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prayer_n	forgive_v	pray_v	trespass_n	2,036	5	11.2620	5	false

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A13854	Directions for a godly life especially for communicating at the Lord's table. Intended first for private vse; now publish'd for the good of those who desire the safty [sic] of their owne soules, and shall bee pleased to make vse thereof. By H. Tozer Mr of Arts, and fellow of Exceter Colledge in Oxford.	Tozer, Henry, 1602-1650.	1628 (1628)	STC 24161; ESTC S122218	43,206	213

consideration of these 4. things 1. What wee our selues haue done vnto others 2. What harme we doe vnto our selues by not being in charity 3. What they are with whom we are offended 4. Whence such wrongs as wee receiue doe primarily come As for the first we are conscious vnto our selues of a twofold offence which wee haue committed 1. Against other men whom perhaps we haue at some time or other more wronged then they vs or at least our consciences can tell vs that wee haue beene prone and ready therevnto had wee not beene prevented and how can hee which hath beene forward to wrong others make the most of euery wrong offered by others vnto himselfe wee must heere take notice of the advice of Salomon in another case Seeke not sayth he to haue thy seruant curse thee for oftentimes thy heart knoweth that thou thy selfe hast also cursed others Eccles 7.22 So also bee not hasty to aggravate the wrongs which others haue done vnto thee for thy heart can tell thee that thou thy selfe hast also wronged others 2. If this consideration prevaile not with vs let vs consider in the next place that wee haue dayly offended GOD farre more than any man can offend vs and can any of vs expect any mercy from GOD in the forgiuenesse of our debts if wee shew none to others in passing by small matters of offence Small I say because the greatest are but small in respect of the offences which wee haue committed against GOD. Our Saviour CHRIST tolde his Disciples playnely and in them vs Mar. 11.25 if yee doe not forgiue others their trespasses neither will your Heauenly Father forgiue you your trespasses which was verified in the Parable of the cruell servant who because hee had no compassion on his fellow-servant as his Lord had pitty on him was deliuered to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due with this application annexed so likewise shall my Heauenly Father doe also vnto you if yee from your hearts forgiue not euery one his brother their trespasses Matt. 18.34.35 The consideration whereof I thinke is able to moue any good hearted Christian to loue his brethren though they haue offended him The second Motiue vnto this duety is taken from the consideration of the harme that otherwise wee bring vppon our owne Soules which indeede is greater than either wee can doe vnto others or they vnto vs. This harme is twofolde 1 Generall namely a stayne to all the good which wee haue for though wee speake with the tongue of Men and Angels though wee haue all other good gifts as of Prophecying vnderstanding of mysteries c yet if wee haue not Charity wee are nothing 1 Cor. 13.1.2 Let vs not therefore boast of our learning and other good parts as long as wee are without Charity for all is nothing no more than a sounding brasse or a tinkling cymball 2. Particular and so it is an hinderance 1 to our Prayers 2 to the right receiuing of the Sacrament The want of Charity is an hinderance to our Prayers in a twofolde respect 1. Because without Charity wee cannot expect to receiue that which wee pray for for if wee pray to GOD to forgiue vs our trespasses as wee forgiue them that trespasse against vs how shall wee hope that God will forgiue vs if wee forgiue not others which is the condition of our Prayers to pray for the one and not to performe the other is to mocke GOD in our Prayers or rather miserably to deceiue our selues for as many haue not because they aske not so many aske and receiue not because they aske amisse I am 4.3 and such are they which aske without charity and who knowes how soone they may stand in neede of GOD'S mercy 2. It hinders our Prayers in this respect because without Charity wee cannot joyne those with whom wee are at variance with our selues in our Prayers which is against the rule of our Sauiour CHRIST who biddeth vs to pray Our Father and giue vs Our Bread and so to joyne others with our selues in euery Petition now how can wee heartily pray thus for them whom wee loue not our owne consciences can sufficiently tell vs that wee cannot yea and that wee often haue beene faulty herein Wherefore if wee desire that our Prayers should hencefoorth bee effectuall let vs follow the counsell which Saint Peter giueth to the Husband and Wife 1 Pet. 3.7 which is to liue together according to knowledge bearing one with another that our Prayers bee not hindered which if wee doe our Prayers shall bee much furthered as CHRIST himselfe sayth if two of you shall agree on earth as touching the thing that they shall aske it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heauen Matt. 18.19 The want of Charity is an hinderance to our due receiuing of the Sacrament because the Sacrament is a Seale of our vnion and communion as with CHRIST so amongst our selues as Saint Paul sayth 1 Cor. 10.16.17 The cup of blessing which wee blesse is it not the Communion of the Bloud of Christ the bread which wee breake is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ for wee being many are one Bread and one Body because wee partake of one Bread So that vnlesse wee bee joyned together in loue wee cannot bee capable of those benefites which otherwise would arise vnto our Soules Againe loue is the very badge whereby wee are knowne to bee CHRIST'S Disciples Ioh. 13.35 by this shall all men know that yee are my disciples if yee loue one another It is a part of that wedding-garment wherewith euery one ought to bee cloathed that comes to the Lord's Table Wherefore if wee desire to bee accepted when wee doe come and there to receiue the benefits of Christ's Death and Passion let vs put on the bowels of mercy and compassion A third Motiue vnto this duty is taken from the consideration of the parties with whom wee are offended they are Men yea Christians as well as our selues such for whom CHRIST died as well as for vs. Shall wee then thinke it hard to suffer some small wrong at their hands for whom CHRIST thought it not too much to die can wee perswade our selues that there is the loue of God in vs if wee hate them whom hee so loued euery one which loueth him that begate loueth him also that is begotten of him 1 Iohn 5.1 and whosoeuer loueth him that did redeeme loueth him also that is redeemed by him The fourth Motiue vnto this duty of Charity is taken from a serious consideration of the first originall whence these wrongs proceed which wee receiue And heere wee may take notice both of the Authour and also of the Disposer thereof The first Authour is not so much the party from whom wee receiue the wrong as the grand-Enemy of both vs and them the Diuell who well knoweth that a house divided against it selfe cannot stand and therefore striueth by all meanes to