An 8xpojition fatlion, orclfcto goeto prifon : fo our fins A bmde V! eitherto fatisfie Gods iuftice,or elfe to fuffer eternall damnation. .f'orgiue] To forgi•dinne, is to couer it, or not to impute it. 'Pfol. Jl· I. And this is done whenGod is contentof his mercy to accept thedeath and pafsion of Chrifrasa fufficient payment and ranfome for mans finnes : and fo to elleeme them as no finnes. And h~revnder this one benefitofremi!Sionqf finnes, all the refr ofthe·fame kindare vndedl:cod,as iullifi– cation, fantlification,redemption,glorificati– on)&c. 3• 1'hevftrufthellfmis. Hence we may learne many leffons: the firfr ·is, that feeing we< mufr pray thus,. Lmlfor- B :iut,&c. we are to hold,thatthere i.s nof<tis– fachonto Godsiufrice f<>r fin by our workes, no nor in remporarie punifhments: bwtthat thedoingaway ofour finMes isofGods meere fauour,for to forgiue and to fatisfie be contra– de :, wherefore the dotlrine ofhumane&ris– fatlwns, taught in the Church .,f Rome, is vileand diuellifl1. •· Secondly, whereas we ate taughtthus ro pray continually from day to day, we note the great patience and long-futferingofGod, that fuffers and forbeareo;IHII, and doth not pcure ourhis confufion vpon vs, though wee offend his maiefrie day byday. Thist~cheth vs like patiencetowacds our brethi:cn:weout feluesQ>nnotputvptheleaftiniury, and for- C bcare but one day, andyet we defirethat God wouldforgiue vsdaily to rhe cndof.ourliues. 3· Againe wemay obferue,thatthere is no perfed fandilication in this (ife, feeing wee .mull: euery day to the end craue the pardon of our fins. Therefore wicked is the opinion ofthe Catharillsor Puritans, which hold that menmay be without linne in thislife. 4· Wants to be bmailed. - The wants to be bewailed are ihe butthen ofour finnes, and the corruptions ofour na.. tures, andthe wickedneffe ofourliues , and the linnes of our youth, and ofour old age. 'Pfoi.40.ll·MJftnn<I haHetak._mfoch hoidvpon ~ee,tb4t1 11ns n~t•ble toloo4f vp: thry11r~more sn~Nmber thenthe~airts tJj mi11e ht~~d, therefore r~~me heartbathfarledmee. Thus with 'J;J••id we are to trauell and gronc vnderthis bur– ~hen : but this griefe for finne, is arare thing In the world. Men can mourne bitterly for the things ofthis life' but their fiones neuer trouble them. Againe, this forrow mull: boe for finne? becaufe it is finne, though there were ne1ther hell to torment, nor diuell or confcience to accufe , nor iudge to re– uengc. 5• Gr~~&ertohemfired. ' The grace which we lilu!l:delire, is the/}i· rit 1/'gr~~e~""'depr«Milns. Z~tch.t2·1Nrft IO· whichis thatgiftofthe holy Gholl, whereby we arc inablcd to call to God for the pardon of our finnes. A man hauing offended the !awes ofa Prince, and beeing in danger of acath, willneucr beat quiet till hehauegot· tena pardon: euen fo they which feele and f<e · their finnes hauing this fpirit, are fo mooned, that they canneuer bear re!l:,til in prayer they be eafcd ofthe burthenoftheir finnes. Aman may, I graunr, babble and fpeake many words,buthe jhall neuer pray etfeC\ually, pc– fore he hauethis fpirit of prayer to make him crle, .Abbt~father. Forworldly commodities all can pray:but learne topray for thewant of Chrill:. As we forgiue our debts. I. The Cohmmr.. THefewords bee apart of the lifth petiti– oa, which is propounded with a ~ondition, Forgiuevs, as"weforgiueothers: and . rhefe words depend onthe former asthe rea– Con thereof, which feemes to be taken from ~he comparifon of the lefii: to the greater, thus: Ifwe who haue but afparke ofmercy, 4.And wh<n we fay,forgi•enot me,but fii: we are put in minde tP: pray, not oncly for the pardon of our owne finne, but Iikewife for our brelhren and enemies, lam. 5·I6. Confejfi on~tD Another, ~ndprnyonefor4nother: fotthl prayer ufthe righteom <HAilethmH<h: ifithefer– uent, And as fomethinke,the prayer ofSttHm was a me:ines ofrhe coanerfion ofS4•1. 5.Alfo we note that before prajers for par– don offinne, mull: goe aconfefsion of finne: f9rwhereas we fay, forgiHe our debts, we con. f<lfe before God that wee are flat bankrupts, and "otable todifcharge the lea!l: ofour fins: thisappeares, 1 .!oh. '·9·/fweconf•J!e••rfinr, heisfaithf•ll to forgiue"''.Anditwas pradifed by1Jai4id, Pfol. 51. ana Jl·5 · 1fhe manner of making confefsion is this' knowne finnes,and thofe which trouble rhc confcience,are to bee confeffed particalarly; but vnlmowne finnes D doe forgiueorhers,then doe thou,who art the f~untairreofmercy, furginevs: but wefor· g(U~others : therefoce doe thou forgiue vs. ThusLu~II·4· l!athir, Forgiuevr ••rfi111Jts, [tor eumwefortiHe. Rhtm. Te£1:. onLuk., 7· 47· the Papi!l:stakeit orherwife,whofay,Forgiue vs, as wee forgiue, making our forgiuing a caufe, for which Gnd is mooued to forgiue 1'S intemporall punifhments; whereas our forgi– uing ofmen is onely afigueoreffed that GOd doth forgiue vs, The mea~ing. generally, 'l'fo!. 19.12• · 6. La!l:ly, hcnceitis manife£1:, t~at there is noiu!lification by works. Our fins aredebts, and fo alfo are all workes of the law: and it were a fond thing to imagine that a !llan (llight difcliarge onedebt by anQther. I· f!!!tjf. Whether is a man bound rofor– giuealldebts? Anfw. The word debt, i11~his place is not vnder!l:ood ofdebt that is ciuil & comes by lawfilii bargaining, but ofhurtsand dammages wliicharc done vnto vs inour bo– dies, g~good name. As for !he former _I
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=