A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

4. Upon Earth, to show, that we pray not for those in the other World, but for those upon Earth. We do not pray for the Saints departed, they are out of harms way, past our Prayers, being in their final Estate. We pray not for the Dead, but for the Living. Thus for the first Circumstance in this Petition, the place where.

4. Upon Earth, to shew, that we pray not for those in the other World, but for those upon Earth. We do not pray for the Saints departed, they are out of harms way, past our Prayers, being in their final Estate. We pray not for the Dead, but for the Living. Thus for the first Circumstance in this Petition, the place where.

Secondly, There remains nothing but the last, and that's the manner how this is to be done; [As it is in Heaven.] Chrysostom observes, that this Clause may be referred to all the former Petitions; Hallowed be thy Name upon Earth, as it is in Heaven. Thy Kingdom come upon Earth, as it is in Heaven. But certainly most proper it is to the matter in hand. But what is the sense? How is God obeyed in Heaven?

Secondly, There remains nothing but the last, and that's the manner how this is to be done; [As it is in Heaven.] Chrysostome observes, that this Clause may be referred to all the former Petitions; Hallowed be thy Name upon Earth, as it is in Heaven. Thy Kingdom come upon Earth, as it is in Heaven. But certainly most proper it is to the matter in hand. But what is the sense? How is God obeyed in Heaven?

There are in Scripture three Heavens, the Airy Heaven, the Starry Heaven, and the Heaven of Heavens. In all these Heavens God's Will is done. God is obeyed in the lower Heaven, you shall see in Psal. 148. 8