A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

3. There's a Child-like dependence upon God's General Offer, tho we have not an Evidence of the Sincerity of our particular Claim: God offereth to be a Father in Christ to all penitent Believers. Now, when a broken-hearted Creature comes to God, and looks for Mercy, upon the account of the Covenant, tho he cannot see his own Interest; for then we come to God, tho not as our Father, yet as the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; and that's a Relief in Prayer; as, Eph. 1. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And vers. 17. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory. And Eph. 3. 14. I bow my Knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Mark, when we come to him as the Father of Christ, we believe what God offereth in the Covenant of Grace; namely, that he will deal kindly with us, as a Father with his Children; that he will be good to those that come to him by Christ. The Term [Father] is not only to be considered with respect to the Disposition or Qualification of the Persons, but the Dispensation they are under. 'Tis the New Covenant. In the new Covenant, God undertakes to be Fatherly, that is, to pity our Miseries, to pardon our Sins, to heal our Natures, to save our Persons. Now all that come for refuge ⟨p. 67⟩to take hold of this hope set before them, may come to God as a Father, if they believe the Gospel in general, tho they are not assured of God's love to themselves.

3. There's a Child-like dependance upon God's General Offer, tho we have not an Evidence of the Sincerity of our particular Claim: God offereth to be a Father in Christ to all penitent Believers. Now, when a broken-hearted Creature comes to God, and looks for Mercy, upon the account of the Covenant, tho he cannot see his own Interest; for then we come to God, tho not as our Father, yet as the God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ; and that's a Relief in Prayer; as, Eph. 1. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ. And vers. 17. The God of our Lord Iesus Christ, the Father of Glory. And Eph. 3. 14. I bow my Knees unto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ. Mark, when we come to him as the Father of Christ, we believe what God offereth in the Covenant of Grace; namely, that he will deal kindly with us, as a Father with his Children; that he will be good to those that come to him by Christ. The Term [Father] is not only to be considered with respect to the Disposition or Qualification of the Persons, but the Dispensation they are under. 'Tis the New Covenant. In the new Covenant, God undertakes to be Fatherly, that is, to pitty our Miseries, to pardon our Sins, to heal our Natures, to save our Persons. Now all that come for refuge