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Symbolum apostolicum.
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Ditton, George.
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Wing D1706; Thomason 669.f.14[84]; ESTC R211297
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28 Io. 16 20. Ps 126. 5 16. Joy though now they grieve The Chiefest thing that I looke after is Forgivenes For 29 Psal 32. 6. what e're I 've done amisse Of All for which I may be blam'd or shent Sinnes Of 30 Though Searlet or Crimson sinnes Isay 1 18. all sorts of this I 'me confident The Resurrection And the full Reviving Of All 31 2 Cor. 5 10. have been on earth since ADAM Living The Soule that may be parted long from this Body Of Mine shall then both share of blisse And When my Bodies rais'd and pardon seal'd The Timelesse joyes of Heaven yet 32 1 Cor. 2 9. unreveal'd Life Without dying I shall then possesse Everlasting In full growne Happinesse 33 Amen is not onely a wish or desire of a thing to be so but also an argument that the thing is granted Weem in Mand. 3. Amen So be it when my Race is runne Amen So verily it shall be done Oratio Dominica O All sufficient which didst first Create Our First Grand Parents Pure Immaculate Father Of Comfort God of Consolation Which Set'st them in a happy Habitation Art Not thou he which at the first didst frame In Just respect unto thy glorious Name Heavens Goodly Piece with Angels that doe sing Hallowed And prais'd be our all-great-good King Bee As thou art great good just gratious then Thy Praise shall Eccho by all sorts of Men Name Who dare name when where or whom he will Thy Name 's of power in Heaven Earth and Hell Kingdome ' Gainst Kingdome here their forces bend Come What come will thy Kingdome nere shall end Thy Gracious word the Quire that is above Will Aye performe in perfect purest Love Bee Pleased then great God that we who have Done For thy Glory may thy Mercy crave In Perfect Faith and Love and finde it when Earth Shall to Earth restored be agen As We are sure all things in Heaven being done 'T is Thy good pleasure and thy will alone In Earth therefore wee 'l strive thy word to obey Heaven Is our patterne to direct the way Give Freely Lord who at thy Mercy stand Vs Who implore it at thy gracious hand This Small Petition for the Body fit Day After Day having wee 'l pray for it Our Food from Body-starving we desire Dayly By Faith in Christ we this require Bread Which is Mankinds Staffe Lord nere deny us And Thou shalt still be magnified by us Forgive Especially Lord we intreate Vs Who appeale unto thy Mercy-seate Our Crying Debts which we doe justly call Trespasses Sins offences great and small As From the bottome of our hearts for ever Wee Those that in their Malice doe persever Forgive Most freely praying thee to blesse Them That against us any wayes transgresse That In thy rigorous and severe decree Trespasse Or sin may ne're revenged bee Against Thee onely we have sinned Lord Vs Therefore pardon we intreate thee afford And ' Cause we are in danger of the Devill Leade Lord thy Flock from wickednesse from evill Vs In especiall we intreate thee spare Not Of us only but of all take care Into Old Sathans traps ne're let us fall TemptatioÌ„ Sweetest baite he laies for all But In thy tender Mercy and Compassion Deliver Lord thy Church from foule transgression Vs Have respect unto who by thy power From Sin and Sathan must be freed each houre Evill Else pursues from thee then lets not swerve For All is thine and all things thee doe serve Thine In respect of glorious Scituation Is All this Fabrick all thine by Creation The Heavens above where God in Glory raignes Kingdome Of Earth which for a while remaines The Providence of all is in thy Hand Power And Protection are at thy Command And Th' effusion of all Grace into The Hearts of Christians thou canst cause and doe Glory Attends thee Grace and Glory 's thine For Thus 't was ordered by thy will divine Ever 'T was so before that Man offended And So 't shall be when all by fire is ended Ever Therefore wee 'l praise thy Name and say AmenTo all Thus let all Christians pray To the Old-Protestant-Christian Reader VVHen one of the Disciples of our Blessed Saviour begged this boone of his Master for himselfe and his fellowes Lord teach us to pray as John also taught his Disciples Luke 11. 2. Christ did not then answer them as he did upon another occasion when they were to be brought before Kings and Governours for his sake For then he bids them take no thought how or what they shall speake because it shall be given them in that houre what they shall speake Mat. 10. 19. But now although he were as well able to put words into their mouthes to pray to his Father as the Holy Ghost was then to answer their Persecutors Yet he doth not say Take no thought how or what yee shall pray for it shall be given you in that houre what yee shall pray Neither doth he adde as he doth there v. 20. For it is not yee that pray but the Spirit of my Father that prayeth in you He neither makes such an Answer nor addes such a Reason but tells them what things they shall pray for and in what words present it this being his Answer to the Petition when yee pray say Our Father which art in Heaven c. From which Petition of the Disciple and answer of the best skil'd Master I have these few things observable 1. That John the Baptist as it is very apparent did prescribe and teach his Disciples a set Forme of Prayer and did not bid them as it is now said pray by the spirit 2. From this answer of our Saviour it may be gathered that a set Forme of Prayer is lawfull for all Christians as it was for the Disciples of Christ and St John 3. That this Prayer which Christ taught his Disciples is not to be neglected of any but may and ought to be used and practised of all in obedience to Christ who commands it 4. That both the Disciples of John and our Saviour praying in that manner as they did and were taught by their instructors did pray by the spirit 5. That all things necessary for man either body or soule this life or that which is to come are summed up in that Prayer which Christ there prescribed 6. That Publick Prayer is to be preferred before Private because Christ taught them to pray in a Body together not severally asunder bidding them not to say My but Our Father answering the Disciples request not teach Me but Us to pray Now because the Liturgy or Publick Service of the Church is laid aside and decried as Popish and Superstitious with other unseemely expressions and that Christs owne Forme of Prayer is in particular villified by some irreligious and scurrilous tongues some offering to God a worse then Pharisaicall Thanksgiving for that they never could say it others that they have forgotten it a third sort publickly glorying that they have not sayd it in so many yeares past and in generall that it is neglected and left to a carelesse tuition And that the Apostles Creed is altogether expunged the New Publick Service either as unnecessary or imperfect or fruitlesse I have thought good this versifying way to recall it into peoples mindes especially those who stilo Antiquo have been incorporated into the Body of Christs Congregation and to remember all undertakers how at the Holy Font they have ingaged themselves before God and the Church to make provision that they may learne the Creed the Lords Prayer and the ten Commandements in the Englâ—sh tongue Reader this which thou seest of the Lords Prayer was so done about 23 or 24 yeares since and there are many Coppies of it abroad the other of the Creed is newly conceived and delivered to the Light I have nothing to Apologize for my selfe but those Sinewy Lines of that Excellent man Mr. GEORGE HARBERT in his Church Porch Thou whose sweet Youth and Early Hopes inhance Thy Rate and Price and marke thee for a treasure Hearken unto a Verser who may chance Rhime thee to good and make a baite of Pleasure A Verse may finde Him who a Sermon flies And turne delight into a Sacrifice So Farewell GEORGE DITTON October 22. 1649. Imprimatur JOHN DOVVNAME London Printed by Thomas Harper and are to be sold by John Courtney in Salisbury 1650.