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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.
Hallowed be thy Name.
Now we come to the Petitions, which are six; the Lord condescended to our weakness and feebleness, and therefore contrives them into a narrow scantling, three concerning Gods Name, Kingdom, and Will; three concerning our selves, things of this life, things of grace, and they in respect both of justification and sanctification: In all observe;
NOw we come to the Petitions, which are six; the Lord condescended to our weaknesse and feeblenesse, and therefore contrives them into a narrow scantling, three concerning Gods Name, Kingdom, and Will; three concerning our selves, things of this life, things of grace, and they in respect both of justification and sanctification: In all observe;
First, the meaning of the Petition.
Secondly, the carriage of the heart in pressing of it, Hallowed be thy Name. In it observe two things: