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A09410	An exposition of the Lords praier in the way of catechisme By William Perkins; Perkins upon the Lords praier	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.	1593 (1593)	STC 19701; ESTC S113660	46,459	156

a common disease in the most as it is noted Psal. 4. 6. Who vvill shew vs any good This then is a common sin that we ar taught to mourne for 2. The second want is our diffidence and distrustfulnes for the thinges of this life Men also will shift this off and say they wold be sorie to distrust God But if wee looke to our corrupt nature man is wonderfull prone to this sinne for being in prosperitie we ar not troubled but if once wee be pressed with aduersitie then we houle and weep and as Paul saith 1. Tim. 6. 10. Men pearce themselues throgh vvith many sorrowes If any shall lose a parte of his goodes what then doth hee straight hee goes out to the wise man is this to beleeue in God No it is to distrust God and beleeue the deuill 4. Graces to be desired THe grace to be desired is a redinesse in all estates to rest on Gods prouidence whatsoeuer fall out Psal. 37. 5. Commit thy vvay to the Lord and trust in him and hee shall bring it to passe Prou. 16. 3. Commit or role thy workes vpon the Lord and thie thoughts shal be directed Whereby we ar admonished to take pains in our callings to gette meate and drink c. If the Lorde blesse not our labour wee must be content if he do we must giue him thanks Now for this cause wee are further to pray to God that hee would open our eies by his spirit teach vs in all his good creatures to see his prouidence and when meanes faile and are contrary then also to beleeue the same 5. Errors confuted 1. PApistes teache that men by workes of grace may merit life eternall and increase of justification in this life But howe can this be for here we see that euery bit of bread which we eate is the free gift of God without any merite of ours Now if we cannot merite a peece of bred what madnes is it to think that wee can merite life euerlasting 2. They also are deceiued who thinke that any thing comes by meere chance or fortune without Gods prouidence Indeede in respect of men who knowe not the causes of thinges many chances there are but so as they are ordered come to passe by Gods prouidence Luk. 10. 31. By chance there came downe a certaine priest that way Forgiue vs our debts 1. Coherence THis is the fift petition the second of those which concerne our selues in the former we craued temporall blessings in this and the next which followeth we craue spirituall blessings Where we may note that seeing there be two petitions which concerne spirituall thinges but one for temporall that the care for our soules must be double to the care for our bodies In the world men care for their bodies their hearts are sette for wealth and promotion they can be content to heare the worde on the Sabboth yet neither then nor in the weeke day do they lay it vp in their heartes and practise it which argues that they haue litle or no care for their soules Question What is the cause that first we craue things for the body in the second place those which concerne the soule Ans. The order of the holy Ghost in these petitions is wonderfull for the Lorde considers the dulnes and backewardnes of mens natures therefore he trains them vp and draws them on by litle euen as a schoolmaister doth his young schollers propounding vnto them some elements and principles and so carrying them to higher pointes 〈◊〉 the former petition is a steppe or degree to these two following He that will rest on Gods 〈◊〉 so the pardon of his 〈…〉 of al rest on Gods providence 〈◊〉 this life and hee that cannot put his affiance in God for the prouision of meat and drink how shall he trust in Gods mercie for the saluation of his soule Here wee may see the faith of worldings they say that God is mercifull and that they beleeue in Christ which how can it be true Seeing in les●er matters as meate and drinke they distrust God as appears by their couetousnes 2. The meaning DEbts By debts sins ar meant so it is in Luke 11. 4. and they are so called because of the resemblance betwene them For euen as a debt doth bind a man either to make satisfaction or else to goe to prison so our sinnes bind vs either to satisfie Gods iustice or els to suffer eternall damnation Forgiue To forgiue sinne is to couer it or not to impute it Psal. 32. 1. And this is done when God is content of his mercie to accept the death and passion of Christ as a sufficient paiment and ransome for mans sinnes and so to esteeme them as no sinnes And here vnder this one benefit all the rest of the same kind are vnderstood as iustification sanctification redemption glorification c. 3. The vses of the vvords 1. HEre we may learn many lessons the first is that seeing we must pray thus Lord forgiue c. We must hold that there is no satisfaction to Gods iustice for sinne by our workes no not in temporary punishments but that the doing away of our sinnes is of Gods meere fauour for to forgiue and to satisfie be contrary wherefore the doctrine of humain satisfactions taught in the Church of Rome is vile and diuelish 2. Secondly we are taught thus to pray continually from day to day where we note the great patience and long suffering of God in that we offending daily yet he suffers and forbears still and doeth not powre out his confusion vpon vs. This teacheth vs like patience towards our brethren we cannot put vp the least iniury and forbear but one day yet we desire that god wold forgiue vs all our liues long 3. Againe we may obserue that there is no perfect sanctification in this life seeing we must euery day to the end craue the pardō of our sinnes Therefore wicked is the opinion of the Catharists or puritans which hold that men may be without sinne in this life 4. And when we say forgiue not me but vs we are put in minde to pray not onely for the pardone of our owne sinnes but likewise for our brethren and enemies Iam. 5. 17. Confesse one to another and pray one for another for the praier of the righteous auaileth much if it be feruent And as so●ne think the praier of Steuen was a meanes of the conuersion of Saule 5. Also we note that before praier for pardon of sinne must go a confession of sinne for whereas we say forgiue our debts we confes before God that we ar stat banckrouts and not able to discharge the least of our sinnes this appears 1. Ioh. 1. 9. If vve confesse our sinnes he is faithful to forgiue vs And it was practised by Dauid Psalm 51. and 32. 5. The maner of making confession is this knowen sinnes and those which troble the conscience are to be confessed particularlie but vnknown