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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
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.
Quest. But how may we discern that we make the Glory of God the first and chief thing we aim at in Prayer?
1. Partly by the work of your own Thoughts. The End is first in Intention, tho last in Execution. When you are praying for a public Mercy against an Enemy, what runs in your Thoughts? Revenge, Safety, and your own personal Happiness, or God's Glory? What wilt thou do, O Lord, unto thy great Name? Josh. 7. 9. Are you pleasing your selves, with Suppositions of your Escape and Deliverance, and reeking your Wrath upon your Adversaries? So in Prayer for Strength and Quickening, what is it that runs in your Mind? Are you entertaining your Spirit with Dreams of Applause, and feeding your Minds with the sweetness of popular Acclamation?
1. Partly by the work of your own Thoughts. The End is first in Intention, tho last in Execution. When you are praying for a publick Mercy against an Enemy, what runs in your Thoughts? Revenge, Safety, and your own personal Happiness, or God's Glory? What wilt thou do, O Lord, unto thy great Name? Josh. 7. 9. Are you pleasing your selves, with Suppositions of your Escape and Deliverance, and reeking your Wrath upon your Adversaries? So in Prayer for Strength and Quickning, what is it that runs in your Mind? Are you entertaining your Spirit with Dreams of Applause, and feeding your Minds with the sweetness of popular Acclamation?
2. By the manner of praying, absolutely for God's Glory, but for all other things with a sweet Submission to God's Will. Joh. 12. 27. Father, save ⟨p. 146⟩