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A plain and rational vindication of the liturgy of the Church of England collected out of the discourses of some of the reverend bishops and doctors of the same church, by way of question and answer / by J. Clvtterbvck, Gent.
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Clutterbuck, J. (John)
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he had given them a Form of Prayer then they would not have asked him for one now Wherefore our Saviour this second time uttered himself more expresly Thus their Inadvertency becomes our Confirmation and the Delivery of this Prayer was doubled to his Disciples That they and we might hereby know more certainly that our Saviour intended and commended it for a set Form of Prayer unto his Church Jos Meedes Diatr p. 2. Q. What Reason may be given that the Phrases and particular Sentences are taken out of those Forms which were in Vse among the Jews in our Saviour's time A. To shew that our Lord liked not unecessary Novelty in Prayer Vide Dr. Hammond Dr. Comber Q. Why is the Lord's Prayer called a perfect Form A. Because it comprehends Petitions suitable to all our Wants and intimates all our duty and was drawn up by our glorious Advocate who knew his Father's Treasures as well as our Wants Q. Why are the People commanded to say the Lord's Prayer after the Priest A. Because we do thereby not only declare our Christian Unity but we do also the greater honour to God and our Blessed Saviour by repeating it in the most Solemn manner we are able and by our Fervency and Devotion therein we edify our Brethren Q. What are the Parts of this Prayer A. First A Preface expressing the Goodness and Greatness of him to whom we pray Secondly Seven Petitions But by many Learned Persons they are accounted to be but Six the two last Lead us not c. But deliver being reckoned to be but one as relating in both Parts to one another The first three concerning God's Glory viz. the Honour of his Name the Advancement of his Authority and the fulfilling of his Will And the four last Petitions concern our own good viz. For temporal Supplies for Remission of Sins past for prevention of future Sins and for deliverance from Punishment Thirdly A Doxology ascribing to God Dominion and Might Mercy and Praise Q. What is the Preface to the Lord's Prayer A. Our Father which art in Heaven Q. What doth the Preface direct us in A. To pray unto God as our Father in Christ and therefore willing to help us 2. As in Heaven and therefore able to help us 3. To Pray with and for others Q. What is the meaning of the first Petition viz. Hallow'd be thy Name A. By the Name of God is meant not only his Essential Name which is Himself as known to us in his Titles and Attributes but whatsoever is call'd by his Name and belongs to him as his Word his Worship his Ministers with the Places Times and Things dedicated to his Service and by Hallowing is meant That all these may be treated with reverent Regards for his Sake and esteem'd far above common things and we desire that God would enable us and others in every thing to glorify and honour him above all in Heart Word and Deed. Q. What do we Pray for in the second Petition viz. Thy Kingdom come A. That Satan's Kingdom may be destroy'd and that God's Kingdom of Grace may be advanc'd by bringing us and others into it and by keeping us all in it and that his Kingdom of Glory may be hasten'd Q. What do we Pray for in the third Petition viz. Thy Will be done in Earth as it is c. A. That God would make us and others able and willing to obey his Word and to submit to his Will in all things and both these with the like Chearfulness Sincerity and Constancy as the Angels in Heaven Q. What do we Pray for in the fourth Petition viz. Give us this day our daily Bread A. That upon our lawful Endeavours we may of God's free Gift receive a competent Portion of the good things of this Life with all things needful both for our Souls and Bodies and may enjoy God's Blessing with them Q. What do we Pray for in the fifth Petition viz. Forgive us our Trespasses as we c. A. That through the Satisfaction of Christ we and others may be acquitted both from the Guilt and Punishment of Sin and we pray God to forgive us as we forgive our Offenders that our forgiving them may be an Argument to God to forgive us and an Obligation to our selves still to forgive others that God may still forgive us Q. What do we Pray for in the last Petition viz. Lead us not into Temptation c. A. That God would so subdue the Flesh over-rule the World and restrain Satan our Spiritual Enemy that we and others may not be tempted to Sin however may not fall into it especially not live impenitently in it and that we and others may not provoke God by our Sinning and Impenitence to Punish us with Evils and Miseries Temporal Spiritual and Eternal Q. What is that Form of Praise and Thanksgiving which usually concludes the Lord's Prayer call'd the Doxology A. For thine is the Kingdom c. In which we Praise God ascribing to him eternal Sovereignty over all Power to do all and Glory from all and from these Attributes of God we take encouragement in our Prayers Q. What is the Sense of Amen A. By the word Amen we declare our Belief that God can our Hope that he will and our Desire that he may grant our Request or I trust that God of his Mercy and Goodness will grant what I pray for Thus in a fit Method and few Words this Prayer comprehends and Summs up all Necessaries as may further appear by this short Paraphrase of the Learned Pious and Judicious Dr. Hammond O Merciful Lord God who hast vouchsafed to adopt and receive us thy unworthy Creatures into the number of thy Children and Heirs of thy Kingdom We beseech thee grant us the Assistance of thy Grace that we may reverently Worship thee diligently Serve thee and readily and chearfully Obey thy Holy Will here on Earth even as those blessed Spirits do in Heaven And whereas by reason of our many Weaknesses and Frailties we are often hindered and always negligent in the Performance of these Duties we beseech thee continually to reclieve and supply us with all Spiritual and Temporal Necessaries for our help and furtherance in thy Service And in whatsoever we have hitherto been wanting or have otherwise transgress'd thy holy Will we beseech thee mercifully pass by and pardon it even as we our selves do heartily and sincerely forgive all those who have wronged or offended us And that we may not for the future fall again into the like Sins we beseech thee graciously to assist and preserve us in all Temptations and Powerfully defend and deliver us from all the Assaults of our daily Enemies the World the Flesh and the Devil For Thou O Lord art the Supreme King Thou art able to do all things and to Thee is due the Honour and Glory of all both in this World and that which is to come Amen Q. Why is the Doxology left out in some
removed by penitential Acknowledgments there is no Bar to God's Grace and Mercy such as would pray effectually have always begun with Confession Q. How many Parts doth the Confession consist of A. Four 1. An Introduction which sets God before us under two proper Titles viz. Almighty and most Merciful the First to show his Power and strike us with a holy Fear of his Anger the Second to manifest his Love and melt us with the Sense of his Mercy 2. It consists of an humble Confession concerning the Manner of our Sinning and of the Nature and the Effect of our Sins viz. We have erred by sudden lesser and unobserved Sins and sometimes strayed farther out of the Ways which God prescribes by willful gross and customary Transgressions so that we are become like lost Sheep helpless and exposed to many Dangers and of our selves are as well unable as unlikely to return to Jesus the good Shepherd of our Souls We have improved our Original Corruption which is here properly expressed by the Devices and Desires of our own hearts which we have followed not checking them but too often fulfilling them and then they produce Actual Sins which we confess under the general Phrase of our Offending against his holy Laws And that we may be more particular we reduce our Actual Sins to two sorts Sins of Omission and Commission And then the Effect of Sins is expressed by that Phrase There is no Health in us that is no means of Help or Salvation in us or we are full both of Spiritual and Bodily Infirmities so that there is no sound Part in us 3. It consists of an earnest Deprecation containing the Evils we would be delivered from viz. The Guilt of Sin the Punishment and the Power of it and the Ground on which we hope to prevail 4. The Confession consists of a devout Petition intimating to whom we pray and for what we pray and to what end Q. In what Words do we pray that the Guilt of Sin may be taken away A. In those Words Have mercy upon us miserable Offenders viz. Pity and pardon us by taking away the Guilt of our Sins Q. In what Words do we pray to be delivered from the Punishment of our Sins A. In those Words Spare thou them O Lord who confess Q. In what Words do we pray to be delivered from the Power of Sin A. In those Words Restore thou them that are penitent Q. What is the Ground on which we hope to prevail A. The Promises declared in his Gospel through Jesus Christ Q. To whom do we pray for Grace A. To God the Father through Jesus Christ Q. For what do we pray A. For Piety towards God Justice and Charity towards our Neighbours Sobriety and Temperance for our selves Q. To what end A. To the Glory of God's holy Name Q. Why do we say Amen A. To testifie our desire to have all these Petitions granted our faith in the Promises and our hope of Acceptance Q. Why is the Confession and our Prayers to be said kneeling A. That we may express the Humbleness of our Minds by the Posture of our Bodies which is the fittest for Penitents Of the Absolution Quest WHY is the Word Priest used by our Church in the Liturgy Answ The English Word by a Contraction of the Syllables has its Derivation from Presbyter and according to the Latin Word Sacerdos signifies him whose mere Charge and Function is about holy things and therefore seems to be a most proper Word when he 's in the Actual Administration of holy things Besides It is not a Jewish Name that is not peculiar to the Jewish Ministery but common to others and frequently used by the Primitive Christians and by which the Prophets foretold that the Ministers of the Gospel should be called and by which St. Paul calls them and by which our Saviour is in a multitude of places styl'd and named the High-Priest of our Profession and by which we are call'd Rev. 1. 6. and therefore may lawfully safely and without any just ground of Offence be used by Christians as a Name for the Ministers of the Gospel Q. Why must the Priest pronounce the Absolution standing A. Because it is an Act of Authority which is so to be done Q. Can Man forgive Sin A. God alone can exercise this Power in his own right but he may and hath committed it to others who do it in his Name and by his Authority in the Person of Christ Q. What Form of Absolution is this A. It is Declaratory which is no more than the solemn promulgation of a Pardon upon the Conditions of Faith and Obedience and it is for the Satisfaction of truly Penitent Sinners that our Church approves of applying the promises of Pardon in Scripture to the particular case of those Persons which is that we mean by Absolution But if the Church of Rome pretend they can Absolve whether God will or no we must leave God and them to dispute that Point Bishop Stillingfleet on Idol p. 159. Q. What other Forms of Absolution are there in the Liturgy A. Two One is Petitionary in the Communion Service the other is Judiciary in the Office for the Sick All these Forms in Sense and Vertue are the same being several Expressions of the same thing Q. Must the People say the Words of the Absolution after the Priest with an audible Voice A. No Because it is the Privilege and Property of his Office to pronounce it But our Hearts must be intent upon the Directions and our Souls must embrace the Comforts and we must seal all with Amen To testify how firmly we believe highly value and earnestly desire those Comforts The latter part is an Application directing us what to Ask and shewing us what are the Benefits of being Heard 2. Or in the Judgment of some Learned Persons it is Petitionary in which we must joyn Wherefore we beseech thee c. Of the Lord's Prayer Quest WHY is the Lord's Prayer united to all the Offices Answ To make up their Defects and to recommend them to our Heavenly Father who cannot deny us when we speak the same Words which his dear Son hath put into our Mouths this Prayer being the Foundation and Perfection of all Prayers Q. What did our Lord intend it for A. Not only for a Pattern to make other Prayers by but for a form to be used in so many Words for when he delivered it the second time he says expresly When you pray say S. Luke 11. 1. The delivery of the Lord's Prayer by St. Luke is not the same with that related by St. Matthew but another at another time and upon another occasion whence it follows That the Disciples when it was first uttered understood not that their Master intended it for a Form of Prayer to them but for a Pattern or Example only or it may be to instruct them in special in what manner to ask forgiveness of Sins for if they had thought