A. A form of praise.1 For where mention is made of Davids blessing God, it is set down in this form, ⟨p. 322⟩Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, &c. Thus is this clause (Thine is the Kingdom and the power, and the glory for ever) the second part of the Lords Prayer: whereby the perfection of that Prayer is set out.2 For prayer consisteth of these two parts Petition & Praise. 3They therefore who wholly omit this clause, and cast it out of this pattern of Prayer make it an imperfect pattern: as Papists who throughout their whole Liturgy have omitted it. Yea the vulgar Latin translation hath left it out of the text, in that place where it is expressed by S. Matthew: and the Rhemists english translation doth so also.4 And the great Champion of Papists, where purposely he undertaketh to expound the Lords Prayer, clean omitteth this clause▪ and avoucheth that It is certain that those words are not of the evangelical Text, but were inserted by the Greeks. But as diligent searchers into all sorts of greek copies, as he, have found it, not only in the expositions and commentaries of greek Fathers, but also in most of the greek copies of the New Testament. And the ancient Syriac translator, who was none of the greek expositors, hath it. Yea many of the Latin Fathers also make mention thereof, as of a part of the Lords Prayer, though some of them sometimes in their expositions have omitted it.
A. A forme of praise.1 For where mention is made of Dauids blessing God, it is set downe in this forme, ⟨p. 322⟩Thine, O Lord, is the greatnesse, and the power, and the glory, &c. Thus is this clause (Thine is the Kingdome and the power, and the glory for euer) the second part of the Lords Prayer: whereby the perfection of that Prayer is set out.2 For prayer cosisteth of these two parts Petition & Praise. 3They therefore who wholy omit this clause, and cast it out of this patterne of Prayer make it an imperfect patterne: as Papists who thoroughout their whole Liturgy haue omitted it. Yea the vulgar Latin trāslatiō hath left it out of the text, in that place where it is expressed by S. Mathew: and the Rhemists english translation doth so also.4 And the great Champion of Papists, where purposely hee vndertaketh to expound the Lords Prayer, cleane omitteth this clause▪ and auoucheth that It is certaine that those words are not of the euangelicall Text, but were inserted by the Greekes. But as diligent searchers into all sorts of greeke copies, as he, haue found it, not onely in the expositions and commentaries of greeke Fathers, but also in most of the greeke copies of the New Testament. And the ancient Syriack translator, who was none of the greeke expositors, hath it. Yea many of the Latine Fathers also make mention thereof, as of a part of the Lords Prayer, though some of them sometimes in their expositions haue omitted it.
- 11 Chro. 29. 10. 11▪
- 2Phil. 4. 6.
- 31. Thes. 5. 17, 18.
- 4B•llarm▪ de Bo•. Oper. lib. 1. cap. 6. Certum est •a verba non esse de Textu evangeli••, sed inserta fuisse à graecis.B•llarm▪ de Bo•. Oper. lib. 1. cap. 6. Certum est •a verba non esse de Textu euangeli••, sed inserta fuisse à graecis.
