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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
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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.
Secondly, as God lays occasions, so he lets sin and Satan loose; a mans heart would be hankering, now God gives him up; take him sin and Satan, let him have field-room, 1 King. 22.22. Ahab would fain go to war, it was a thing not allowed, but he desired it; therefore God sends the Devil; God asks, who will prevail over Ahab? the Devil saith, I will go: Then God saith, go and do it. Judg. 9.23. Abimelech and the men of Shechem did very ill, then God sent an evil spirit, that is, he he let loose the spirit of contention, and they destroyed him, and he laboured to destroy them: So ⟨p. 71⟩God, Rom. 1. is said to give them up when they departed from the government of the truth. No, saith God, will you not be ruled by holiness? then take them uncleanness. Many a man hath a wrathful disposition; take him envy, saith God; let him bring blood on others, and so ruin to himself. Thus God took away his Spirit from Saul, and gave him up to sinful distempers; of all plagues there is none like this.
Secondly, as God layes occasions, so he lets sin and Satan loose; a mans heart would be hankering, now God gives him up; take him sin and Satan, let him have field-roome, 1 King. 22.22. Ahab would faine go to warre, it was a thing not allowed, but he desired it; therefore God sends the Devill; God askes, who will prevaile over Ahab? the Devill saith, I will go: Then God saith, go and do it. Judg. 9.23. Abimelech and the men of Sechen did very ill, then God sent an evill spirit, that is, he he let loose the spirit of contention, and they destroyed him, and he laboured to destroy them: So ⟨p. 71⟩God, Rom. 1. is said to give them up when they departed from the government of the truth. No, saith God, will you not be ruled by holinesse? then take them uncleannesse. Many a man hath a wrathfull disposition; take him envie, saith God; let him bring blood on others, and so ruine to himself. Thus God tooke away his Spirit from Saul, and gave him up to sinfull distempers; of all plagues there is none like this.