A41330:166
The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner,…
The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entitled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templars sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entituled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templers sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1681
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If that will not serve, then I will urge the very literal sense, When you pray, say. 'Tis not, When you pray or say your Prayers, then say this; but when you pray, say. So that I should use no other prayer when I do pray, but this.
If that will not do, yet it binds that always when you pray, this you must say; but when? at the beginning, end, or middle of my own prayer? Here is nothing. And your Conformists do not say it at the end of their prayers, before and after Sermon too; in that I think you are to blame.
That this Form of Prayer our Lord left us is perfect, as to the end he intended by it, I easily yield. But if by a perfect form, they understand such a form of Prayer, as contains in it all the parts that are requisite to Prayer, and therefore called a perfect form, as the opinion and practise of many would make us believe, I cannot easily yield to that.
Prayer is commonly thus described, and I think very fully and truly. It is an offering of our desires to God for things agreeable to his will in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of his mercies.