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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. › Give us this day our daily Bread. › APPLICATION.
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.
Use 2. Let us not place our Confidence in second Causes, but in God, by whose Goodness and Providence over us, all temporal Things do come unto us; for without him, all our Carking and Labour is nothing; and if we have our Wishes without Labour, yet we shall not have our Comfort and Blessing without God. Mat. 6. 27. ⟨p. 324⟩Which of you by taking thought, can add one Cubit unto his Stature? By taking thought, he meaneth anxious Care about Success. We cannot change the Colour of a Hair by all our anxious Thoughts. We cannot make our selves stronger, or taller. Many a Man is pierced through with worldly Cares, and still the World frowns upon him, so all his Care comes to nothing. Prov. 10. 4. it is said, The Hand of the Diligent maketh rich; compare it with vers. 22. and it is said, The Blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no Sorrow with it. Most commonly they that are diligent, they thrive with their Diligence; yea, but if that be all, if they have not the Lord's Blessing, they have not that Sweetness and Peace, when they have gotten Abundance. O therefore let us place our Confidence, not in second Causes, but in God.
Vse 2. Let us not place our Confidence in second Causes, but in God, by whose Goodness and Providence over us, all temporal Things do come unto us; for without him, all our Carking and Labour is nothing; and if we have our Wishes without Labour, yet we shall not have our Comfort and Blessing without God. Mat. 6. 27. ⟨p. 324⟩Which of you by taking thought, can add one Cubit unto his Stature? By taking thought, he meaneth anxious Care about Success. We cannot change the Colour of a Hair by all our anxious Thoughts. We cannot make our selves stronger, or taller. Many a Man is pierced through with worldly Cares, and still the World frowns upon him, so all his Care comes to nothing. Prov. 10. 4. it is said, The Hand of the Diligent maketh rich; compare it with vers. 22. and it is said, The Blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no Sorrow with it. Most commonly they that are diligent, they thrive with their Diligence; yea, but if that be all, if they have not the Lord's Blessing, they have not that Sweetness and Peace, when they have gotten Abundance. O therefore let us place our Confidence, not in second Causes, but in God.