our prayers to join praisese, afcribing to God alone eternal sovereignty, omnipotency, and glorious excellencyf; in regard whereof, as he is able and willing to help usg, so we by faith are emboldned to plead with him that he would b, great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant, and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments. v. 7. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confufion of faces, as at this day: - v. 8. O Lord, to us belongeth confufion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have finned against thee. v. 9. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him. v. 16. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerufalem, v. 17. Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy fervant, and his fupplications, and cause thy face to fhine upon the fanctuary that is defolate, for the Lords fake. v. 18. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our defolations, and the city, which is called by thy name: for we do not prefent our fupplications, before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. v. 19. O Lord, hear, O Lord, forgive, O Lord, hearken and do, defer not, for thine own fake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. e Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing: but in every thing by prayer and fupplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God, &c. f Chron. xxix. 10. Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all and the congregation: and David faid, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Ifrael our father, for ever and ever. v. 11. Thine, O Lord, is the greatnefs, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. v. 12. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. v. 13. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. g Eph. iii. 20. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, v. 21. Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Luke xi. 13. If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? h 2 Chron. xx. 6. And (Jehofhaphat) faid, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and ruleft not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, fo that none is able to withstand thee? v. 11. Behold, I fay, how they reward us, to come to caft us out of thy poffeffion, which thou haft given us to inherit. 12 Chron. and quietly to rely upon him that he will fulfil our request i. And, to testify our defire and assurance, we say, Amen k. i2 Chron. xiv. 11. And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and faid, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude: O Lord, thou art our God, let not man prevail against shee. 1 Cor. xiv. 16. Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned, say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? Rev. xxii. 20. He which testifyeth these things, faith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. v. 21. The grace of our Lord Jesus Chrift be with you all. Amen. FINIS. Bb2 SHORTER CATECHISM, AGREED UPON BY THE ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES AT WESTMINSTER, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF соммMISSIONERS FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, AS A Part of the Covenanted Uniformity in Religion betwixt the Churches of CHRIST in the Kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ireland. AND Approved Anno 1648, by the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, to be a Directory for Catechising such as are of weaker Capacity. WITH THE PROOFS FROM THE SCRIPTURE. ASSEMBLY at Edinburgh, July 28. 1648. Seff. 19. Act approving the SHORTER CATECHISM. THE General Affembly having feriously confidered the Shorter Cater chism agreed upon by the Affembly of Divines fitting at Westminster, with affiftance of Commissioners from this Kirk; do find, upon due Examination thereof, that the faid Catechism is agrecable to the Word of God, and in nothing contrary to the received Doctrine, Worship, Difcipline and Government of this Kirk: and therefore approve the faid Shorter Catechifm, as a Part of the intended Uniformity, to be a Directory for Catechising fuch as are of weaker capacity. A. KER. |