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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

109. Why are not Believers under the Law A. First Because Christ was made under the law for them Gal. 4. 4. Secondly because as many as are under the curse Gal. 3. 10. Thirdly because they are led by the spirit of Christ Gal. 5. 18. Fourthly because they have the inheritance by promise Gal. 3. 18. and it may be knowne who they be that are not under the law First by there subjection to the Gosple for they that obey not the Gospel of God are all under the law and the curse 2 Thess 1. 8. Secondly by thankfull walking worthy of the Gospel Rom. 7. 25. and by stedfast working the Lords worke 1 Cor. 15. 58. Thirdly by being a law to themselves in an universall respect to all Gods Commandemenss Psal 119. 6. Fourthly by groaning and sighing after God that they may more and more be directed and ordered by his statutes verse 5. Fiftly by doing all this out of love not for feare of hell and judgement for they are a willing people Psal 110. 4. Q. 110. In what sence are not believers under the Law A. First They are not under the Law in regard of the rigor of it for that requires men to be without linne which none can be in this life 1 King 8. 46. and to performe personall obedience which now is impossible by reason of the weaknesse of the flesh Rom. 8. 3. Secondly they are not under the law in regard of justification Rom. 3. 20. they are freed from the necessary seeking of righteousnesse by it Gal. 2. 21. Thirdly they are not under the ●aw in regard of the curse of it Gal. 3. ●3 the Law ministers death 2 Cor. 3. 7. Fourthly they are not under the Law in regard of the spirit of feare that is in it 2 Tim. 1. 7. which accompanyes the law as it did the deliverer of it Heb. 12. 21. and yet as long as their love is not perfect they doe feare 1 Iohn 4. 18. Fiftly they are not under the law as it was in Moses his hand Iohn 1. 17. having a yoke of bondage annexed to it Gal. 5. 1. the Church being then in their minority Gal. 4. 3. under tutors and governours verse 2. Q. 111. Now prove that beleevers in some sence are under the Law A. First Paul says the Law is not abrogated by faith nay God forbid sayes he Rom. 3. 31. Secondly the dutyes of the law are expressed upon the conscience after faith avenge not your selves Rom. 12. 19. children obey your Patents Eph. 6. 1. and the rest neither is he a legall teacher but an Evangelicall teacher that now presseth the commandement of the Law upon the conscience Math. 15. 19. Thirdly because it is a presumptuous speech to say be in Christ and sin if thou can●t for Davids murder after he was in Christ was a finnè 2 Sam. 12. 13. there is not a justified man upon earth but sinneth Eccl. 7. 20. nay we that are Apostles of Christ in many things we offend all sayes Iames Iam. 3. 2. and if we say no we lye 1 Iohn 1. 8. now where no law is there can be no sinne Rom. 4. 15. Fourthly Christ came not to abrogate the law Math. 5. 17. as he fulfilled it himselfe so he makes his members to delight in it Rom. 7. 22. and to love it Psal 119. 97. and the law is said to be fulfilled by them when they walke not after the flesh but after the spirit Rom. 8. 4. and if they sin at any time they are commanded to confesse their sinnes 1 Iohn 1. 9. and though they obey God out of love yet when they love they fulfill the law of God Rom. 13. 10. Q. 112. What is that sence wherein believers are under the Law A. They are under the Law First in regard they are commandéd to keep it Psal 105. 45. and to order their lives according to it as a rule Psal 119. 9. Secondly in regard of the necessity of good works not as causes of but as a way unto life Tit. 3. 14. Thirdly in regard that God is displeased with them when they breake it 2 Sam. 11. 27. and will punish them Amos. 3. 2. as a father doth his son that doth offend him Heb. 12. 7. nay sometimes with the sleep of temporall death Cor. 11. 30. Fourthly in regard that they are bound to repent whensoever they sinne Revel 3. 19. and to pray for pardon of sinne Psal 51. 1. Fiftly in regard that the threatnings of the Law must be a motive to them to take heed Iob. 31. 23. for though their God be a loving and an everlasting father yet he is a consuming fire Heb. 12. 29. for though unbelievers onely shall be damned 2 Thess 2. 12. yet believers must heare of Gods judgements and see them that their flesh may be ●●rbed with feare Psalm 52. 6. Sixthly in regard that they are to be humbled themselves by the Law and cry out upon themselves for their often transgressings of it Rom. 7. 24. Q. 113. What it Prayer A. It is a calling upon God Rom. 10. 13. in the name of Iesus Christ Ioh. 16. 23. for whatsoever we need Iohn 14. 13. it is an act of our spirit 1 Cor. 14. 14. and of our heart prepared Psal 10. 17. and of all the soul lifting it selfe up unto God Psal 25. 1. and looking up to him Psal 5. 3. and presenting our selves before him Dan. 9. 20. with faith Iam. 1. 6. and earnestnesse Act. 12. 5. and striving Col. 4. 12. and great heed Mark 13. 33. by the help of the holy Ghost Iude. 20. who is the spirit of Prayer in Gods children Zach. 12. 10. without whom there is no sence nor meaning in our prayer in Gods accompt Rom. 8. 27. neither can we truly call God father without him Gal. 4. 6. neither are our prayers prayers at all except we be Saints the prayers of the Saints Rev. 5. 8. Q. 114. To whom are we to Pray A. To God only it is his glory to be called upon Psal 50. 15. which he will not give to another Isa 42. 8. First because prayer is a principall part of divine worship Ioal 2. 32. and divine worship is to be given to God only 1 Sam. 7. 3 Secondly because we may call upon none but one whom we are to believe Rom. 10. 14. Thirdly because God onely knoweth our hearts and what we inwardly desire Act. 1. 24. Fourthly because he onely is all-sufficient and Almighty Gen. 17. 1. to give us whatsoever we aske 1 Iohn 5. 15. warrantably verse 14. Fiftly because the Lord counts it a heavy judgement when he lets people call upon any other but him Iudg. 10. 14. Sixtly we have neither precept nor example of any Saint that called upon any but his heavenly father nay our Saviour saith when ye pray pray to your heavenly father Math. 6. 9. Seventhly because we need nor Saint nor Angel to enterceed for us we may make bold our selves with the throne of

Gods Ordinance Deut. 32. 8. Secondly so is Gods providence he maketh rich as poore Prover 22. 2. Thirdly it is not mans sinne when he counts his goods his owne or his house his owne Symon had a house of his owne Act. 10. 6. Mary a house of her owne Act. 12. 12. Philip had a house of his owne Act. 21. 8. It is true first we are all one in Christ in regard of spirituall life but not in civill life Gal. 3. 28. for some are Masters and some servants Eph. 6. 5. some rich some poore Math. 26. 11. Secondly there must be a communion of charity but not such a communion as is contrary to all propriety Heb. 13. 16. nay this kind of communion supposeth a propriety Prov. 5. 16 17. Thirdly the Gospell commands a readinesse to forsake all that we have when we are called but not always an actuall forsaking of all Luke 14. 33. Fourthly the Church may stand in need of a community of goods Act. 2. 44. and that all goods should be common Act. 4. 32. and yet that doth suppose first that our goods are our own and in our owne power to make common Act. 5. 4. Secondly nor a necessity but a freenesse of giving 2 Cor. 9. 7. Thirdly it was only by accident in regard of the multitudes of poore Believers Luke 12. 33. Q. 157. Why pray you not for weekly or yearely Bread but give us this day our daily bread A. That we may not bee solicitous for to morrow Gen. 24. 12. for first this day will afford us businesse enough to doe wee had not need to preoccupate for the morrow Math. 6. 34. Secondly if we be carefull for the morrow to day we shall be forced to care for it twice and therefore let us take care for to day and to morrow for to morrow Math. 6. 34. Thirdly wee need not to morrow till to morrow is come it is onely this day that is the season of our need Psal 145. 15. Fourthly it is the act of Faith to live from hand to mouth and it is against Faith to be thoughtfull for to morrow Math. 6. 34. not but wee may provide for to morrow Gen. 30. 30. When the Lord giveth us this day a surplus for to morrow Faith alloweth this 1 Tim. 5. 8. Againe the Lord teacheth us to Pray every day for every dayes blesssing for first Gods mercies flow not from him all at once but some to day and some to morrow Psal 68. 19. for they flow from him as water from a fountaine Psal 36. 9. some grace to day and new to morrow Zach. 13. 1. Secondly the covenant of Grace requireth that wee should sue to it continually 1 Thes 5. 17. Againe to shew the ficklenesse of our life for what is it Iam. 4. 14. Ioshua though now well yet lookt upon this Day as the day of his death Iosh 23. 1● for first we may dye to day we doe not know when Gen. 27. 2. Secondly if we doe not dye to day yet if wee be plodding now for to morrow it will make us the more unwilling to dye to morrow ●am 4. 13. Thirdly the not thinking of Death as a thing present makes one the more subject to sinne Amos 6. 3. Againe to teach us to looke out for heaven which is not for a day nor for a yeare but for ever Ioh. 6. 27. an Immortal inheritance 1 Pet. 1. 4. Q. 158. If our daily Bread be ours why doe wee begge it and if we beg it how is it ours A. It is the guift of God Psal 146. 7. though the materiall cause of it be from below yet the efficient cause is from above Iam. 1. 17. nay if we be his children first it is the guift of his everlasting mercy Psal 136. 27. Secondly as an appurtenance together with Christ Rom. 8. 32. as an addition to the Kingdome of God Math. 6. 33. Indeed hee would have us make it ours first by believing in Christ 1 Cor. 3. 22. Secondly by honest labour 2 Thes 3. 10. and yet though wee get it by guifts from friends or by our owne industry and labour yet it is hee that doth give it unto us Deut. 8. 17 18. and then doe wee acknowledge it to be his guift when wee doe shew it by our practice and our dependance upon him using it to his glory Hos 2. 8. and because that givers among men never want beggers wee should bee ●utors unto him for these things for hee is the hearer of prayers Psal 65. 2. againe if he be the giver we must not have an evill eye though he give others more us lesse Math. 20. 1● again if he be the giver we should not lay out his gifts upon that which will not profit us but use them to our good Isa 55. 2. Againe if he be the giver we should say of every thing that we have This is Gods mercy of every morsell of bread This is Gods mercy of every nights sleep This is Gods mercy the Lord curseth people when he renders them their deserts Psal 28. 4. againe if these be his gifts then they cannot help our needs further then his influence is in them David had clothes and did use them and yet could not get warmth 1 King 1. 1. and though we have them yet we have need to pray for them as though we had them not for without him they are and they are not Prov. 23. 5. Q. 159. Forgive us our debts why are sinnes called debts A. Not because they are debts that are owed for so good works are debts as to love one another Rom. 13. 8. not to live after the flesh Rom. 8. 12. to publish the Gospell Rom. 1. 14. but because they are debts owed and not payed Math. 18. 27. First they are called debts because God is the creditor Luke 7. 41. Secondly because we are indebted to his Iustice to pay the utmost farthing Math. 5. 25. and therefore it is a misery to be a sinner 1 Sam. 22. 2. for first he loves not to come into Gods presence except he be brought Math. 18. 24. Secondly he loves to be shifting with God as the unjust Steward and the debters were agreed to cozen their master Luke 16. 5. Thirdly he is apt to leave the surety in the lurch Prov. 22. 26. Fourthly he is subject to be arrested of Gods justice as a debter is of mans 2. King 4. 1. Q. 160. What is sinne A. It is the transgression of Gods law 1 Ioh 3. 4. whether by omiting of what is commanded Math. 25. 42. or by committing of what is forbidden Ier. 2. 13. or by failing in manner of doing it for in every thing we doe be it materially never so good we doe sinne Gal. 7. 20. whether it be in essentialls as Iehus obedience is called murder Hos 1. 4. or in some circumstantialls as Rebekahs desiring that Iacob might have the blessing there was a lye cleaving to it Gen. 27. 15. whereby the person becomes

for them but rather bewaile them Phil. 3. 18. Secondly who though they have mercies and graces yet they doe not communicate them to others to occasion thanksgiving they are like with-holders of Corne whom the people curse Prov. 11. 26. Thirdly who envy and repine at the blessings of others consider therefore first if we envy our brothers good doth us no good but harme Iob. 5. 2. Secondly it is safer for us that another should have such and such blessings then we for then they must give account and not we Luke 16. 2. Thirdly it is better for us too is it not better that the eye should have the blessing of Sight then the foot or the hand 1 Cor. 12. 21 Q. 135. Because Confession is to be joyned with prayer Dan. 9. 20. and is put ●or Prayer Nehem. 9. 3. Tell me whether is it necessary to prayer to confesse our sinnes in it A. Expresse confession is not necessary alwayes in Prayer Act. 4. 24. but implicite is when the Apostles prayed God for boldnesse they did implicitly confesse their want of it verse 29. one of these two confessions is necessary for confession it is put for prayer Dan. 9. 4. First because prayer it selfe does confesse our poverty of spirit Luke 1. 53. and it inferreth humbling of our selves and a sence of our owne insufficiency for if we were sufficient in our selves what need we goe to God Iam. 4. 10. Secondly both we and our prayers are vile and uncleane Iob. 40. 4. but expresse confession is necessary when our consciences is fouled with guilt Psal 32. 5. not to informe God for he knoweth mens sins 2 King 19. 27. but First to cleare the Lords justice Nehem. 9. 31 32 33. Secondly to obtaine mercy Prov. 28. 13. Thirdly to lay hold on Gods faithfulnesse 1 Iohn 1. 9. I doe not meane of every particular sinne for first our sinnes are innumerable and cannot all be reckoned up Psal 40. 12. Secondly some of them we know not Psal 19. 12. but our greivouser sinnes then we must particularly confesse 1 Sam. 12. 19. First because these shew that we have need of a God of salvation Psal 51. 14. Secondly such sinnes most wast conscierce most dead the heart and most binder us from seeking Gods faco Hos 5. 15. such are the rootes of many other sinnes and if we roote them out many others will the easilier fall off 1. Tim. 6. 10. Q. 136. As Manoah said to the Angell how shall I order the Child Iudg. 13 12. So may I say of Confession how shall wee order our Confession how shall we make it A. Wee must doe with Confession a● Christ saith of Hearing we must take heed how Luk. 8 18. First the confession of sinne must be naked without hiding of ought Prov. 28. 13 though the committing of it be the worse the lesse wee doe hide it Isa 3. 9. Secondly by way of judging our selves 1 Cor. 11. 31. and inditing our selves 1 Chron. 21. 8. Thirdly with griefe and sorrow and compunction and smiting of our bres● Luk. 18. 13. Fourthly shame and confusion of face Ezra 9. 6. casting our spirits and selves downe Ezra 10. 1. Fiftly giving over our old company and seperating our selves from them Nehem. 9. 2. Sixtly accepting the punishment of our iniquity Levit. 26. 40. 41. not onely confessing our sinnes Dan. 9. 4. but setting our hearts to it vers 3. Seventhly with Faith Act. 19. 18. and with having our sinnes ever before us Psal 51. 3. Besides this confession before God in some cases there must be a confession first before the Magistrate Ioh. 7. 19. Secondly before a Brother 1 Sam. 26. 21. Thirdly before one another Iam. 5. 16. Fourthly before a Minister Marke 1. 5. Q. 137. Whether are wee bound to pray the Lords Prayer ●ust those very words and no other there be some suspitious people that say let us pray for this and let us pray for that and let us Pray for the estate of the whole Church and let us pray for the King and for all these things let us say the Lords prayer doe these men doe well A. No Christ when he bids us say Our Father which art in heaven c. Luk. 11. 2. He does not meane that wee should precisely keepe our selves to these words but that we should Pray after that manner Math. 6. 9. As Ministers should preach nothing but the Word 2 Tim. 4. 2. and yet they may give the sence in other words Nehem. 8. 8. First because the Apostles prayed in other words and did more specialize their Petition Act. 1. 24. Secondly this prayer is diversly set downe by the Evangilists one way in one Math. 6. 11. another way in Luke Luke 11. 3. one way in one Math. 6. 12. another way in the other Luke 11. 4. Thirdly who knowes this is all that Christ uttred Iohn 21. 25. we see plainly Mathew sets down more then Luke doth it may be Christ spake more then either hath expressed Math. 6. 13. Fourthly Christ himselfe did not use these very words ever when he would pray Lazarus alive he did not say the Lords prayer over the grave Ioh. 11. 41. when he would pray for his Apostles he did not say the Lords prayer over them Iohn 17. 1. Fiftly our speciall sinnes and wants doe require that we should pray more specially then so 2 Kings 19. 15. Sixtly we read of praying all night we can not think that the Lords prayer was said over and over againe and againe Luke 6. 12. we are to continue in prayer what by going over and over the Lords prayer no Col. 4. 2. neither is it necessary to conclude our prayers with this Act. 4. 30. and yet we may if we will Luke 11. 2. neither is there any thing against it No though it be scripture the same thing may be scripture and the word of God and yet the prayer of a man Psal 90. 12. Q. 138. Why doth our Saviour teach us to call God father in our prayers A. First to reach us we cannot pray to him except he be our Father and we have the spirit of his Sonne Gal. 4. 6. Secondly to assure us that he will give us good things Luk. 11. 13. Thirdly to call no man father on earth for he is our own father Math. 23. 9. Fourthly that we may behave our selves towards him as a Father Deut. 32. 6. First to honour him as a father Mal. 1. 6. Secondly to count our selves sojourners as long as wee be absent from him 1 Pet. 1. 17. Thirdly to be seperate from the children of this world and to touch no uncleane thing 2 Cor. 6. 18. Fourthly to be followers of God seeing he is our father Ephes 5. 1. to be obedient children taking heed of all lusts 1 Pet. 1. 14. to continue so doing to the end and to overcome otherwise hee is not our Father nor wee his Children Rev. 21. 7. If wee desire that hee should be our Father first we must