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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19734	A sermon of S. Cyprian made on the Lordes prayer that is to wytte, the Paternoster.; De Dominica oratione. English	Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Paynell, Thomas.	1539 (1539)	STC 6156; ESTC S109176	18,749	72

A SERMON OF S. CYPRIAN made on the Lordes prayer that is to wytte the Pater noster AN. M. D. XXXIX TO THE RIGHT VVORshypfull mayster Antony Deny esquier Thomas Paynel sendeth gretynge THIS Sermon by me translated out of latine into englysh I dedicate vnto you not so moch for instruction as for a token of the good mynd I beare you For whā I consyder your syncere affection to god and his holy worde your great fidelytie and dilygence towarde our moste gracyous souerayne lorde the kyng your pure honest and lowly behauiour to all men in worde and dede your faythful wyse and frendly councels your continuall exhortations and perswasyons to vertue your lyberall and moste gentylle nature I can not chose but vehemently loue you and therfore I ofte thynke what I haue or howe I a poore man myght doo you any pleasure Wherefore suche thynge as I maye gyue with my entier hartes loue I sende you And as this my booke goeth on prayer soo pray I God sende you abundaunce of all welthe and good Fortune this newe yere The Sermon of saynte Cyprian made on the Pater noster THE PRECEPtes of the Gospell moste louynge bretherne are none other thing than diuine techinges the foundacions of edifyenge hope the sure groundes of fortifyenge faith the nourysshmentes to cheryshe the harte the stere to directe our iourney and the firme defences to opteyne saluation whiche preceptes whyle they instructe in erthe the apte myndes of the beleuers they bryng them to the kingdome of heuen Goddis wyl was that many thynges shuld be both spoken and harde by the prophetes his seruantes but how farre greatter are those thynges that the sonne speketh which the word of god that was in the prophetes witnesseth with his owne voyce not nowe commaunding that the waye be made redy for hym commyng but commynge hym selfe and openynge and shewing to vs the way that we that fyrste were blynd and wandryng in the darknes of deathe beinge illumyned with the grace of his lyghte and he beinge our leder and gide may holde on our iourney to lyfe whiche among other his helthful monitiōs and diuine preceptes with whiche he allureth his people to saluation he also gaue a forme of prayer he monyshed and instructed what we shulde pray He that made vs to lyue taughte vs also to pray this dyd he of his benignitie whereby he vouchesaued to gyue and conferre other thynges that whyle we in prayer and oryson that the son taught vs speke to the father we may be the soner hard He than tolde vs before the howre commeth whan the trewe worshyppers shulde worshyp the father in spirite and trouthe and hath fulfylled that he before promysed that we which of his sancctification haue receyued spyrite and trouthe of his tradition also shall truely and spiritually pray For what prayer can be more spiritual than that that is gyuen vs of Christe frome whome also the holy ghoste is sente to vs What prayer maye do more with the father than that that the son whiche is the veritie spake with his owne mouthe in soo moche that to praye otherwyse than he hathe taught is not onely ignoraunce but also offence seinge he hath set forthe and sayde Ye caste asyde the commandement of god to the ende you wolde stablysshe youre own tradition Therfore dere brethern let vs pray as god our master hath taught vs. It is a frendly and familyar oryson to praye god of his owne the prayer of Christe to ascend to his eares the father wyll acknowlege the wordes of his sonne Whan we make our prayer lette hym that dwelleth within the breaste be in the voyce And seynge that we haue hym as an aduocate to the father for our synnes whan we synners pray for our offences let vs bring forth the wordis of our aduocate For syth he saith What so euer ye wylle desyre of the father in my name he shall gyue it you than howe moch more effectually shall we obteyn that we axe in Christis name if we craue it with his own prayer But suche as woll praye let their wordis prayer be lowly quiete and honest Let vs thinke that we stand in the syght of god The diuine eyes must be pleased bothe with the behauyour of the body and maner of speche For as it is an imprudent poynt to make a clamorous noyse so cōtrarywise it is conuenient shamefastely to praye with sober and temperate prayers Furthermore the lorde commandeth vs secretely to pray in priuie secrete or out places ye in oure bedde chaumbers whiche thynge dothe greately agree with our fayth to th ende that we shuld knowe God to be presente euerye where to here and see vs all and with the fulnesse of his maiestie also to perse and enter into secret and hydde places as it is writen I am god drawyng nere and nat god afarre of If a man were hid in priuie and secrete places ergo shall nat I see hym Do not I fyl both heuen and erth And ageyn The eies of god do beholde in euery place bothe the good bad Whan we com togyther with our brethern and do celebrate diuine sacrifyces with goddis mynister the prieste we must be myndefull of shamefastnesse and dyscipline not to blaste abrode our prayers with vnordered voyces nor oure petition soberly to be commended to god we shuld cast out with tumustuouse ianglynge for god hereth the harte and not the voyce Nor we shoulde crye out to hym whyche seeth oure thoughtes the lord prouokyng and saying what thynke you wyckednesse in youre hartis and in an other place And let all congregations knowe that I am the sercher of the rainis and harte Whiche thyng Anna in the fyrst boke of kynges bearing the figure of the church obseruid and kepte whyche not with a clamorous peticion but styll and softly within the pryuye partes of her breast prayd vnto the lorde She spake with a hyd prayer but with an open fayth she spake not with voyce but with harte for soo she knewe god herde and she obteyned effectuallye that she desyred bycause she axed faythfully Holy scripture declareth what she sayd She spake in her harte and her lippes moued and her voyce was not harde and god herd her Also we rede in the psalmes Speke in your hartes and in your beddes and remember your selfis By Ieremye also the same thynges the holy ghooste dothe perswade and teache sayenge It behoueth the to praye to god inwardelye But yet well beloued brethern he that dothe pray shuld not forget after what maner in the temple the publycane prayed with the pharisee his eies not vnsemely lifted vp to heuen nor his handes insolently stratched out knocking his brest and acknowlegynge his secrete hydden synnes lamentably desyred succour of goddis meecy But seinge the Pharisee stoode in his owne conceite this man deserued more to be sāctified which so praied that he had no hope of