A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

1. His Person, that we may see him: The Children of God have delighted to look upon him through a Veil, and have had a king of Heaven upon Earth, from beholding his Face in the Glass of an Ordinance: Looking upon him in the Veil of Ordinances, hath been a mighty Comfort and Refreshing to them; now they would desire to see his Person face to face. They know by Hear-say, this great Redeemer and Saviour of theirs; he wooeth them by Proxy. As Eleazar, Abraham's Servant, was to go abroad, and seek for a Match for his Master's Son: So the great Business of the Ministers of God, is to set forth our Master's Son. Now the Saints would fain see him. Nay, they have not only heard of him, but believed in him, and received him into their Hearts; nay, not only believed in him, but they have loved him greatly: 1 Pet. 1. 8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, tho now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with Joy unspeakable, ⟨p. 228⟩and full of Glory. It hath been a ravishing thought to them, to think of Christ. And they have tasted: 1 Pet. 2. 3. If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. And they have felt him in the drawings of the Spirit, they live by his Life, they have found a Virtue going out from him. Now all that they desire is, that they may see this great Person, who hath been their Redeemer and Saviour.

1. His Person, that we may see him: The Children of God have delighted to look upon him through a Vail, and have had a king of Heaven upon Earth, from beholding his Face in the Glass of an Ordinance: Looking upon him in the Vail of Ordinances, hath been a mighty Comfort and Refreshing to them; now they would desire to see his Person face to face. They know by Hear-say, this great Redeemer and Saviour of theirs; he wooeth them by Proxy. As Eleazar, Abraham's Servant, was to go abroad, and seek for a Match for his Master's Son: So the great Business of the Ministers of God, is to set forth our Master's Son. Now the Saints would fain see him. Nay, they have not only heard of him, but believed in him, and received him into their Hearts; nay, not only believed in him, but they have loved him greatly: 1 Pet. 1. 8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, tho now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with Ioy unspeakable,