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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.
First, the deliverance from evil.
First, the deliverance from evill.
Secondly, to prove the soundness of grace.
Secondly, to prove the soundnesse of grace.
The first is especially intended, and by it are understood all the assaults of the soul, by sin, Satan, or the world, whereby our faith may be shaken, or we withdrawn from God to evil; sometimes there are good temptations, of proving or expressing our grace. These, in some sense, may have place in this Petition: God tries us in this manner, and we pray him, that he would try us no more then we are able to bear.
The first is especially intended, and by it are understood all the assaults of the soul, by sin, Satan, or the world, whereby our faith may be shaken, or we withdrawn from God to evill; sometimes there are good temptations, of proving or expressing our grace. These, in some sense, may have place in this Petition: God tries us in this manner, and we pray him, that he would trie us no more then we are able to beare.