An exposition of the Lords Prayer made in diuers lectures, and now drawne into questions and answers for the greater benefite of the simpler sort: whereunto is prefixed a briefe treatise of prayer for all men. Published at the request of diuers godly and well disposed: by W. B. minister of the Word at Reading in Barkshire.
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An exposition of the Lords Prayer made in diuers lectures, and now drawne into questions and answers for the greater benefite of the simpler sort: whereunto is prefixed a briefe treatise of prayer for all men. Published at the request of diuers godly and well disposed: by W. B. minister of the Word at Reading in Barkshire.
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Burton, William, d. 1616.
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At London :: Printed by the widdow Orwin for Thomas Man, dwelling in Pater-noster row at the signe of the Talbot,
1594.
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Lord's prayer -- Early works to 1800.
Theology -- Early works to 1800.
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"An exposition of the Lords Prayer made in diuers lectures, and now drawne into questions and answers for the greater benefite of the simpler sort: whereunto is prefixed a briefe treatise of prayer for all men. Published at the request of diuers godly and well disposed: by W. B. minister of the Word at Reading in Barkshire." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17326.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.
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This day.
Q. Why doe wée say, giue us [this
day?]
A. By that wee meane that the Lorde
should helpe vs when we haue neede, and
not tarrie too long.
Q. Why doe we vse the same words
in praying for others?
A. To teach vs that wee must helpe
our brother, both by our prayers, and o∣therwise,
when he needeth, and not to tar∣ry
vntill hee bee past recouerie: See Gen.
24. 18. Exo. 22. 26. Luk. 10. 31. 33.
Q. Is it not lawfull to laye up in
store?
A. Yes, so that in storing wee keepe
these rules:
1. Our reseruation must bee voide of
couetousnes and distrust.
2. It must be to lawfull endes.
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3. We must not robbe the poore to
store our selues.
4. That wee trust not in our store, but
in the Lord.
5. That it be made onely in the reue∣rence
of the Lords giftes.
Q. What examples haue wee of
such as haue so stored?
A. There bee many. See Gen. 45. 7.
Matth. 14. 20. Iohn 6. 12. Act. 11. 28. 29.
2. Cor. 12 14
Q. The Lorde Iesus saith.* 1.1Care not
for the morrowe. Matth. 6. 34.
A. His meaning is that we should not
care for the morrowe with distrustfulnes:
but with moderate labour, and faithfull
prayer.
Q. He saith againe.* 1.2 Labour not for the
meate that perisheth. Iohn 6. 27. & Lay
not vp treasure on earth, where theeues
breake through, &c. Luk. 12. 33.
A. These speeches are by way of com∣parison
spoken, comparing earthly things
with heauenly things, and his meaning is,
that wee should not labour so much for
this life, as for the life to come, because the
one doth perish, the other doth not, and
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so for treasuring vp treasure on earth, the
like is to be said.
Q. What néed rich mē say this prayer,
that haue enough for many yeares?
A. For two causes they ought also to
pray this prayer:
1. To acknowledge the giuer.
2. Though they haue riches, yet the vse cōfort safetie is of God.