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An exposition on the church-catechism, or, The practice of divine love composed for the Diocese of Bath & Wells.
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Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711.
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1685
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Devil I know Lord the Sin lies in yielding to the Temptation O my God if thou for trial of my Love lead me into any great Temptation and let me continue under it thy Will Lord be done not mine O let thy paternal tenderness limit and controul the Tempter O let thy All-sufficient Grace restrain my consent and keep me always on my guard watching and praying and let me at last be more than Conquerour I am content Lord to be tried and assaulted so I be not wicked though it be grievous for those that Love thee to be tempted to offend thee But deliver us from evil O Father of mercy if thou thinkest fit to lead me into Temptation deliver me from the Evil to which I am tempted Deliver me from the Evil of Sin and the Evil of Punishment from the evil one from the evil World and from my own evil Heart and from all suggestions to Evil for all that is Evil is most hateful to thee who art infinite goodness and most destructive of thy Love And therefore from all that is Evil O Almighty Lord defend me For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever and ever I adore and Love thee O Jesu who by concluding this Prayer with a Doxology hast taught us that the right end of our Prayers should be the Glory of God that we should be ever careful to mix Praise with our Prayers and to be as zealous to give thanks for what we receive as to Pray for what we want To thee O Lord God do we pray on thee only we rely and depend for acceptance to thee only we offer up our Praises for thine is the Kingdom and Sovereign Right to dispose of all things thine is the Power Almighty to relieve and bless us thine is the Glory All the Communications of thy Goodness as they flow from thee return to thee again in Sacrifices of Love of Praise and Adoration Amen For the sake O Heavenly Father of thy beloved in whom all thy Promises are Amen and who is himself the Amen the faithful and true Witness of thy Love to us Hear me and pardon my wandrings and coldness and help me to sum up and enforce my whole Prayer all my own wants and all the wants of those I pray for in a hearty and fervent and comprehensive Amen Q. How many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church A. Two only as generally necessary to Salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Glory be to thee O Crucified Love out of thy Wounded Side flowed Water and Blood the two Sacraments which thou hast Ordained in thy Church Baptism and the Supper of the Lord the one to initiate the other to confirm us in our Christianity Glory be to thee O Lord who having Ordained two Sacraments only and made them Generally necessary to Salvation art yet pleased to have Mercy rather than Sacrifice in cases where they cannot be had and where a surprise of Death may prevent their Administration thou dost supply the want of them by thy merciful acceptation of those persons who earnestly desire and who are disposed to receive them O blessed Jesu the greater thy Compassion is to those sincere persons who want thy Sacraments by reason of their infelicity not their choice the greater will be thy indignation against those who wilfully neglect or contemn what thy Adorable Love has ordained to be throughout thy whole Church used and revered from which neglect and contempt of thy Love good Lord deliver me Q. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament A. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof Q. How many parts are there in a Sacrament A. Two the outward visible sign and the inward spiritual grace Glory be to thee O tenderest Love who to stoop to our weak and gross apprehension hast in the two Sacraments made an Outward and visible and familiar thing to be the sign and memorial and representation of an Inward and invisible Mysterious and Spiritual Grace Glory be to thee O bountiful Love for Ordaining and Giving us the Holy Sacraments thou thy self only art the Author and Fountain of Grace and thou only hast the right of instituting the conveyances of thy own Grace all Love all Glory be to thee Glory be to thee O mighty Love who hast elevated these obvious and outward signs to an efficacy far above their Natures not only to signifie but to be happy Means and instruments to convey thy Grace to us to be Seals and Pledâ—es to confirm and 〈◊〉 to us the Communications of thy Love that our sight may assist our Faith that if with due preparation we receive them both parts of the Sacrament will go together as certainly as we receive the Outward and Visible sign so certainly shall we receive the Inward and invisible Grace for which all Love all Glory be to thee Q. What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism A. Water wherein the person is baptized In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost Q. What is the inward and spiritual grace A. A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness for being by nature born in sin and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Q. What is required of persons to be baptized A. Repentance whereby they forsake sin and faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Q. Why then are infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them A. Because they promise them both by their sureties which promise when they come to age themselves are bound to perform Glory be to thee O Lover of Souls it was by thy preventing Love that I was Baptized with the outward sign Water in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost That I should believe in the most Holy Trinity that I should depend on the gracious assistances and live wholly devoted to the three most adorable Persons that it should be my chief care to Love and Glorifie that tri-une Love the Author of my Salvation Glory be to thee O Jesu who by Water that washes away the filth of the Body dost represent to my Faith thy invisible Grace in Baptism which spiritually washes and cleanses the Soul Glory be to thee O blessed Lord who in Baptism savest us not by the outward washing but by the inward purifying Grace accompanied with a sincere Vow and â—â—â—pulation of a good Conscience towards God by which thy propitious Love brought me into thy Church the spiritual Ark to save me from perishing in the Deluge of Sin which overwhelms the
generality of the World and therefore all Love all Glory be to thee Glory be to thee O all-powerful Love by whose inviâ—â—ble Grace we in Baptism die to sin to all carnal Affections renouncing and detesting them all and resolving to take no more pleasure in them than dead persons do in the comforts of life O may I ever thus die to Sin Glory be to thee O Jesu who from our death to Sin in our Baptism dost raise us to a new Life and dost breath into us the breath of Love 'T is in this Laver of regeneration we are born again by Water and the Spirit by a new Birth unto righâ—eoâ—â—ness that as the natural Birth propagated sin our spiritual Birth should propagate Grace for which all Love all Glory be to thee Glory be to thee O most indulgent Love who in our Baptism dost give us the holy spirit of Love to be the principle of new Life and of Love in us to infuse into our Souls a supernatural habitual Grace and ability to obey and love thee for which all Love all Glory be to thee Glory be to thee O compassionate Love who when we were conceived and Born in Sin of sinful Parents when we sprang from a root wholly corrupt and were all Children of Wrath hast in our Baptism made us Children of thy own Heavenly Father by Adoption and Grace When we were Heirs of Hell hast made us Heirs of Heaven even joynt Heirs with thy one self of thy own Glory for which with all the powers of my Soul I adore and love thee I know O dearest Lord that I am thine no longer than I Love thee I can no longer feel the saving efficacy of my Baptism than I am faithful to my Vow I there made no longer than I am a Penitent no longer am I Christian if I name the name of Christ I am to depart from Iniquity O do thou give me the Grace of True Repentance for all my Sin for my original Impurity and for all my actual Transgressions that I may abhor and â—â—rsake them all wound my Soul with a most affectionate sorrow for all the Injuries and Affronts and dishonours I have offered to infinite Love Glory be to thee O most liberal Jesu for all those exceeding great and pretious Promises of Pardon and Grace and Glory which thou hast made to us Christians in the Sacrament of Baptism O may I ever stedfastly believe O may I ever passionately Love may I ever firmly rely on thy superabundant Love in all these Promises for which I will ever adore and love thee Glory be to thee O sweetest Love who in my infancy didst admit me to holy Baptism who by thy preventing Grace when I was a little Child didst receive me into the evangelical Covenant didst take me up into the arms of thy Mercy and bless me Glory be to thee who didst early dedicate me to thy self to prepossess me by thy Love before the World should seize and defise me Ah Gratious Lord how long how often have I polluted my self by my Sins But I repent and deplore all those Pollutions and I consecrate my self to thee againâ—t O thou most reconcileable Love pardon and accept me and restore me to thy Love O let the intenseness of my future Love not only Love for the time to come but retrieve all the Love I have lost Glory be to thee O tenderest Jesu who when by reason of my Infancy I could not promise to repent and believe for my self didst mercifully accept of the promise of my Sureties who promisâ—â— both for me as thou didst accept for good to the Paralytick the charitable intentions of those that brought him to thee and of the Faith of the Woman of Canaan for the Cure of her Daughter for which merciful acceptance all Love all Glory be to thee O my God my Lord the promise which was made by my Sureties for me I acknowledg that as soon as I came to a competent Age I was bâ—â—â—d my self to perform and I own and renew my Obligation I promise O my Lord with all the force of my Soul to Love thee O do thou ever keep me true to my own promise â—â—ce thou art ever â—â—alterably true to thine for which I will ever adore and love thee Q. Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained A. For the continual remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby Q. What is the outward part or sign of the Lords Supper A. Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received Q. What is the inward part or thing signified A. The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lords Supper Q. What are the benefits where-we are partakers thereby A. The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the body and bloud of Christ as our bodies are by the bread and wine Q. What is required of them who come to the Lords Supper A. To examin themselves whether they repent them truly of their former sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new life have a lively faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankful remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men Glory be to thee O crucified Love who at thy last Supper didst ordain the Holy Eucharist the Sacrament and Feast of Love It was for the continual remembrance of the Sacrifice of thy death O blessed Jesu and of the Benefits we receive thereby that thou wast pleased to ordain this sacred and awful Rite all Love all Glory be to thee Ah dearest Lord how little sensible is he of thy Love in dying for us who can ever forget thee Ah wo is me that ever a Sinner should forget his Saviour and yet alas how prone are we to do it Glory be to thee O Gracious Jesu who to help our memories and to impress thy Love deep on our Souls hast instituted the blessed Sacrament and commanded us Do this in remembrance of me O Jesu let the Propitiatory Sacrifice of thy Death which thou didst offer upon the Cross for the Sins of the whole World and particularly for my Sins be ever fresh in my remembrance O blessed Saviour let that mighty Salvation thy Love has wrought for us never slip out of my mind but especially let my remmbrance of thee in the Holy Sacrament be always most lively and affecting O Jesu if I love thee truly I shall be sure to frequent thy Altar that I may often remember all the wonderful Loves of my Crucified Redeemer I know O my Lord and my God that a bare remembrance of thee is not enough O do thou therefore fix in me such a remembranâ—e of thee as is suitable to the infinite Love I am to remember Work in me all the holy and heavenly affections as become the remembrance of a Crucified