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A brief exposition of the Lords PrayerA briefe exposition of the Lords Prayer
A brief exposition of the Lords Prayer: wherein the meaning of the word is laid open to the understanding of weak Christians, and what the carriage of their hearts ought to be in preferring each petition. / By Mr. Tho. Hooker preacher of Gods word.A briefe exposition of the Lords Prayer: wherein the meaning of the word is laid open to the understanding of weake Christians, and what the carriage of their hearts ought to be in preferring each petition. / By Mr. Tho. Hooker preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Moses Bell for Benjamin Allen, 1645
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Fourthly, we should have a courageous constant resolution to go on with that work, and in that way GOD hath revealed to us, and hath laid open before us; so that the soul should say, not my will, but give me a heart that may do thy will; thus we should have a constant resolution to go on, not to do it by fits and starts, but as the Apostle saith, Fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold of eternal life. And except a man have this, he prayeth not this Petition aright, but out of hypocrisy; it is his own will he seeks, not the will of the LORD.
Fourthly, we should have a couragious constant resolution to go on with that work, and in that way GOD hath revealed to us, and hath laid open before us; so that the soul should say, not my will, but give me a heart that may do thy will; thus we should have a constant resolution to go on, not to do it by fits and starts, but as the Apostle saith, Fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold of eternall life. And except a man have this, he prayeth not this Petition aright, but out of hypocrisie; it is his own will he seeks, not the will of the LORD.
Now we must come to the second thing: As we should do the will of GOD our selves, so we should further on others, and that appears in two particulars.
First, we should further on others in the discharge of duty.