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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.
No, our forgiving others doth not go before our own forgiveness;1 God must first forgive us before we can forgive others, because it is a work of grace to do this as God requires, and it comes from a gracious disposition of soul which God must put into us before we can do it. But now sanctification follows justification, as a man should say, a tree brings forth fruit from the sap in the root.
No, our forgiving others doth not goe before our owne forgivenesse;1 God must first forgive us before we can forgive others, because it is a work of grace to doe this as God requires, and it comes from a gracious disposition of soule which God must put into us before we can do it. But now sanctification follows justification, as a man should say, a tree bringsforth fruit from the sap in the root.
- 1Answ.
But this is used as a cause, 1for we forgive others; because we forgive others, therefore forgive us, it seems then to be a cause of our justification.
But this is used as a cause, 1for we forgive others; because we forgive others, therfore forgive us, it seems then to be a cause of our justification.
- 1Quest.