A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

2. We beg Skill to do it. Psal. 143. 10. Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. We beg that God would teach us, and lead us forth in the Obedience of his Will.

3. We beg Strength to do it. It is said, Heb. 13. 21. The God of Peace,—through the Blood of the everlasting Covenant, make you perfect in every good Work, to do his Will. We beg Strength, that we may do what is pleasing in his Sight. In our Will there is a double Mischief; it is opposite to, and averse from God. Rom. 8. 7. The carnal Mind is Enmity against God; for it is not subject to the Law of God, nor indeed can be. And it is strongly inclined to other things; and this both by Nature, and by evil Custom. There is an Aversation from God which is natural, and which is increased by Custom; therefore it is God must give us a Heart to do his Will, and Skill and Strength. Thus God, he must draw us off from other things, which is called the Circumcising of the Heart, Deut. 30. 6. He must draw us off, and he must draw us on too. As he pares away the Foreskin, the Fleshiness which cleaves to our Hearts, and inclineth us to seek our own Will, in hunting after Pleasures, Honours, Profits: So doth the Lord draw us to himself; Cant. 1. 4. Draw me, and we will run after thee.

II. Let's come to the Circumstances of the Petition, [In Earth, as it is in Heaven.]