indeed nothing can be concluded trom either phraſe by any judi- cious perſon. For as we read 11 many piaces in Scripture, that Chrift anſwered and ſautd, when it 1s manifeſt the meaning 1s, he l ſpake V Vords to that import or tenſe, ( the Evangeliits reporting : the V Vords ſpoken with variations of expretfion, }lo when we pray : we may fav, Our Father which ait in Heaven, &c. tho we do not - uſe the ſame V Vords and Syllabics. 5 2 Andhe ſaid unto them, when ye pray, ſay, Our , Father which art in heav@n, Hallowcd be thy name. : Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done;as in heaven, y foinearth. *[l ,o, 3 Give us| day by day our daily bread. _ "Ty L' 4 And forgive us our lis ; for we alſo forgive eve- t att ry one that is indebred to us. And lead us not into tha temptation, but deliver us from evil, | [0- Se the Notes on Mitth. 5... ich fo compareth this prayer are as it is recorded by Mirth will find the form of V Yords difiering riſt if, more things than one.not onl” theDoxology or Concluti"n 1s left ere out wholly by Luz, but for oruzerv there, we 1) Ve 14.9 NUEERY lad here. for dpceanuare. Litls hath cuagna; PI ws 3 nets apizuey (tt Tis 00TH; Huor. WE Have here x; 22 &uU7U 471515 mavT1 was mom iy, trom vv hence plainly appears that our Saviour did ear not 1nteyd ro oblige his Ditiigl > to tl. ſame Syllabicul words. but ouly to words of the ſarze import.that 15, to praying tor the ſame "gs things \ct that Chriſtians have a tberty to uſe the Fanc words is hat out of queſtton,and as much out 0! queſtion that the have a I1- : berty to vary, ſtill keeping therr eves upon the matter of this ore Prazer, ard not forgetting that, when they go unto God 11 that holy Duty. wch 5 And he ſaid unto them, Which of you ſhall have ined a friend, and ſhall goin unto him at midnight,and ſay her unto him, Friend lend me three loaves. _ 599 6 Fora Friend of mine | in his journey 1s come to xith me, and I have nothing to ſet before him. : £4 7 And he'from within thail anſwer and ſay, Trou- Jiri ble menot : the door is now ſhut, and my children are with me in bed 3 1 cannot riſe and give thee. | thay RB. & [ay unto you, * Though he will not riſe and Jany vive him, becauſe he is bis friend : yet becauſe of his 4 \ importuyity, he will riſe ard give him as many as he rho" ucederb; rol 9 414 1 {ay unto you, ask, and it ſhall be given you: ket, and ye ſhail find : knock, and it ſhall be opened tude; | UtO0 you. vent Lhe plain meaning of our Saviour in this Parable,tz to teach us to 69 F Ul weought not ©nly fo pray, but to be mportunate with God in much Praver. To con tne? 7n pra'er as the A poſtic phrafeth 1t Col. 4 2. h ouF Ld to Watch thereunto with all perfeverance, Epi. 6. 18, this m th 169 > Gitthis calicd a raithuay unpudence, which tho 18 our Language It Sen? Fr geared! v taken wn ab 13 ſeuſe, vet here figmfietn no more, than a Con- an Pty b{tnefs.or periutng our Pctitions, notwithfianding delays, f Ma- TT denia's, For thoſe V Vords,v. g. Sce the Notes on Matth. 7. 7. £10 | viittlic fa..c Y Yords arc fornd.
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