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sin_n	mortal_a	nature_n	venial_a	6,243	5	12.3225	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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