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A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer
A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer by ... Thomas Manton.
London: printed by J.D., 1684
AN EXPOSITION OF THE Lord's-Prayer. › Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. To sweeten our Subjection to God's Will. We upon Earth are not held to a harder Law and Task, than they in Heaven. The Angels, they are not sui juris, at their own dispose: They have many Privileges above Man, yet have no Exemption from Homage and Duty to God. They have an Exemption and Freedom from Trouble, and Sicknesses, and Diseases, and the necessities of Meat and Drink, and all the Molestations and Infirmities of the Flesh which we lie under; but are not freed from the Will of God, but they obey his Commandments, hearkening to the voice of his Word. These Courtiers of Heaven are Servants of God, and Fellows with us in the same Obedience; none is too great to obey God. The Angels which excel in Strength, they obey his Will, and so must we; nay, they obey his Will with a holy Awe and Fear, that they may not displease him in the least; for it is said of Michael the Arch-angel, Jude, vers. 9. That he durst not bring against the Devil a railing Accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. He had not boldness to speak one uncomely Word, ⟨p. 253⟩or one unseemly Word, to do any thing that was displeasing to God.
1. To sweeten our Subjection to God's Will. We upon Earth are not held to a harder Law and Task, than they in Heaven. The Angels, they are not sui juris, at their own dispose: They have many Priviledges above Man, yet have no Exemption from Homage and Duty to God. They have an Exemption and Freedom from Trouble, and Sicknesses, and Diseases, and the necessities of Meat and Drink, and all the Molestations and Infirmities of the Flesh which we lie under; but are not freed from the Will of God, but they obey his Commandments, hearkning to the voice of his Word. These Courtiers of Heaven are Servants of God, and Fellows with us in the same Obedience; none is too great to obey God. The Angels which excel in Strength, they obey his Will, and so must we; nay, they obey his Will with a holy Awe and Fear, that they may not displease him in the least; for it is said of Michael the Arch-angel, Iude, vers. 9. That he durst not bring against the Devil a railing Accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. He had not boldness to speak one uncomely Word, ⟨p. 253⟩