throughout the world d, the Jews called e, the fulness of the Gentiles brought inf; the church furnished with all gospel officers and ordinances g, purged from corruption b, countenanced and maintained by the civil magistratei: that the ordinances of Christ may be purely dispensed, and made effectual to the converting of those that are yet in their fins, and the confirming, comforting and building up of those that are already ready converted: that Christ would rule in our hearts here /, and hasten the time of his second coming, and our reigning with him for ever m: and that he would be pleased so to exercise the kingdom of his power in all the world, as may best conduce to these ends n. him. v. 18. Thou hast afcended on high, thou haft led captivity captive; thou haft received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Rev. xii. 10. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come falvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Chrift: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. v. 11. and they overcame by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. d 2 Theff. iii. 1. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you. e Rom.x.1. Brethren, my heart's defire and prayer to God for Ifrael is that they might be saved. f John xvii. 9. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me, for they are thine. v. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also who shall believe on me through their word. Rom. xi. 25. For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (left ye should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part is happened to Ifrael, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. v. 26: and so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. Pfal. Ixvii. throughout. God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and cause his face to shine upon us, &c. g Mat. ix. 38. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will fend forth labourers into his harvest. 2 Theff. iii. 1. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you. b Mal. i. 11. For from the rifing of the fun, even unto the going down of the fame, my name shall be great among the Gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, faith the Lord of hosts, Zech. iii. 9. For then will I turn to the people, a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent. ir Tim. ii. 1. I exhort therefore, that first of all, fupplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men: v. 2. For kings, and for all that are in authority: that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. Acts kActs iv. 29. And now Lord, behold their threatening; and grant unto thy fervants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, v. 30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. Eph. vi. 18. Praying always with all prayer and fupplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perfeverance, and supplication for all faints. v. 19. and for me that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the myslery of the Gentiles. v. 20. For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may fpeak boldly as I ought to fpeak. Rom. xv. 29. and I am fure, that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Chrift. v. 30. Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's fake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; v. 32. That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be rofreshed. 2 Theff. i. 11. Wherefore alfo we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of his calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power, 2 Theff. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus Chrift himself, and God even our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting confolation, and good hope through grace, V. 17. Comfort your hearts, and 1.92. stablish you in every good word and work. 4 Eph. iii. 14. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, v. 15. Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, v. 16. That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; v. 17. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye being rooted and grounded in love, v. 18. May be able to comprehend with all faints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; v. 19. and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. v. 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. m Rev. xxii. 20. He who tellifieth these things, faith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus, n Ifa. Ixiv. I. Oh! that thou wouldst rent the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, v. 2. as when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the water to boil to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy prefence. Rev. iv. 8. and the fous beasts had each of them fix wings about him, and they were full of eyes 3687 1 Q192. 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 heaveno) 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 flesh, and of the devil/: we pray, That God would by his Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindnesst, weakness and indisposedness w, and perverseness eyes within; and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. v. 9 and when those beafts give 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 fall down before him that fat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and caft their crowns before the throne, saying, v. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power; for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleasure they are, and were created. 192. 0 Mat. vi. 10. p Rom vii. 18. For I know, that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not. Job xxi. 14. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us: we defire not the knowledge of thy ways. 1 Cor. ii, 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually difcerned. Rom. viii. 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not fubject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Exod. xvii. 7. And he called the name of the place Maffah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Ifrael, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, 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. Eph. ii. 2. Wherein in time palt ye walked according to the courte of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. 1 Eph. i. 17. That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the fpirit of wisdom 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 inhe ritance in the faints. v Eph. iii. 16. That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might, by his Spirit, in the inner man. το Mat. xxvi. 40. And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them afleep, and faith unto Peter, What, could : verseness of heart x, and by his grace make usable and willing to know, do, and submit to his will in all things y, with the like humility z, chearfulness a, faithfulness b, diligencec, zeald, fincerity e, and constancy f, as the angels do in heaven g. could ye not watch with me one hour? v. 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation, the spirit indeed is willing, but the Aesh is weak. * Jer. xxxi. 18. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. v. 19. Surely after that I was turned, Í repented; and after that I was intructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded; be cause I did bear the reproach of my youth. y Pfal. cxix. 1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. v. 28 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake 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 covetousness. Acts xxi. 14. And when he would not be perfuaded, we ceased saying, The will of the Lord be done. z Micah vi. 8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, bat to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? a Pfal. c. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his prefence with finging. Job i. 21. And (Job) said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed Q.193. 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 shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again and shew me both it and his habitation. § v. 26. But if he say thus, I have no delight in thee: behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. b Ifa. xxxviii. 3. And faid, Remember, now, O Lord, I beseech 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. • Píal. cxix. 4. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. v. 5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes. d Rom. xii. 11. Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. e Pfal. cxix. 80. Let my heart be found in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. Pfal. cxix. 112. I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. g Isa. vi. 2. Above it stood the seraphims: 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. Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. v. 21. bless ye the Lord, all ye his holts, Aa y 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 blessings of this life, and deserve to be wholly deprived of them by God, and to have them cursed to us in the use of them i; and that neither they of themfelves are able to sustain us k, nor we to merit 1, or by our own industry to procure them m; but prone to defire n, get, ye minifters of his that do his pleafure. Matth. xvii. 10. Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. 193. b Mat. vi. II. 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 eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Gen. iii. 17. And unto Adam he said, Because thou haft hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and haft eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: Cursed be the ground for thy fake; in forrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Rom. viii. 20. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the fame in hope: v. 21. Because the creature itself also shall 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 travaileth in pain together until now. Jer. v. 25. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your fins have withholden good things from you. Deut. xxviii. from verse 15. to the end of the chapter. v. 15. But it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments, and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. v. 16. Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field, v. 17. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store, &c. k Deut. viii. 3. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, (which thou knewest 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 least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou haft shewed unto thy fervant, m Deut. viii. 17. And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. v. 18. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may etablish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 71 n Jer. vi. 13. For from the leaft of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetoustess; |