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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.
2. As you should be more holy, wary, watchful, that you do not break the Laws of Christ, for you have consented to him; so live as Kings, exercising all Acts of Regality within your own Souls, ruling your own Spirits, exercising Judgment over your own Hearts, and over every Affection that will not be bridled. It is a Disgrace to the Regal Estate of the Gospel, for you to be over-mastered by a Lust, to lie under the Power of any Sin; yet thus it is, God's Children are conflicting with one Sin or other more than the rest. So far you have not experience of that Truth, John 8. 32. And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free. A Man that liveth in Bondage to his Lusts, how can he choose but doubt of those glorious Privileges? Have you found the State of the Gospel to be a Kingdom? do you walk worthy of the Gospel?
2. As you should be more holy, wary, watchful, that you do not break the Laws of Christ, for you have consented to him; so live as Kings, exercising all Acts of Regality within your own Souls, ruling your own Spirits, exercising Judgment over your own Hearts, and over every Affection that will not be bridled. It is a Disgrace to the Regal Estate of the Gospel, for you to be over-mastered by a Lust, to lie under the Power of any Sin; yet thus it is, God's Children are conflicting with one Sin or other more than the rest. So far you have not experience of that Truth, Iohn 8. 32. And ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free. A Man that liveth in Bondage to his Lusts, how can he chuse but doubt of those glorious Privileges? Have you found the State of the Gospel to be a Kingdom? do you walk worthy of the Gospel?
3. It teacheth us Contempt of the World, and earthly Things. Phil. 3. 14. I press toward the Mark, for the Prize of the high Calling of God in Jesus Christ. It is not for Princes to embrace a Dunghill, nor for Eagles to catch Flies. Remember, thou wilt one day be a King with God in Glory, and therefore shouldst not be as low and base as the Men of the World are, but walk worthy of God, who hath called you to a Royal State.