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2. To pray in his name, is to pray from his command, and according to his will; as when we send another in our name, we wish him to say thus, Tell him that I desire such a thing of him, and that I sent you; so it is here, and thus the phrase signifies: John 5.43. I am come in my Fathers name, i. By his authority and command.¹ To pray in Christs name therefore, is to pray according to the will of Christ, and from the will of Christ; when we take those words the Lord puts into our mouths, Hos. 14.1, 2, 3. and desire those things only that the Lord commands us to seek, whether absolutely or conditionally; according to his will revealed, and with submission to his will concealed: 1 John 5.14. what ever we ask according to his will, he hears us; Psal. 27.8. Rom. 8.26. ⟨p. 308⟩If you ask any thing not according to Gods will, you come in your own name, he sent you not with any such ••essage to the Father.

2. To pray in his name, is to pray from his command, and according to his will; as when we send another in our name, wee wish him to say thus, Tell him that I desire such a thing of him, and that I sent you; so it is here, and thus the phrase signifies: Iohn 5.43. I am come in my Fathers name, i. By his authority and command.¹ To pray in Christs name therefore, is to pray according to the will of Christ, and from the will of Christ; when we take those words the Lord puts into our mouthes, Hos. 14.1, 2, 3. and desire those things only that the Lord commands us to seek, whether absolutely or conditionally; according to his will revealed, and with submission to his will concealed: