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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.
Use 1. Is for Information. It informs us, That whatever we bestow upon God, we have it from God at first. 1 Chron. 29. 11. Of thine own have we given thee. The King of all the Earth, we cannot pay him any Tribute, but out of his own Exchequer. When we are best affected to God's Interest, and pray for God's Concernments, we must beg the Grace which maketh us to do so. It is his own Gift: It is he must enable and incline us, quicken and direct us. So that in all Things he is Alpha and Omega; we begin in him, when ever we end in him: And when we do most […] God, we have all from him▪
Vse 1. Is for Information. It informs us, That whatever we bestow upon God, we have it from God at first. 1 Chron. 29. 11. Of thine own have we given thee. The King of all the Earth, we cannot pay him any Tribute, but out of his own Exchequer. When we are best affected to God's Interest, and pray for God's Concernments, we must beg the Grace which maketh us to do so. It is his own Gift: It is he must enable and incline us, quicken and direct us. So that in all Things he is Alpha and Omega; we begin in him, when ever we end in him: And when we do most 〈…〉 God, we have all from him▪
Use 2. For Direction in the Matter of glorifying God, in four Propositions.
Vse 2. For Direction in the Matter of glorifying God, in four Propositions.
1. This Life is not to be valued, but as it yieldeth us Opportunities for this End and Purpose, to glorify God. We were not sent into the World to live for our selves, but for God. If we could make our selves, then we could live to our selves: If we could be our own Cause, then we might be our own End. But God made us for himself, and sent us into the World for himself. Christ saith,