Heavens treasury opened in a fruitful exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the…Heavens treasvry opened in a fruitfull exposition of the Lord's Prayer together with the…

1. The heart is willing to do the will of God, in laying down its own will, so far as it may be an hinderance in doing Gods will; for oftentimes our will and the will of God are contrary. There is naturally a refractory stiffness, that lifts up it self above the Lord; this must ⟨p. 92⟩be removed, not my will saith our Saviour, but thy will be done. If our wills and Gods, cannot stand together, we must lay down ours. But sometimes we say desperately (as they did) we will walk in our own ways, &c. we will have a King as other nations, we will have our base lusts, to sway and rule us; but so long as this is in us, we cannot do the will of the Lord, we cannot serve two masters, I came not to do mine own will, but my Fathers that sent me, saith our Saviour. It is oftentimes with our will and the will of God, as with two buckets, the letting ⟨p. 93⟩down of the one is the lifting up of the other, and the lifting up of the other is the letting down of that; so where we let down our own wills we lift up Gods, but where we lift up our own wills we let down the good will of the Lord. Now the cause why we stick in service & cannot come off is, we would have our pleasures, we would be this and that, so that the will of God is jostled against the wall and shut out of doors: but let this distemper be crushed, and then the will of God will take place.

1. The heart is willing to doe the will of God, in laying downe its owne wil, so farre as it may bee an hinderance in doing Gods will; for oftentimes our will and the will of God are contrary. There is naturally a refractorie stiffenesse, that lifts up it selfe above the Lord; this must ⟨p. 92⟩bee remooved, not my will saith our Saviour, but thy will bee done. If our wills and Gods, cannot stand together, we must lay down ours. But sometimes we say desperately (as they did) wee will walke in our owne wayes, &c. wee will have a King as other nations, wee will have our base lusts, to sway and rule us; but so long as this is in us, we cannot doe the will of the Lord, wee cannot serve two masters, I came not to doe mine owne will, but my Fathers that sent mee, saith our Sauiour. It is oftentimes with our will and the will of God, as with two buckets, the letting ⟨p. 93⟩