A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

(1.) Internal: That God would bless them with Ordinances, enrich them with Graces, preserve Truth and Unity, and continue his Presence with them: his Ordinances, that they may enjoy them in Purity; that the Word, Seals, and Censures may be rightly administered till the Lord come. These are Things pertaining to the Kingdom of God, concerning which Christ spake to the Disciples, Acts 1. 3. These are to be kept till Christ's appearing, • Tim. 6. 14. 'Tis an Honour to God, and of great Profit to the Church, and a rejoicing to God's People, to see them pure and unmixed. Tho absent in the Flesh, yet I am with you in the Spirit, joying and beholding your Order. Col. 2. 5. And then that God would enrich them with his Presence: Mat. 28. 20. Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the World. 'Tis God that giveth the Increase: Paul may plant, and Apollos water; but God giveth the Increase, 1 Cor. 3. 6. for Conviction, Conversion, ⟨p. 220⟩Confirmation. 'Twas not the Ark, nor Mercy-Seat covered with Cherubims, but the Answer from between the Cherubims, given immediately by God, that manifested his Presence. It is not the Sound of the Gospel, or outward Ministry, but the Work of his Spirit. Psal. 84. 2. My Soul yea even fainteth for the Courts of the Lord; my Heart and my Flesh crieth out for the Living God. And, Acts 10. 44. it is said, The Holy-Ghost fell on all them which heard the Word. And then for Unity: Christ hath called us into a Body, not only into a Family, but into a Body. It was Christ's own Prayer, John 17. Let them be one. Disputes will not heal, but Prayers may.

(1.) Internal: That God would bless them with Ordinances, enrich them with Graces, preserve Truth and Unity, and continue his Presence with them: his Ordinances, that they may enjoy them in Purity; that the Word, Seals, and Censures may be rightly administred till the Lord come. These are Things pertaining to the Kingdom of God, concerning which Christ spake to the Disciples,