A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

He hath removed his bodily Presence from us, yet he cannot be satisfied until he and we meet again. John 14. 3. I will come again, and receive you to my self, that where I am, there ye may be also. And, John 17. 24. And that you may be there with me, to behold my Glory. Christ is not satisfied in his glorious Estate, until we be with him, till he hath our Company, and we be beatified with the sight of him. Before his coming in the Flesh, he delighted to be with the Saints, before the World was, Prov. 8. 31. And when the World was made, before his Incarnation, he took pleasure to come and appear in the fashion of a Man, and converse with his People in humane Shape. In the Days of his Flesh, he delighted to spend his Time, and busy himself among them that are faithful. And when he was to go from us, he did assure us of returning, and cannot be quiet until we be with him. So, reciprocally (and according to our measure) doth Love work in us; we cannot be ⟨p. 233⟩without Christ, therefore we long to be with him.

Then Zeal is planted in the Saints, and a Tenderness for his Glory. It is not their Interest only, which makes them desire his Coming, but that the King may sit upon the Throne, that Christ may reign in the most perfect manner, that the Day of Manifestation may come, that all Mists and Clouds which are upon his Person, may vanish. The Saints, that love the Glory of God as well as their own Salvation, nay, above their own Salvation, are longing for that time when Christ shall be seen in all his Glory, that he may be dishonoured no more, that Sin and Opposition may have an end. Here, God ha•h not his perfect Glory, neither from us, nor from the Wicked, neither from Angels, nor Devils. Not his perfect Glory from us, and therefore the Saints long for that time, when Christ may be more admired in them; it is the Comfort of their Souls, that God is glorified in their Glory, that there will a Time come when he shall be admired and glorified in their Glory, and when they they shall praise him for evermore, without weakness and distraction. And then the Wicked, that they may oppose and dishonour him no more, that the whole Course of Justice may be seen in the History of the World, which shall be produced at the Day of Judgment; that his Power may be seen, when Devils and all ungodly Men are trodden under foot, and all Offences taken away, and all opposite Powers are abolished. First, Christ would zealously affect us to the Glory of God, Hallowed be thy Name; then he would have us pray, Thy Kingdom come: That our Zeal for God's Glory, might make us earnest and instant for his Kingdom. Then,