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truth_n	abundant_a	lord_n	merciful_a	1,635	5	8.8351	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44351	Heavens treasvry opened in a fruitfull exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the principal grounds of Christian religion briefly unfolded / by Tho. Hooker.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1645 (1645)	Wing H2650; ESTC R32035	59,299	265

find mercy Prov. 28.14 first find thy sinnes then find Gods mercy 1. Cor. 11. If we would judge our selves we should not bee judged hee that would have God forgive him must not forgive himselfe as a malefactor that stickes to his owne innocency and will not acknowledge any guilt in vaine hee desires to bee forgiven so a sinner is a malefactor before Gods tribunall now if hee will not confesse he shal never find mercy at the hand of the Lord. 2. Wee must labour to have the heart see its own inability to satisfy for sin or to beare Gods Indictment hee shall passe upon the soule that is guilty the soule acknowledgeth it selfe unable to answer one of a thousand Behold saith the Psalmist Lord if thou shouldst enter into Iudgement who were able to abide it but there is mercy with thee that thou maist be feared We are banquerouts wee cannot answer the debt nor beare the suite if the debtor bee able to answer the debt or pay the money hee cares for no kindnesse The sinner is the debtor and if I can satisfie Gods Justice what need I care if I can abide it what need I crave favor but when it comes to this who can abide it then it is the LORD must pardon what ever is amisse where ever the sinner goes hee cannot avoid the suite he needs no pursevant to follow him conscience is arresting and the Divell accusing therefore hee fals downe and cries mercy mercy to pardon the suite the soule is not able to beare the suite the Church complaines of it behold our righteousnesse is as a menstruous cloth and they Ezeoh 36.31 judge themselves worthy to bee condemned now in that I say forgive I say I cannot satisfy for my sinne 3. Wee should seeke to God and his grace for what we need we should knowledge it his free mercy when the soule sees there is mercy in God for him then it is fitted to pray for this petition For should I conceave God were severe though I renounced my sinne yet I could not seeke him God is not extreame and rigorous but hee hath mercy in store for them that seek him in truth and sincerity therefore wee should apprehend two things 1. That God desires not to deale rigorously wee should perswade our harts that God is desirous to welcome our prayers The Lord is said to bee abundant in goodnes and mercy Ex. 34. the Lord is ready to succour our infirmities If we abound in misery the Lord will abound in mercy the phrase is multiplying mercy therefore the Apostle calls him the Father of mercy and the God of all consolation wee have new vexations he hath new compassions nay God hath more good then we can desire hee performes more then promiseth hee is abundant in truth above all that hee hath revealed himselfe to bee in his word Isay 55.7 Our God is mercifull and abundant in forgivenesse hee multiplies pardons hee hath pardons in store mercie to pardon any poore soule But saith the soule what my sinnes committed and continued in Marke what he adds his thoughts of mercy are larger in giving then ours in craving Eph. 2. hee is able to doe above what wee can aske orthinke It was but cold comfort Isaac gave to Esau he had but one blessing so if GODS mercies should come to an end it were but poore comfort when the soule should say Lord give mee and the Lord should say all is drawne dry but there is enough in God to doe us good what availes it though a father have a tender and a good heart to his child if hee hath not to give it what it askes or stands in need of but our heavenly father abounds in goodnesse 2. God as hee hath abundance of good so hee is free and ready to bestow it Isay 55.1 Ho every one that thirsteth let him buy milke and hony without money or price wee would bee content to have wine but wee have no money to buy it therefore God adds though you bee not able to pay for it yet take it Mich. 7.18 Who is a God like our God who pardons sins because mercy pleaseth him the pardoning of our sinnes is like the overthrowing of Pharaoh in the sea God doth it not so much because wee please him but because his mercy pleaseth him he doth it freely 4. Wee must bee content to waite for this mercy wee stand in need of wee must waite for it and be confidently perswaded of it else wee crosse the tenure of forgivenes Held 11. God gives mercy to none but those that waite for it in that we aske pardon wee are resolved to waite for it for so much is implied a pardon in law is not authenticall untill it bee sealed So God saith he will pardon us but this is not ●uthenticall untill wee have set to our seale hee saith hee will give freely wee say wee wil waite constantly Psal 37.5 Commit thy waies to God and hee will care for thee hee that thus begs forgivenesse shall undoubtedly obtaine it at the hand of the Lord. And lead us not into temptation 6. Petition This consists of sanctification both begun here and ended in glorification sanctification frees from the power of sinne glorification frees from the presence of sinne 1. For the order sanctification flowes from Justification when sinne is pardoned we have the spirit of Christ which conveyes all to us we are first justified then sanctified 2. For the sence of the words here are 2. things 1. What wee desire God should not doe lead us not into temptation 2. What he should doe deliver us from evill Q. What is meant by temptation A. A triall or assault whereby a mans strength is tried now they are double 1. Deliverance into evill 2. A proofe of the soundnesse of grace the first is especially intended all the assaults of the soule by sinne Sathan or the world wherby either our faith may be shaken or we withdrawn from God to evill sometimes there are good temptations of proving or expressing our grace these in some sence may have place in this petition God tries us on this manner and wee pray him that hee would not try us more then wee are able to beare Q. What is it to bee led into temptation A. 1. When temptations pursue us 2. When they doe foile us assaulting of us 3. When temptation doth totally vanquish us Now wee pray in this petition that temptations may not pursue us or pursuing us that they may not foile us and though wee bee foiled by them yet that wee may recover our selves we desire that corruptions would not besiege us or if they doe yet not conquer but that we may recover our selves after we are overcome Q. Can God lead into temptation A. The Apostle explaines it I am 1.13 God cannot tempt to evill hee that is goodnesse it selfe cannot provoke a man to sinne the Lord doth not put malice into any mans heart God cannot bee properly