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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. David was not only a private Member, but a Prince, and their Sins have a more universal Influence. The Sins of Magistrates draw down Judgments on their People, all smart for their Miscarriages. Hezckia• •s Pride cost Israel dear▪ 2 Chron. 32. 25. Wrath was upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem: It did not stay upon his Person: As a great Oak cannot fall, but all the Shrubs about it suffer Loss. But,
2. David was not only a private Member, but a Prince, and their Sins have a more universal Influence. The Sins of Magistrates draw down Judgments on their People, all smart for their Miscarriages. Hezckia• •s Pride cost Israel dear▪ 2 Chron. 32. 25. Wrath was upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem: It did not stay upon his Person: As a great Oak cannnot fall, but all the Shrubs about it suffer Loss. But,
3. David having some comfortable Assurance of the Pardon of his Sins, doth now seek Mercy for the Church. From thence observe, That we are never fit to pray for the Public, till we have made our Peace with God. As the Priests under the Law offered Sacrifice, first, for their own Sins, and then for the Peoples. Heb. 7. 27.
3. David having some comfortable Assurance of the Pardon of his Sins, doth now seek Mercy for the Church. From thence observe, That we are never fit to pray for the Publick, till we have made our Peace with God. As the Priests under the Law offered Sacrifice, first, for their own Sins, and then for the Peoples.