Q. 191. What do we pray for in the fecond petition? A. In the fecond petition (which is, Thy kingdom come a) acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of fin and Satan b, we pray, That the kingdom of fin and Satan may be deftroyed, the gofpel propagated throughout the world d, the Jews called e, the fulnels of the Gentiles brought in f; the church furnished with all gofpel officers and ordinances g, purged from corrup

hold the children of Ammon, and yea for the rebellious alfo that the tion Moab;and Mount Seir,whom thou LordGodmightdwellamong them. wouldft not letIfrael invade, when Rev.12.10. AndI hearda loudvoice theycame out ofthe land of Egypt, faying in heaven, Now is come falbut they turned from them and de- vation,and ftrength,and the kingstroyed them not; v. 11. Behold, dom of our God,and the power of I fay,how they reward us,to come his Chrift: for the accufer of our to caft us out of thy poffeffion brethren is caft down,which accuwhich thou haftgiven us to inherit. fed them before our God day and v. 12. O our God, wilt thou not night. v 11. And they overcame judge them? for we have no might by the blood of the Lamb, and by againft this great company that the word of their teftimony; and cometh against us; neither know they loved not their lives unto the we what to do, but our eyes are death. upon thee. Pfal. 83: throughout. Keep not thou filence, O God: pray for us, that the word of the d 2 Theff. 3.1.Finally,brethren hold not thy peace,&c.Pfal. 140, 4. Lord may have free courfe, and be Keep me, O Lord, from the hands glorified, even as it is with you. of the wicked, preferve me from the violent man, who have purpo- defire and prayer to God for Ifrael eRom.10.1 Brethren,my hearts fed to overthrow my goings.v.8. is, that they might be faved. Grant not, O Lord, the defires of the wicked,further not his wicked praynotfor the world,but for them f John. 17.9. I pray for them: I devices, left they exalt themselves which thou haft given me,for they are thine.v. 20. Neither pray Ifor 191. a Mat. 6. 10. b Eph.2. 2. Wherein intime past fhall believe on me through their thefe alone,but forthem allo which ye walkedaccordingto the courfeof word. Rom. 11. 25. For I would this world,according to the prince not, brethren, that ye fhould be. of the power of the air, the fpirit ignorant of this mystery, (left ye that now worketh in the children fhould be wife in your own conof difobedience v. 3. Amongwhom ceits) that blindnefs in part is hapalfo we all had our converfation in penedto Ifrael, until the fulness of times past,in the lufts of our flesh, the Gentiles be come in.v.26. And fulfilling the defires of the flesh,& fo all Ifrael fhall be faved: as it is of the mind; & were by nature the written, There fhall come out of children of wrath,even as others. Zion the deliverer, and fhall turn c Pfal. 68, 1. Let God arife, let awayungodlinefs from Jacob. Pfal. his enemies be scattered: let them 67.throughout,Godbe mercifulunalfo that hate him, flee before him. to us, and blefs us: and cause his v.18. Thou haft afcended on high, face to fhine upon us, &c. thou haft led captivity captive: thou haft received gifts for men; g Mat. 9. 38. Pray ye therefore

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tion h, countenanced and maintained by the civil magistrate i: That the ordinances of Christ may be purely difpenfed, and made effectual to the converting of those that are yet in their fins, and the confirming, comforting and building up of thofe that are already converted k: That Chrift would rule in our hearts here 1, and hasten the time of his second coming, and

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the Lord of the harveft, that he For which I am an ambassador in will fend forth labourers into his bonds: that therein I may fpeak harveft.2 Theff. 3. 1.Finally, bre- boldly as I ought to speak. Rom. thren, pray for us, that the word 15.29. And I am fure, that when I of the Lord may have free courfe, come unto you, I fhall come in the and be glorified, even as it is with fulness of the bleffing ofthe gofpel of Christ. v. 30, Now I befeech h Mal.1.11. For from the rifing you brethren, for the Lord Jefus of the fun even unto the going Chrift's fake and for the love of down of the fame, my name fhall the fpirit; that ye ftrive together be greatamongthe Gentiles,and in with me in your prayers toGod for every place incenfe fhall be offered me. v 32. That I may come unto unto my name, & a pure offering: you with joy by thewill of God,& for my name fhall be great among may with you be refrethed.2 Theff. the heathen, faith the Lord of hofts. 1.11. Wherefore also we pray alZeph. 3.9. For then will I turn to ways for you,that our God would the people a pure language, that count you worthy of his calling, they may all call upon the name of and fulfill all the good pleasure of the Lord,toferve himwithonecon- hisgoodness, and the work of faith fent. with power. 2 Theff. 2. 16. Now

i1 Tim.2.1. I exhort therefore our Lord Jefus Chrift himself,and that first of all,fupplications,pray- God even our Father, which hath ers, interceffions, and giving of loved us, and hath given us everthanks be made for all men: v. 2. lafting confolation, and good hope For kings, and for all that are in through grace,v.17. Comfort your authority; that we may lead a queit hearts, and eftablish you in every and peaceable life in all godlinefs good word and work. and honesty.

1 Eph. 3.14.For this caufe I bow k Acts 4. 29. And now Lord,be my knees unto the father of our hold their threatnings: and grant Lord Jefus Chrift,v. 15. Of whom unto thy fervants, that with all the whole family in heaven and boldness they may fpeak thyword. earth is named, v. 16. That he v.30 Byftretching forth thine hand would grant you, according to the to heal and that figns and wonders riches of his glory,to be ftrengthmay be done by the name of thy ned with might by his fpirit in the holy child Jefus Eph.6.18 Praying inner-man; v.17.That Chrift may always with all prayer and fuppli- dwell in your hearts by faith; that cation in the fpirit, and watching ye being rooted and grounded in thereunto with all perleverance,& love; v. 18. May be able to comfupplication for all faints, v. 19. prehend with all faints, what is the And for me, that utterance may breadth, and length, and depth, & be given unto me,that I may open height; v. 19. And to know the my mouth boldly,to make known love of Chrift,which paffeth knowthe mystery of the Gentiles. v 20. ledge,that ye might be filled with

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and 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 beft 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 of acknowledging that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and to do the will of God p, but prone to rebel against his Word 9, to repine and murmur against his providence r, and wholly inclined to do the will of the flesh, and of the devil f we pray, that God would by his fpirit take away from ourfelves

felves and others all blindness, weakness v, indifpofedness w and perverfenefs, of heart x, and by his grace make us able and willing to know,do,and fubmit to his will in all things y, with the like humility z, cheerfulness a, faithfulness b, dili gence c, zeal d, fincerity e, and conftancy f, as the angels dó in heaven g. Q.103.

t Eph. 1. 17. That the God of z Micah. 6. 8. He hath fhewed our Lord Jefus Chrift, the Father thee, O man, what is good; and of glory, may give unto you the what doththe Lord require of thee, fpirit of wisdom and revelation, in but to do justly, and to love merthe knowledge of him: v. 18. The cy, and to walk humbly with thy eyes of your understanding being God?

enlightned; that ye may know a Pfal. 100. 2. Serve the Lord what is the hope of his calling, with gladnefs;come before his preand what the riches of the glory fence with finging. Job1.21. And of his inheritance in the faints. (Job) faid, Naked camel outof my

v Eph.3.16That he would grant mothers womb, and naked shall you according to the riches of his I return thither: the Lord gave, glory,to beftrengthnedwithmight, and the Lord hath taken away by his fpirit in the inner-man. bleffed be the name of the Lord. w Mat. 26.40. And he cometh 2 Sam. 15.25. And the king faid unto the difciples,and findeth them unto Zadock, carry back the ark afleep,and faith unto Peter, What, of God into the city: if I fhall find Could ye not watch with me one favour in the eyes of the Lord, he hour? v. 41. Watch and pray that will bring me again and fhew me ye enter not into temptation: the both it and his habitation. * v 26, fpiritindeed is willing, but the flesh But if he faysthus, Ihave nodelight is weak. in thee, behold,here am I let him

x Jer.31. 18.I have furely heard do to meas feemeth goodunto him. Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, b Ifa. 38. 3. And faid, Rememthou haft chastifed me, and I was ber, now, O Lord, I befeech thee, chaftifed,as a bullock unaccuftom- how I have walked before thee in ed to the yoke: turn thou me,and truth,& with a perfect heart, and I fhall be turned; for thou art the have done that which is good in Lord my God. v 19. Surely after thy fight. and Hezekiah weptfore. that I was turned, I repented; and c Pfal. 119 4. Thou haft comafter that I was inftructed,I fmote manded us to keep thy precepts upon my thigh: I was afhamed, diligently. v. 5. O that my ways yea, even counfounded, because I were directed to keep thy itatutes. did bear the reproach of my youth. d Rom. 12. 11. Not flothful in y Pfal, 119. 1. Bleffed are the bufinefs, fervent in fpirit; ferving undefiled in the way, who walk in the Lord. the law of the Lord. v. 8. I will keep thy ftatutes: O forfake me not utterly. v. 35. Make me to go afhamed, in the path of thy commandments, f Pfal. 119. 112.I have inclined for therein do I delight.v 36. In- mine heart to perform thy ftatutes cline my heart unto thy teftimo- alway, even unto the end. nies,and not to covetoufnefs. Acts g Ila 6 2. Above it flood the fe 21 14. And when he would not raphims: each one had fix wings; be perfwaded, we ceased, faying, with twain he covered his face,and the will of the Lord be done.

e Pfal. 119.80. Let my heart be found in thy ftatutes; that I be not

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193. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?

A. In the fourth petition (which is, Give us this day our daily bread h) acknowledging that in Adam, and by our own fin, we have forfeited our right to all the outward bleffings of this life, and deferve to be wholly deprived of them by God, and to have them curfed to us in the use of them i; and that neither they of themfelves are able to fuftain us k, nor we to merit 1 or by our own industry to procure them m; but prone to defire n,

with twain he covered his feet, & 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. 103. 20. Blefs the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in ftrength, that do his commandments, hearkning unto the voice of his word. v. 21. Blefs ye the Lord, all ye his hofts, ye minifters of his that do his pleasure. Mat. 18. 10. Take heed 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. h Mat. 6. 11.

i Gen 2. 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 fhalt furely die. Gen. 3. 17. And unto Adam he faid, because thou haft heark ned 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 thylife.Rom.8.20. Forthe creature was made fubject to vanity,notwillingly, but by reafon 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.

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Jer. 5. 25. Your iniquities have turned away these things,and your fins have withholden good things from you. Deut.28. from verfe 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 obferve to do all his commandments and hisftatutes which I command thee this day; that all thefe 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 balket and thy ftore, &c.

k Deut. 8. 3. And he humbled thee, and fuffered 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.

1 Gen. 32. 10. I am not worthy of the leaft of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou haft fhewed unto thy fervant,-

m Deut. 8.17. And thou fay in thine heart, my power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. v, 18. But thou shalt remember the Lord thyGod: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he eftablifh his may covenant which he fware unto thy father, as it is this day.

n Jer. 6. 13. For from the leaft of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to cove

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