A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

2. I might observe, That in the Close of the World we should most earnestly desire Christ's Coming. We have the Advantage of former Times; to us Christ saith, I come quickly. Now the set time almost is come, therefore our Pulses should beat more strongly in putting up this Request to Christ. Tertullian shows, that the Primitive Christians did pray, pr• mora finis, that the End might not come too soon, Christ having •s yet but a small Interest in the World, they expecting Enlargement upon Earth; but we have more cause to look for the Accomplishment of his Kingdom in Heaven. They expected the Revelation of Antichrist; and we expect the Destruction of Antichrist: They, that God might be known in the World; we, that he might be no longer dishonoured in the World. When great Promises are near their Accomplishment, there is a more lively Spirit stirring in the Hearts of the Saints. Dan. 9. 2, 3. I understood by Books the Number of the Years, whereof the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the Prophet, that he would accomplish seventy Years in the Desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my Face to the Lord God, to seek by Prayer and Supplication.

2. I might observe, That in the Close of the World we should most earnestly desire Christ's Coming. We have the Advantage of former Times; to us Christ saith, I come quickly. Now the set time almost is come, therefore our Pulses should beat more strongly in putting up this Request to Christ. Tertullian shews, that the Primitive Christians did pray, pr• mora finis, that the End might not come too soon, Christ having •s yet but a small Interest in the World, they expecting Enlargement upon Earth; but we have more cause to look for the Accomplishment of his Kingdom in Heaven. Th•ey expected the Revelation of Antichrist; and we expect the Destruction of Antichrist: They, that God might be known in the World; we, that he might be no longer dishonoured in the World. When great Promises are near their Accomplishment, there is a more lively Spirit stirring in the Hearts of the Saints. Dan. 9. 2, 3. I understood by Books the Number of the Years, whereof the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the Prophet, that he would accomcomplish seventy Years in the Desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my Face to the Lord God, to seek by Prayer and Supplication.