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A49108	Apostolical communion in the Church of England, asserted and applied for the cure of divisions: in a sermon preached in the Cathedral-Church of St. Peter, Exon: and since enlarged. By Tho. Long, B.D. and one of the prebendaries.	Long, Thomas, 1621-1707.	1673 (1673)	Wing L2959; ESTC R217728	38,652	77

others Do ye not perceive That it is the long Prayers of these Pharisees that like Pharaohs lean Kine devour all the fat Sacrifices of the Church Did not these men suppose their own prayers as much better as they are longer than that of our Saviour they could not have the impudence to lay it aside as impertinent and useless in comparison of their own The primitive Church had frequent prayers five times in a day S. Cyprian Kul●● tolerantiam insolentius negant veritati quam qui erroribus suis saepe pestilentis simis postularunt obnixissimi Capel Th●s 41. cont Belg. yet the Lords Prayer was always added Tertulian calls it legitimam Orationem as if all other prayers without it were not duly performed But these men must by no means be censured much less restrained they may by their importunity as the Sons of Zerviah be too strong for David and get a toleration for such practices as themselves have formerly condemned for intolerable yet will not they grant a toleration to our Lords Prayer although Christs command and the practise of the Apostles and Apostolical men and the joint-agreement of the universal Church do urge it these good men cannot get leave of themselves i. e. of the spirit of pride and opposition which possesseth them methinks they should not deal more barbarously with it than the Turks who afford it a respectful remembrance in their Alcaron But I am injoined not to censure them Let them be still reputed Champions of the Good Old Cause Sworn Enemies to Episcopacy and Liturgy but for humble and sound Christians I shall not esteem them until they can get leave of themselves To use the Lords Prayer as a Prayer He adds another affront Most plain it is that our Saviour made this Prayer for his Disciples while they were Members of the Jewish Church and before he had sent the Spirit of Truth to lead them into all truth let it therefore be considered whether we be not ordinarily to express our selves in a dialect more suitable to the New Testament dispensation than is used in the lords-Lords-Prayer To what desperate opinions and practices doth the spirit of pride and faction hurry those that are once possessed with it Nescio quomodo nil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo P. Cic. de Divinat l. 2. We have heard of one that would correct the Magnificat and Ir●naeus tells of some that called themselves Emendatures Apostolarum but this man atttempts more than ever Alphonsus imagined to amend the Lords Prayer He must certainly be a man of extraordinary gifts that can pray ordinarily in a more Evangelical dialect than our Saviour could How went the Spirit of our Lord from him when he dictated this Form that it should so visibly differ from the rest of the New Testament and what cloven tongues and fiery inspiration have they that can so far exceed this despicable prayer St. Cyprian says Quae potest esse magis spiritualis Oratio quem quae verè a Christo data a quo etiam Spiritus Sanctus misus and I am of his mind that there can be no prayer more spiritual than that which was made by him from whom the Holy Spirit is sent And the learned Grotius tells us Ad hunc Spiritum impetrandum praecipue directa est ista precandi formula it is that Dove in whose Form the Holy Spirit doth frequently descend But as Dr. Hammond observed Paranesis p. 15. All the Topicks of Hell have been raked to find Arguments against it but there can be found none to warrant the disuse of this prayer besides the indisposition of such men as these to use it their want of humility and charity would turn it into an imprecation against themselves and therefore it is too big for their mouths But I wonder by what Spirit of Divination it was revealed that this prayer was made for the Disciples whilst Members of the Jewish Church of St. John it is said that he was fibula utriusque Legis a middle person between both Churches yet were his Disciples distinguished from the Jewish and when Christs Disciples askt this prayer of their Master it was to distinguish them from the Disciples of John And if the time be observed in Saint Luke for it was twice prescribed you shall find the use of it peremptorily in●oined by our Saviour a good while after that he had taken upon him the publick Ministry of the Gospel and 't is unlikely that he would now build up the Jewish Synagogue Luk. 4.18 which he came to destroy It is true indeed that our Saviour being the chief Corner-stone that should join Jews and Gentiles in one Church did make use of such expression in his Doctrine and some such Rites in his Institutions as were at that time familiarly known and practised among the Jews And so Grotius observes that in this prayer is collected whatever was commendable in the prayers of the Jews In Mat. 6. As also in our Saviours admonitions he makes use of Proverbial sentences then in use So far was the Lord of the Christian Church from affecting any unnecessary novelty However if we consider the sense of it there is no petition A most comprehensive Form of Prayer so the Directory And Calvin l. 3. c. 20. § 34. Quicquid expetere licet quicquid in rem n●stram conducit quicquid postulare necesse est and 〈◊〉 that any Christian needs to make but it is included in one of those heads as the Analysis and Comments of learned men upon it do abundantly evince To conclude this part You see the ancient Disciples were so humble as to desire their Lord to teach them to pray Our new Apostles can teach their Lord to pray not only in a dialect more suitable to the Gospel but in the matter less Legal and Jewish No wonder if they scorn our Communion they are fit for the Communion of Hacket and him that gave God thanks that he had forgotten the Lords Prayer As for me I will yet pray against such impieties as old Jacob did for Simeon and Levi O my soul Gen. 49.6 come not thou into their secret unto their Assembly mine Honour be not thou united for in their anger they not only slaughter men but even crucifie afresh the Lord of Life and put him to open shame and in their self-will they do not dig down walls and super-structures but dig up the very foundations of the Church of God And now it is high time to betake our selves to a better Communion which readily offers it self in the last part of the Text. 3. The excellency of this fellowship And truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ But having met with so much boldness lately it cannot be impertinent to caution you here that when you hear of fellowship you do not presently think of an irreverent familiarity with your heavenly Father For if I am