A plain exposition of the Lords-prayer a prayer according to the exposition / by Grindal Wilson.

A plain exposition of the Lords-prayer a prayer according to the exposition / by Grindal Wilson.

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A Plain EXPOSITION OF THE LORDS-PRAYER.

A PRAYER According to the EXPOSITION.

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A Plain EXPOSITION OF THE LORDS-PRAYER.

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By GRINDAL WILSON, Miniſter in Gloceſterſhire.

OUR This ſhews we muſt pray for others: we are all Brothers under one Father; therefore we muſt pray for all. Father in the Hebrew is, [...] from [...] one that wills all good, and delights to do it to his Sons. Father, Lo, how he encourageth thee! Will not a Father hear? Three ways he is a Father; by Creation, Redemption and Regneration. May a wicked man thus pray? Yea, God is his Father by Creation, and Chriſt died for him: this muſt be an encouraging ſtep to go higher. His wants ſhould not hinder, but move him to ask; eſpecially, when the things are offered. Pray he can outwardly; but what he cannot do, muſt not hinder him from what he can do: One Talent muſt be improved, as well as Five. Very|few but have ſome deſires after God, and Deliverance; thoſe that fully reſolve to reject Pardon and Duty, are uncapable of the Queſtion which art in Heaven This is to move us to Reverence, Humility and Confidence. He that rules there by right of Creation in that place of unſpotted Purity, ſeeing all the thoughts of Angels, gloriouſly pouring out his Mercy and Goodneſs, muſt needs be higher than the Heavens, Infinite, Eternal, Juſt, Merciful, Omnipotent, Omniſcient, and have in himſelf eminently, and unconceivably all other Titles, which the Scriptures manifeſt. Hallowed be thy Name Nomen of [...]oſco to know, becauſe things are Known by Names.. Name here ſtands for God manifeſted in his Attributes, Word, and Works. Hallowed, that is, made holy. A thing may be made Holy two ways. 1ſt, By receiving ſomething within it ſelf; but we muſt abhor to think thus of He is a pure Act of all perfection, and receiveth nothing. God. 2dly, A thing may be made Holy by another, and that by a right knowledg of it, and a holy Diſpoſition to Act upon, and for the ſake of it, according to this knowldg Sanctifiare De [...]eſt farere, quod ſan [...] tas ejus poſtulat.. This is Regeneration, which we deſire God to work in us. The Poſition may dearly be underſtood in this form; Lord, let the Knowledg of Thee, and thy Will, and a Holy Diſpoſition of Soul and Body to Act according to this Knowledg, upon, and for the ſ [...]ke of Thee, be wrought in us by thy Almighty Power. Thy Kingdom come, The Kingdom of God, is the ſending of the Son from the begeninng ol the World, to ordain Miniſters, by them to gather a Church, Rule it by his Word and Spirit, Defend and Preſerve it from Enemies, cut off all that are implacable, raiſe us from Death, Jude Angels and Men, and at Liſt glorifie his Church, that God may be all in all. Thy will be done in Earth as it is in heaven, You may ſee Gods Will in his Precepts. But can we do his Will as the Angels? Tis Anſwered Secundum [...] non ſecundum gradum, According to the ſame kind, tho not according to the ſame degree. I humbly add, In continued Acts, a perfect The Hebrews expreſs a thing, in facto (perfectly done) when it is fieri (a doing) Jo. 3.36. completion may be prayed for in a particular place and time, including what God will work in us then, and there, of his rich Mercy; yet not excluding the perfection of this hereafter. In the following Petition all our earthly comforts are beg'd on a particular day. What is objected by Mr. Cartwright againſt that cauſe in the Liturgy (keep us this day without Sin) will here vaniſh. A perfect Freedom from Sin is promiſed; but we ſpeed on by degrees. Give us this day our daily bread, Bread is put for all things that we need in this Life. Daily, Sufficient for the daies of our Life. 'Tis ſaid this day, that we may depend upon him, and ask for it every day. Forgive us our treſpaſtes as we forgive them that treſpaſs againſt us, [...] Our Sins in the Original are called Debts; becauſe they make us Deb [...]ors to God in Obedience and Puniſhment. Did Paul forgive Alexander, when he ſaid, The Lord reward him? Yea, he did not ſatisfie any private Revenge, Wrath, or Envy of his own, bur he prayed for Gods glory, for he knew that he would implacably perſiſt. Lead us not into Temptation, but Deliver us from evil, The Devil tryed to know whether Chriſt was God, as well as to draw him to Sin. Temptation properly ſignifies, A trying to find out any thing unknown; whether it is, or may be done. The means which diſcover this, are called Tryals; which are either from God, for his Glory, mans amendment; or the diſcovery of man to himſelf, or others. This we pray not againſt * [...], Jam. 1. 2. [...] Pſal. 26. 2., but for. Here it ſignifies a Tryal that cauſes Sin. Lead us not, that is, ſuffer us not to fall into [...] of the form. H phil. which ſignifies not always [...], (an affirmative) but [...] (a negative) do not ſuffer.; ſo the Greek word imports. God cannot tempt us to Evil; the Devil, the Fleſh, and wicked Men do. But deliver us from evil. This, with the other part, makes but one Petition, and asks Affirmatively, what the other doth Negatively. Some curiouſly refer this to the time preſent, that to the time to come; but to be ſure, we beg that Temptation may not draw us into Sin, that in our fall God would raiſe us up, never leave us, but make us Conquerors through him that loved us. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the Glory, for ever and ever, Take heart, my Brother; he He that maketh Prayers, will hear Prayers. teacheth how we may overcome him with Arguments. Will not our heavenly King be bouniful? Is not his Power Infinite? Will he ſuffer his excellency to be obſcured? to which is due all Praiſe and Admiration. Amen. In this the Soul breathes out her Faith and Deſire.

A PRAYER According to the EXPOSITION.

O Eternal and ever merciful God, thou art our Father by Creation, and to all that withſtand not thy great Love, byeffectual Redemption and Regeneration. Thy Son taſted Death, and merited Grace for every man, and thou cryeſt to the poor Sinner to come and take part in him, that thou mayeſt thus rejoyce over him; This my Son was dead, but he is now alive again; he was loſt, but now found. Where ſhould poor Children go, but unto their Fathers houſe? If the men of this World know how to give good gifts unto their Children; how much more will our Father which is in Heaven, give good things unto us that ask him! He that ſpared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how ſhall he not with him alſo freely give us all things? Thou art in Heaven, God over all, glorious in holineſs, looking down upon all our ways, pouring out there abundantly thy Goodneſs and Mercies; but lo, the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain thee. How poor and beggerly are thoſe glorified Cherubims, to thy ſelf, to whom the World is nothing, yea, leſs then nothing? We deſire therefore to draw nigh with Fear, Humility, and Reverence; and yet with a Holy Boldneſs and Confidence in thy Mercy. Hallowed be thy Name. Make us to know thee as thou art revealed in thy Attributes, Word and Works; to Believe, Admire, Joy, Truſt, and be raviſhed with thee; and for the ſake of thy glorious Beauty, Sweetneſs and Excellency; let us praiſe and declare thee openly, both in Word and Works, that others may glorifie thee. Our Father which art in Heaven. Thy Kingdom come. Give us a ſaving intereſt in thy Son, ſend forth faithful Labourers into thy Harveſt; carry ſuch Stars in thy right band, bring in loſt Sinners, kill Sin daily, and incrcaſe the Graces of thy People, make Kings Nurſing Fathers to thy Church, Queens Nurſirg Mothers, and all great ones ſeekers of the Kingdom of God and his Righteouſneſs; rule us by thy Word and Spirit, Defend and Preſerve us from all our Enemies, cut off all that are Implacably Obſtinate; take theſe Souls when our Bodies fall; raiſe us from Death; Sentence the Sheep on thy right hand, the Goats on thy left, and at laſt glorifie Body and Soul in thy heavenly Kingdom. Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Inable us to do our Duty toward God, and our Duty towards Man; to have no other Gods but thee, to Worſhip thee in holy Manner, Reverence thee in thy Name, Word, and Works; remember to keep holy the Sabbath-day, to obey our Parents, the King as Supreme and all that are in Authority under him; to preſerve the Life, Chaſtity, Goods and good Name of our Selves and Neighboured not ſo much as covet that which is his; and tho we cannot perfect thy Will as the Angels; yet let us do it like them, Sincerely, Readily, Cheerfully, and Speedily; more and more perfect us, till we keep pace with Angels. Give us this day our daily bread. All things needful for this natural Life, Health, Strength, Peace, Proſperity, a happy Government, Food and Raiment, and thy bleſſing with all theſe, that we may uſe them for the good of us and others; our heavenly Father knoweth that we have need of theſe things. Forgive us our treſpaſſes, as we forgive them that trepaſs againſt us. Our Sins fearfully cry in thine Ears; but hearken to thy Sons precious Blood, which was offered up without ſpot to thy ſelf; purge us with his Merits and Satisfaction, that our black Souls may be whiter than Snow. Pour out thy Mercies on our Enemies, forgive their Sins, ſeaſon them with thy Grace, provide for their Bodies, wipe all Revenge and Hatred out of our hearts towards them, that we may be forgiven of thee, who haſt ſaid by thine own Son, That if we forgive not men their Treſpaſſes, thou our heavenly Father wilt not forgive us. Lead us not into Temptation, but deliver us from evil. Give us ſtrength according to the trials which we are exerciſed with, or elſe eminently appear in our weakneſs, that we fall not into ſin, and darken thy Glory. Let neither pleaſure, our evil Hearts, Trouble, Pains, Hunger and Nakedneſs, neither Life, nor Death, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, things preſent, nor things to come, nor any other Creature, draw us from thy ſelf, who art the very Life of all, and the true reſt of our Souls. Raiſe us up in our falls, never leave us until we are more than Conquerors through him that loved us. For thine is the Kindgom, the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Thou art our King, therefore Defend, Preſerve, and do richly for thy Subjects. Thine is the Power, nothing is too hard for thee; thou art mightier than our Enemies, able to deliver us out of the depth of Miſery, and bring us unto the top of Happineſs, and in the end to Rivers of Joy, and never-cloying Pleaſures. Thine is the Glory. This thou art tender of, what wilt thou do for thy great Name? Fill us with the Knowledg of thy ſelf, work mightily upon our Wills, give us abundance of Grace, that we may ſhew forth much of thy Glory, who hath called us out of Darkneſs into the marvellous Light. Hear us, for thou art our Kimg for ever; thine is for ever the Power, whoſe hand cannot be ſhortned; and thine is for ever the Glory: Thou art worthy of all Praiſe and Admiration from everlaſting to everlaſting. Amen. We deſire, we believe, help our unbelief; which we beg, and all other things, in that Prayer which Chriſt hath taught us.

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London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by William Marſhall, at the Bible in Newgate-ſtreet. 1684.

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A plain exposition of the Lords-prayer a prayer according to the exposition / by Grindal Wilson.

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