth vs a liuely signe to assure our consciences that but sinnes bee pardoned Q. How may that he A. Very well for if we can finde our hearts as readily to forgiue as wee are to desire forgiuenes at Gods hand then wee may assure our selues of Gods loue to vs in this poynt Q. How proue you that A. In Matth. 5. 7. Blessed are the mercifull for they shall obtaine mercie Q. What is our shewing of mercie the cause why God sheweth mercie to vs A. Not so but a signe of Gods mercie to vs for he that sheweth mercy to others hath first receiued mercie from God Q. How proue you that A. By the wordes of the Apostle in ● Cor. 1. 3. Blessed ●e God 〈…〉 f●ther c. the father of mercies a●d God of all comfort which comforteth vs in

moderate labour and faithfull prayer Q. He saith againe Labour not for the meate that perisheth Iohn 6. 27. Lay not vp treasure on earth where theeues breake through c. Luk. 12. 33. A. These speeches are by way of comparison spoken comparing earthly things with heauenly things and his meaning is that wee should not labour so much for this life as for the life to come because the one doth perish the other doth not and so for treasuring vp treasure on earth the like is to be said Q. What néed rich mē say this prayer that haue enough for many yeares A. For two causes they ought also to pray this prayer 1. To acknowledge the giuer 2. Though they haue riches yet the vse cōfort safetie is of God The fift Petition And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. Q. WHy is this next A. From the placing of this in the next place wee learne two things 1. That we must haue a care of the life to come as well as of prouision for this life Q. Why if we haue our daily bread what neede we care for any more A. All the thinges of this worlde will doe vs no good except our sinnes be forgiuen vs. Q. What is the forgiuenes of our sinnes such a great matter A. Yea it is such a thing that without it there is no comfort in the things of this life Q. How proue you that A. By the speech of the Lorde Iesus to the man that had a palsie Sonne be of good comfort thy sinnes are forgiuen thee To teach vs that nothing can giue good comfort but the forgiuenes of sinnes Q. Why dooth he say be of good comforte rather then bee of comforte any comforte is good is it not A. No this is to teach vs that all comfort is not good comfort for some is counterfeite and false as that which ariseth from transitorie things but onely that is true comfort which groweth vppon the fauour of God in pardoning of sinnes Q. What is the second thing wee learne from the order and placing of this next to the former A. Secondly wee learne hereby that if wee want our dayly bread our sinnes are the cause for when sinne entred into the worlde the curse entred See these places Gen. 3. 17. 18. Deut. 28. 15. c. Deut. 32. from the 13. verse to the 26. Q. How shall wee doe to auoyde the curse of God A. Wee must desire the Lord in mercy to doe away our sinnes and not to deale with vs in iudgement for sinne is the stop of Gods blessings and when our sinnes are remoued then is there a way made for daily bread Q. What vse may wee make of this poynt A. This poynt serueth for our instruction two waies 1. To teach vs that religion is not the cause of want as some doe imagine like Achab who saide that Elias troubled Israel when in deed it was himselfe but sinne is the cause 2. That when we want any temporall thing for this life we should examine ourselues of sinne and of some speciall sinne that God is angry with which hath depriued vs of that which we want and would haue Q. How proue you that A. By the testimonie of the Scripture in Iere. 5. 24. 25. For they say not in their hearts let vs now feare the Lord our God that giueth raine both early and late in due season hee reserueth vnto vs the appoynted weekes of the haruest 25. Yet your iniquities haue turned away these things your sinnes haue hindred good things from you Againe when Achan was vnknowne that plaied the theefe in taking away the cursed thing Israel was plagued but when search was made and hee executed the plague ceased So should wee also make search in our selues when the hand of God is against vs vntil we finde what sinne it is that hath moued God against vs. Forgiue Q. What doth this worde Forgiue teach vs A. It teacheth vs many things 1. That before pardō can be obtained our sinnes must bee truely and vnfainedly confessed to God without couering or excusing any at all Q. How proue you that A. Out of Psal. 32. 5. I acknowledged my sinne vnto thee neither hid I mine iniquitie for I thought I will confesse against my selfe my wickednes vnto the Lorde and thou forgauest the punishment of my sinne Prou. 28. Hee that hideth his sinne shall not prosper but he that confesseth them and forsaketh them shall haue mercie Q. Of how many sortes is the confession of sinnes A. It is of two sortes either Ciuill or Religious Q. What manner of confession is that which you call Ciuill A. That is a ciuill confession of sinne which is made before a ciuill Iudge or Magistrate by malefactors Q. What example haue you thereof in the Scripture A. Such kinde of confession was that which Achan made when he was examined before Ioshua Iosh. 7. 19. 20. Q. When is it religious A. When it is made to God onely as a part of his worship Q. Of how many sortes is this religious confession A. It is double either priuat to God onely or publique in the assemblies of the church of God Q. When must it be priuat A. When the sinne is priuat Q. Of how many sortes is publique confession A. It is of two sortes either generally to bee made by the minister with the whole congregation together or particularly by some one man before the congregation Q. How many waies doe you consider that which is made by the whole congregation A. Two waies for it is either ordinarie as at the vsuall and common assemblies or extraordinarie as in time of some great and generall calamitie For the proofe of the former see Leuit. 16. 20. 21. for the trueth of the latter see Ioel. 2. 15. 16. 17. And this confession of the sinnes of others may bee made also to God by any godly man priuatly in time of any great and generall affliction as in Dan. 9. 4. 5. 6. c. Q. When must publique confession of sinne bee made by one man particularly A. When any one hath committed any offence that is publique and heinous Q. Why must it be publique A. That the Church of God may be satisfied which by that sinne was offended Q. What meane you when you say the Church is offended A. That is to be vnderstood two maner of wayes 1. The spirite of God which is in the faithfull is grieued at the sinne 2. The faithfull being led by the spirite of God are also grieued to see God dishonored Q. Why euery man shall beare his owne sinne we shall not answer for an other mans offence what need we then care or be grieued at the matter A. Yes wee ought to bee grieued in two respects 1. In respect of God 2. In respect of others Q. Why in respect of God A. Because he is 1. Our God and father therefore we must bee grieued when wee see him