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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.) That God takes notice of it; he observes whether his Will be done, yea, or no. The Rechabites were tender of the Commandment of ⟨p. 267⟩their dead Father, which could not take cognizance of their Actions; but it was the Will of their Father, and they would keep to the Will of the Dead, Jer. 35. 14. But now the Lord seeth whether his Will be kept, yea, or no. Prov. 15. 3. The Eyes of the Lord are in every Place, beholding the Evil and the Good. Where ever you are, God is with you. As the Prophet said to Gehazi, Went not mine Heart with thee? 2 Kings 5. 26. meaning his prophetical Spirit. The Lord's Spirit goeth along with us where ever we go, he observes what we do. When Jesus Christ was in the Throng, he saith, Who is it that toucheth me? He was sensible Virtue passed out from him, when one touched him by Faith: So in the Throng of Creatures we depend upon God; he knows what Virtue goeth out to preserve thee and me in Being. These are fit Instances to ingenerate in our Minds a sense of God's Omniscience.
(1.) That God takes notice of it; he observes whether his Will be done, yea, or no. The Rechabites were tender of the Commandment of ⟨p. 267⟩their dead Father, which could not take cognizance of their Actions; but it was the Will of their Father, and they would keep to the Will of the Dead, Ier. 35. 14. But now the Lord seeth whether his Will be kept, yea, or no. Prov. 15. 3. The Eyes of the Lord are in every Place, beholding the Evil and the Good. Where ever you are, God is with you. As the Prophet said to Gehazi, Went not mine Heart with thee? 2 Kings 5. 26. meaning his prophetical Spirit. The Lord's Spirit goeth along with us where ever we go, he observes what we do. When Jesus Christ was in the Throng, he saith, Who is it that toucheth me? He was sensible Virtue passed out from him, when one touched him by Faith: So in the Throng of Creatures we depend upon God; he knows what Virtue goeth out to preserve thee and me in Being. These are fit Instances to ingenerate in our Minds a sense of God's Omniscience.