A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

Doct. 2. In asking temporal things, Christ hath stinted us to a day, [Give us, [Greek or Hebrew], this day our daily Bread.]

Doct. 2. In asking temporal things, Christ hath stinted us to a day, [Give us, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, this day our daily Bread.]

God in an extraordinary manner fed his People in the Wilderness; the Manna stank if they had kept it another day; they had it from day to day. What's the Reason Christ saith, Give us this day?

God in an extraordinary manner fed his People in the Wilderness; the Mannah stank if they had kept it another day; they had it from day to day. What's the Reason Christ saith, Give us this day?

1. That every day we may pray to God: Therefore it is not, give us this Month, or Year, but Day; because every day God will hear from us: 1 Thess. 5. 17. Pray without ceasing: God would not have us too long out of his Company, but by a frequent Commerce he would have us acquainted and familiar with him. This is required, that you should not let a day pass over your Head, but God must hear from you, for your Patent lasts but for a day; you have a Lease from God of your Comforts and Mercies, but it is expired unless you renew it again by Prayer. How much do they differ from the Heart of God's Children, that could be contented (like the High-Priest of old) to come to the Mercy-seat but once a Year? now the Lord would have us come every day to the Throne of Grace.