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A brief exposition of the Lords PrayerA briefe exposition of the Lords Prayer
A brief exposition of the Lords Prayer: wherein the meaning of the word is laid open to the understanding of weak Christians, and what the carriage of their hearts ought to be in preferring each petition. / By Mr. Tho. Hooker preacher of Gods word.A briefe exposition of the Lords Prayer: wherein the meaning of the word is laid open to the understanding of weake Christians, and what the carriage of their hearts ought to be in preferring each petition. / By Mr. Tho. Hooker preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Moses Bell for Benjamin Allen, 1645
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
To forgive is this:1 we beg that the Lord would be pleased not to take advantage of us because of our debts;2 nor yet to proceed in the rigour of this Law, to do that it requires: Now, our sins require we should be condemned and executed. A malefactors forfeiting his bond is cast in his cause, and then cast into the prison, and execution sued out for the satisfaction of this debt: now we beg of the Lord, that he would not condemn us in the Court of conscience, nor execute his justice on us; this is to forgive, and this proceeds from mercy.
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But how can God do thus? will this stand with the justice of God, 1not to be satisfied for our faults, to pardon without satisfaction?
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No;1 but though the party do not satisfy, yet if the surety do, it is sufficient; so though he doth forgive us, yet he looks for it at the sureties hand; as the creditor doth not require the debt at the debtors hand, but at his hand that is bound to make satisfaction for the debt; so the Lord doth not require satisfaction of us as he might, to exact the utmost farthing: because thou sinnest thou shalt die, the LORD will not exact this of us, but he requires this satisfaction of the LORD JESUS; so that GOD the Father is satisfied, though not by us; mercy to me, and justice to CHRIST; mercy on my part, and justice on CHRISTS part. Thus we see what it is to forgive us; that is, that the LORD