A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

2. Consider him, as in his Person, so in his Relations to them. Here are two Titles, Even so, Lord Jesus: He is Lord, and he is Jesus. He is Lord, as a Master and Husband; as Sarah called Abraham, Lord. As a Master: Good Servants will look for their Master's coming, Mat. 24. 46. And surely such a Master should be longed for, and looked for; for when he comes, he will not come empty-handed: Behold, I come quickly, and my Reward is with me. Rev. 22. 12. Here Christ's Servants have their Vales, but not their Wages: Here they have present Maintenance, that is all they have now; but then they shall have their Reward and Wages; here they have their Earnest, but then they shall have the full Sum. Under the Law, Masters were charged severely not to defraud their Servants of their Hire; why? He hath lift up his Soul to him; (that is) in the middle of his hard Labours, this was his Comfort, when the Work of the Day was over, he should have his Wages and his Hire at Night. So you have lift up your Souls to him, the great Pay-Day will come, and this hath born you up in all your Labours, and Travel of your Soul. Therefore as he is our Lord, so we should look for him. And then as our Husband; this is a sweeter Relation. ⟨p. 229⟩The Bride saith, Come, Rev. 22. 17. We are here contracted and betrothed to Christ; I will betroth thee to me, Hos. 2. 19. But the Day of solemn Espousals is hereafter. Here we are betrothed to Christ in the Covenant of Grace; Christ hath taken a Token from us, and left a Token with us: He hath taken humane Flesh, carried our Nature to Heaven, that he might be mindful of us; and hath left the Spirit with us. Now there will be a longing, looking, and waiting for this Day of Solemn Espousals. And as he is Lord, so he is Jesus, a Saviour. With what melting Wishes doth the Captive long for a Saviour and Redeemer! Now we look for a Saviour from Heaven. Christ is a Saviour now, but not a perfect Saviour to the uttermost, never till then: Therefore the Day of Judgment is called the Day of Redemption, Eph. 4. 30. There is something left, that every Coming of Christ might bring some Benefit; something of Misery left upon us to the last Day. Here we have Enemies within and without. Within, mighty Lusts; and therefore his Coming is like a Refiner's Fire,