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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
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. Without Pardon, all the good Things of this Life will do us no good: They are but as a full Diet, or as a rich Suit to a condemned Person; they will not comfort him, and allay his present Fears. Until we are pardoned, we are under a Sentence, ready for Execution, and therefore we cannot have that Comfort in outward Things, until we have some Interest in God's fatherly Mercy. A Man that is condemned, hath the King's Allowance until Execution: So it is the Indulgence of God to a wicked Man, to give him many outward Things, tho he is condemned already. We should not satisfy our selves with daily Bread, without a sense of some Interest in pardoning Mercy.
2. To show us our Unworthiness. Our Sins are so many and grievous, that we are not worthy of one Morsel of Bread to put in our Mouths. When we say, Give us this day, &c. we need presently to say, Forgive us our Sins. There is a Forfeiture even of these common Blessings. Gen. 32. 10. I am not worthy of the least of all the Mercies, and of all the Truth, which thou hast showed unto thy Servant. All that we have, we have from Mercy, and it is Mercy undeserved. As we are Creatures, there can be no common Right between God and us, to engage him to give temporal Blessings; for we owe our selves wholly to ⟨p. 342⟩him, as being created out of nothing; Children cannot oblige their Parents. But much more as we are guilty Creatures, it is merely of the Mercy of the Lord.
2. To shew us our Unworthiness. Our Sins are so many and grievous, that we are not worthy of one Morsel of Bread to put in our Mouths. When we say, Give us this day, &c. we need presently to say, Forgive us our Sins. There is a Forfeiture even of these common Blessings. Gen. 32. 10. I am not worthy of the least of all the Mercies, and of all the Truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy Servant. All that we have, we have from Mercy, and it is Mercy undeserved. As we are Creatures, there can be no common Right between God and us, to engage him to give temporal Blessings; for we owe our selves wholly to