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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
AN EXPOSITION OF THE Lord's-Prayer. › Our Father, which art in Heaven. › APPLICATION.
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(4.) The Spirit helps us to compare them with the Rule, and accordingly to judg of their Sincerity. The Spirit opens our Understandings, that we may be able to discern the Intent and Scope of the Scripture, that so we may not be mistaken. We must plough with God's Heifer, if we would understand the Riddle. In thy Light, we shall see Light. We shall be apt to misapply the Rule, so as to judg of our own Actions. Rom. 9. 1. I lie not, the Holy-Ghost bearing me witness; when he had spoken of some eminent Thing wrought in him. We are apt to lie, and feign and misapply Rules, Comforts, and Privileges: But now the Holy-Ghost bearing witness with our Spirits, by this means we come to have a Certainty. There are so many Circuits, Wiles, Turnings in the Heart of Man, that we are not competent Judges of what is wrought in us; therefore it is usually ascribed to the Spirit to be the Searcher of the Heart. Psal. 139. 7. Whither ⟨p. 101⟩shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy Presence? Acts 5. 4. Thou hast not lied unto Men, but unto God. The Holy-Ghost is rather spoken of, than any other Person, because it is his personal Operation to abide in the Hearts of Men, and to search and try the Reins: It is more particularly ascribed to him, tho it belongs to all the Persons.
(4.) The Spirit helps us to compare them with the Rule, and accordingly to judg of their Sincerity. The Spirit opens our Understandings, that we may be able to discern the Intent and Scope of the Scripture, that so we may not be mistaken. We must plow with God's Heifer, if we would understand the Riddle. In thy Light, we shall see Light. We shall be apt to misapply the Rule, so as to judg of our own Actions. Rom. 9. 1. I lie not, the Holy-Ghost bearing me witness; when he had spoken of some eminent Thing wrought in him. We are apt to lie, and feign and misapply Rules, Comforts, and Privileges: But now the Holy-Ghost bearing witness with our Spirits, by this means we come to have a Certainty. There are so many Circuits, Wiles, Turnings in the Heart of Man, that we are not competent Judges of what is wrought in us; therefore it is usually ascribed to the Spirit to be the Searcher of the Heart.