The fecond Bookeof .Diuinitie, CHAP. 9. andSoueraigntic of commanding all things being all thy creatures, and the worke of thy hands : and for the power ofeffeaiiag whatfoeuer thou wilt and doeft com- mand : and laftly in regard of the infitite Graces that Chine fo glorioufly in thy perfon , and which thou doca fo gracioufly extend to vs : being thy felfc eternal], and therefore exercifing an eternal' power and dominion in the world ; not onlyconfounding thofe whom thouhaft appointed to deilru &ion , to the praife of thy glorious Iuflice : but (which is principally hereconfidered) crea- ting anew aneternal' People to thy fclfe , to the praife of thy gloriousGrace. Hauing thus finned the LordsPrayer, becaufe the fence , which I gane of the fourthPetition, may feeme new (though it cannot be called new , which a number of the Fathersdoe fo expound) yet for the better fatif- lying of the godlyReader,let me Chortly render my rea- Ions for it : Firf}, I hold this Prayer to be a compendiarie fumme of all the holy Doarine concerningGod and our falua- tion inChriít : wherein it cannot bee thought, that hee himfelfe and our incorporating into him (the Roote and Bafesof all good things wee haue fromhim) fhould bee omitted, being that whichhe fopretfeth vs to feeke,and giueth the firfl place unto in all his Doctrines, lobs 3. 3. lohn 4. and lohn6. which Chapter may ferue for a Corn.- mentarievpon this place. Secondly, The method andorder of the Petitions were not fonaturali, to askc earthly benefits beforehea- ueMlybleffings. Thirdly , The Analogie and correfpondence of thefe latter Petitions with theformer three; forjas they begin- ningwith the great and glorious Name ofGod , fall af- terwards tohis adioynts of Kingdome, and Honour : fo thefe beginne with Chril+ and Regeneration through him, the fruits whereof are IuPtification and San6ifica- Lion,
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