A Catechiflicai - EXPOSITION 0 F THE Lord's Prayer, BY WAY OF Q U E S T I 0 N and A N S W E R. By the Right Reverend Father in God, E Z E K I E L, Lorll Bifhop of Derry; by which he examined the Youth each Lord's Day, during the whole Time he Preached upon the I.,ord's Prayer. QueR. IS the Lord's P~aytr a Form of Prayer , or o.nly ·/!. Pattern f "r Prayer ? · .Anfw.ltisbotb: Thatit'istobetifedasaForm appears, Luke 11.2; When ye pray, fay, Our Father which art in Heaven, &c That it is a Pattern, Mattb. 6. 9· Afier this Manner therefore pray ye: Our Fatbtr wbicb art in Heaven, &c. Q What are the Parts of this Pr")!er? A. They are Four. t. The Preface or lntrodu8:ion. 2. The Petitions and Requefts. 3· The Doxology or Praife.giving. 4· The Conclufion aod Ratification. Q. What is tTu Preface of this Prayer? A. Our Father which an in Heaven. Q What ohfcrve you from it? .A. That in the beginning of our Prayers we ought fe rioufly to confider, and re; .verently to exprefS, the Glorious Attributes of God, as an Excellent Means to compofe us inro an Holy Fear of his Divine Majetty. Q How many are tbc Petitions contai11cd in this Prayer? 11. Six, whereof the Three firtt relpe<t God's Glory , and the Three la a our own Good. • Q Wbat /tarn you from this Order and JJ1ctbod? . .t!. That we ought firtl to feek God's Glory before any lnteretts and Concerns ofour own. Q lfow arc tbofc Petitions divided which immediately crmcern the Glory of God? .A.. In tbc firfi of them we pray that God may be glorified, in the other Two for ·the Means whereby he is gl vrifi~:d . Q Jiow divzde youthoje Petitiont which concern our own Good? A. One relates to our TemporaiJ the other to our Spiritual, Good.
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