A51845:1179
A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer
A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer by ... Thomas Manton.
London: printed by J.D., 1684
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Use. The Use is again, to reprove us for being so cold and sparing this way. It argueth a want of a due sense of God's Excellency, and straitness of Spiritual Affection. Therefore we should study God more, and observe his manifold Excellencies. Get a greater esteem of him in your Hearts; for out of the abundance of the Heart, the Mouth will speak. We should be calling upon our selves, as David, Psal. 103. 1. Bless the Lord, O my Soul; and all that is within me, bless his Holy Name.
Vse. The Use is again, to reprove us for being so cold and sparing this way. It argueth a want of a due sense of God's Excellency, and straitness of Spiritual Affection. Therefore we should study God more, and observe his manifold Excellencies. Get a greater esteem of him in your Hearts; for out of the abundance of the Heart, the Mouth will speak. We should be calling upon our selves, as David, Psal. 103. 1. Bless the Lord, O my Soul; and all that is within me, bless his Holy Name.
Thirdly, I observe again; It is brought in with a For, as relating to the foregoing Petitions; Lead us not into Temptation, but deliver us from Evil: For thine is the Kingdom, &c.
What respect hath this Doxology to the foregoing Requests?