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And here I entreat the Reader to consider a while the singularities of this passage of Christ. 1. That men that must trust in Christs merits and mediation, must yet be told of such an absolute necessity of a Condition or qualification in themselves. 2. That Forgiving others as an Act of Love, is singled out as this qualification. 3. That this condition must be put into the very prayer it self, that our own mouths may utter it to God. 4. That it must be annexed to this one petition of [Forgiveness] rather than any of the rest, where men are apt to confess their own necessity, and where many are readiest to think that Gods mercy and Christs merits and mediation must do all without any condition on their part: They that know that [their daily bread] and [deliverance from temptation and evil] must have some care and endeavours of their own, are yet apt to think that the Forgiveness of sin needeth nothing on their part but [asking and receiving.] 5. That Christ should after single out this one clause to repeat to them, by urgent application. And yet how little is this laid to heart?

And here I intreat the Reader to consider a while the singularities of this passage of Christ. 1. That men that must trust in Christs merits and mediation, must yet be told of such an absolute necessity of a Condition or qualification in themselves. 2. That Forgiving others as an Act of Love, is singled out as this qualification. 3. That this condition must be put into the very prayer it self, that our own mouths may utter it to God. 4. That it must be annexed to this one petition of [Forgiveness] rather than any of the rest, where men are apt to confess their own necessity, and where many are readiest to think that Gods mercy and Christs merits and mediation must do all without any condition on their part: They that know that [their daily bread] and [deliverance from temptation and evil] must have some care and endeavours of their own, are yet apt to think that the Forgiveness of sin needeth nothing on their part but [asking and receiving.] 5. That Christ should after single out this one clause to repeat to them, by urgent application. And yet how little is this laid to heart?

And indeed the first word in the Lords prayer [Our Father] teacheth us the same lesson, How needful a qualification Love and Unity are to all that will come to God in prayer: He that teacheth us that to Love our neighbour as our selves is the second summary Commandment, and even like to the first, which is Love to God (for it is Loving God in his Likeness on his works) doth here call us in all our prayers to express it, by Praying for our brethren as for our selves. O that men of wrath and wrangling were truly sensible what affections should be expressed by that word [OUR FATHER], and with what a heart men should say [GIVE US] and [FORGIVE US] and how far [US] must extend beyond [ME] and beyond [OUR PARTY] or [our side] or [our Church] in the dividers sense. I tell you if you will be welcome to God in your prayers or any other religious services, you must come as in Union with Christ and with his Universal Church: God will receive no one that cometh to him as alone and divided from the rest? As you must have Union with Christ the Head, so must you have with his Body: A divided member is no member, but a dead thing. Little think many ignorant persons of this, who think that the singularity and smallness of their sect or party is the necessary sign of their acceptance with God: Because they read [Fear not little flock:] As if [a little flock] must separate from Christs little flock, for fear of being too great? And as if his Flock which then was but a few hundreds must be no greater, when the Kingdoms of the world are become his Kingdoms? Yet such have there been of late among us, who first became (as they were called) Puritans, or Presbyterians when they saw them a small and suffering party. But when they prospered and multiplied, they