our reigning with him for ever m: and that he would be pleased fo to exercise the kingdom of his power in all the world, as may best conduce to thefe ends n. Q. 192. What do we pray for in the third petition? A. In the third petition, (which is, Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven o), acknowledging that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and do the will of God p, but prone to rebel against his word q, to repine and murmur against his providence r, and wholly inclined to do the will of the flefh, and of the devil; we pray, that God would by Surely I m Rev. xxii. 20. He which testifieth these things, faith, come quickly. Amen. come, Lord Jefus. V. 2. his p Rom. vii. 18. For I know, that in me, (that is, in my flesh) dwel leth no good thing: for to will is prefent with me, but how to per form that which is good, I find not. Job xxi. 14. Therefore they fay unto God, Depart from us; we defire not the knowledge of thy ways. 1 Cor. ii. 14. But the natu ral man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they aré fpiritually difcerned. 9 Rom. viii. 7. Because the car nal mind is enmity against God: for it is not fubject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. z If. lxiv. I. Oh that thou wouldft rent the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy prefence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire caufeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adverfaries, that the nations may tremble at thy prefence. Rev. iv. 8. And the four beafts had each of them fix wings about him, and they were full of eyes within; and they reft not day and night, faying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. v. 9. And when those beafts gave glory, and honour, and thanks to him that fat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, v. 10. The four and twenty elders fell down before him that fat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and caft their crowns before the throne, faying, v. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power: for thou haft created all things, and for thy plea-Eph. ii. 2. Wherein in time fure they are, and were created. 192. Matth. vi. 10. r Exod. xvii. 7. And he called the name of the place Maffah, and Meribah, becaufe of the chiding of the children of Ifrael, and because they tempted the Lord, faying, Is the Lord among us, or not? Numb. xiv. 2. And all the children of Ifrael murmured against Mofes, and against Aaron: and the whole congregation faid unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would God we had died in this wilderness. paft ye walked according to the courfe of this world, according to the his Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindness t, weakness v, indifpofednefs w, and perverseness of heart; and by his grace make us able and willing to know, do, and submit to his will in all things y, with the like humility z, chearfulness a, faithfulness b, diligence c, the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. t Eph. i. 17. That the God of our Lord Jefus Chrift, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wifdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him: v. 18. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened: that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the faints. Eph. iii. 16. That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, to be ftrengthened with might, by his Spirit in the in ner man. w Matth. xxvi. 40. And he cometh unto the difciples, and findeth them afleep, and faith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? v. 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the fpirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. x Jer. xxxi. 18. I have furely heard Ephraim bemoaning himfelf thus, Thou haft chaftifed me, and I was chaftifed, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I fhall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. v. 19. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was inftructed, I fmote upon my thigh: I was afhamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. y Pfal. cxix. 1. Bleffed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. v. 8. I will zeal keep thy ftatutes: O forfake me not utterly. v. 35. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight. v. 36. Incline my heart unto thy teftimonies, ̧ ́ and not to covetoufnefs. Acts xxi. 14. And when he would not be perfuaded, we ceased, faying, The will of the Lord be done. z Mic. vi. 8. He hath fhewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? a Pfal. c. 2. Serve the Lord with gladnefs: come before his prefence with finging. Job i. 21. And (Job) faid, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked fhall I return thither the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; bleffed be the name of the Lord. 2 Sam. xv. 25. And the king faid unto Zadock, Carry back the ark of God into the city if I fhall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and fhew me both it and his habitation. * v. 26. But if he thus fay, I have no delight in thee: behold, here am I, let him do to me as feemeth good unto him. b If. xxxviii. 3. And faid, Remember now, O Lord, I befeech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy fight: and Hezekiah wept fore. c Pfal. cxix. 4. Thou haft commanded us to keep thy precepts di zeal d, fincerity e, and conftancyf, as the angels do in heaven g. Q. 193. What do we pray for in the fourth petition? A. In the fourth petition, (which is, Give us this day our daily bread b), acknowledging that in Adam, and by our own fin, we have forfeited our right to all the outward bleflings of this life, and deferve to be wholly deprived of them by God, and to have them curfed to us in the ufe of them i; and that neither they of themfelves ligently. v. 5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy ftatutes! d Rom. xii. 11. Not flothful in bufinefs, fervent in fpirit; ferving the Lord. e Pfal. cxix. 80. Let my heart be found in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. f Pfal. cxix. 112. I have inclined mine heart to perform thy ftatutes alway, even unto the end. g If. vi. 2. Above it stood the feraphims each one had fix wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. v. 3. And one cried unto another, and faid, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hofts, the whole earth is full of his glory. Pfal. ciii. 20. Blefs the Lord ye his angels, that excel in ftrength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. v. 21. Blefs ye the Lord, all ye his hofts, ye minifters of his that do his pleafure. Matth. xviii. 10. Take heed, that ye defpife not one of thefe little ones; for I fay unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. 193. Matth. vi. 11. i Gen. ii. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eateft thereof, thou fhalt furely die. Gen. iii. 17. And unto Adam he faid, Because thou haft hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and haft eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, faying, Thou shalt not eat of it: curfed is the ground for thy fake; in forrow fhalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Rom. viii. 20. For the creature was made fubject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath fubjected the fame in hope: v. 21. Because the creature itself alfo fhall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God. v. 22. For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and travelleth in pain together until now. Jer. v. 25. Your iniquities have turned away thefe things, and your fins have with-holden good things from you. Deut. xxviii. from verf. 15. to the end of the chapter. v. 15. But it fhall come to pafs, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments, and his ftatutes which I command thee this day; that all these curfes fhall come upon thee, and overtake thee. v. 16. Curfed fhalt thou be in the city, and curfed fhalt thou be in the field. v. 17. Curfed fhall be thy basket and thy store, &c. Deut. felves are able to fuftain us k, nor we to merit, or by our own industry to procure them m; but prone to defire n, get o, and ufe them unlawfully p: we pray for ourselves and others, that both they and we, waiting upon the providence of God from day to day in the ufe of lawful means, may, of his free gift, and as to his fatherly wisdom fhall feem beft, enjoy a competent por tion of them q; and have the fame continued and bleffed unto us in our holy and comfortable ufe of them r, and Deut. viii. 3. And he humbled thee, and fuffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna (which thou kneweit not, neither did thy fathers know) that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. / Gen. xxxii. 10. I am not worthy of the leaft of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast fhewed unto thy fervant. m Deut. viii 17. And thou fay in thine heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. v, 18. But thou fhalt remember the Lord thy God; for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may eftablish his covenant which he fware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. n Jer. vi. 13. For from the leaft of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetoufaefs: and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falfely. Mark vii. 21. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, v. 22. Thefts, covetoufnefs, wickednefs, deceit. o Hof. xii. 7. He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to opprefs. James iv. 3. Ye afk, and receive not, because ye afk amifs, that ye may confume it upon your lufts. Gen. xliii. 12. And take double money in your hand and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your facks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an overfight. V. 13. Take alfo your brother, and arife, go again unto the man. v. 14. And God Almighty give you mercy before the man. -Gen. xxviii. 20. And Jacob vowed a vow, faying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this that I way and will give go, me bread to eat, and raiment to put on. Eph. iv. 28. Let him that ftole, fteal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 2 Theff. iii. 11. For we hear that there are fome which walk among you diforderly, working not at all, but are bufy-bodies. V. 12. Now them that are fuch we 'command and exhort by our Lord Jefus Chrift, that with quietnefs they work, and eat their own bread. Phil. iv. 6. Be careful for nothing : but in every thing by prayer and fupplication with thankfgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. r1 Tim. iv. 3. Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abftain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thankfgi ving; contentment in them; and be kept from all things that are contrary to our temporal support and comfort t. 194. What do we pray for in the fifth petition? A. In the fifth petition, (which is, Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors v), acknowledging that we and all others are guilty both of original and actual fin, and thereby become debtors to the juftice of God; and that neither we, nor any other creature, can make the least fatisfaction for that debt w: we pray for ourselves and others, that God of his free grace, would through the obedience and fatisfaction of Chrift, apprehended and applied by faith, acquit us both for the guilt and punifhment of finx, accept us in his Beloved y, continue his favour profitable, there is none that doth good, no not one, &c. v. 19.—That' every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God, &c. Matth. xviii. 24. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him which owed him ten thoufand talents. v. 25. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be fold, and his wife and his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. Pfal. cxxx. 3. If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities: O Lord, who fhall ftand? v. 4. But there is forgiveness with thee: that thou mayeft be feared. x Rom. iii. 24. Being juftified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jefus Chrift: v. .25. Whom God hath fet forth to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteoufnefs for the remiffion of fins that are past, through the forbearance of God; v. 26. To declare, I fay, at this time his righteoufnefs: that he might be juft, and the juftifier of him which believeth in Jefus. Heb. ix. 22. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without fhedding of blood is no remiffion. y Eph. i. 6. To the praise of the glory |