A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

I shall speak of both, but (because the Discourse may be more fresh and lively) upon other Texts.

1. The public visible Administration of the Kingdom of Grace, on Psal. 51. 18. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the Walls of thy Jerusalem. 2. The Kingdom of Glory, on Rev. 22. 20. Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, Come Lord Jesus.

1. The publick visible Administration of the Kingdom of Grace, on Psal. 51. 18. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Sion; build thou the Walls of thy Jerusalem. 2. The Kingdom of Glory, on Rev. 22. 20. Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, Come Lord Iesus.

For the first. Tho the Church be never so afflicted, Psal. 102. 14. when all is defaced, as to external appearance, lying in a ruinous Heap, yet it is beloved and pitied by God's Servants: Thy Servants take Pleasure in her Stones, and favour the Dust thereof. There is nothing God's People desire so much as Zion's Welfare. Psal. 106. 54. That I may see the Good of thy Chosen, that I may rejoice in the Gladness of thy Nation, that I may glory with thine Inheritance. And David in this Psalm, Psal. 51. 18. having prayed for himself, prayeth for Mercy to the Church and State: Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion, build thou the Walls of thy Jerusalem. But how cometh David, who was in the depth of private Humiliation, so suddenly to fall upon the Case of the Church? There was a special Reason for annexing this