Commentary on the Gospels and Acts, Commentary 1 · Chapter 6 · Verse 10
Verse 10. Thy Kingdom come.]
Thy kingdom of power and providence: but especiaily, enlarge thy Kingdom of grace, and hasten thy Kingdom of glory. The Jews pray almost in every praier, Thy Kingdom come, and that Bimheroch, Bejamenu, quickly, even in our daies. But it is for an earthly Kingdom: that which the Apostles also so deeply dreamt of, that our Saviour had very much adoe to dispossesse them. For most absurdly and unseasonably many times, they would ask him foolish questions that way, when he had been discoursing to them of the necessity of his own death, and of their bearing the crosse. …, S. John … 9. 34.very wisely interrupts him, one time among the rest, as weary ofvers. 37, 38. such sad matter, and, laying hold on something our Saviour had said by the by, tels him a story of another …. They were besotted with an odde conceit of … and offices to be distributed, here, among them, as once in Davids and Solomons reign. And what shall we think of their opinion, that not content to affirm, that … the fall of Antichrist, the Jews shall have a glorious conversion, and the whole Church such a happy Halcyon, as never before; but also that the Martyrs shall then have their first …, and shall raign with Christ a thousand years? … This they … on …. el. … 4.tor holdeth, they shall so raign in heaven. Alstedius not only saith, they shall raign here on earth, but beginneth his millenary about the year of our Lord, 1694. Let our hearts desire and prayer … Rom. 10. 1.God for Israel oe, that they may be saved. Let us also … and pray for such poor souls in Asia and America, as worship the devil: not inwardly only (for so too many do amongst us) but with an outward worship. And this we should the rather do, because Divines think, that when all Israel shall be called, and as it were raised from the dead, Rom. 11. 15, 26. when those two sticks … be joined into one, …. 37. 16. then shall many of those deceived souls, that never yet savingly heard of God, have part and portion in the same resurrection.
Thy will be done.]
Gods will must be done of thee, ere his kingdom can come to thee. If thou seek his kingdom, seek first his…. 11. 12. righteousnesse, If thou pray, Thy Kingdom come, pray also, Thy Sunt qui … divinae distinctionem in revelatam & arcanam, quasi ipsius … au dent. Sic Siguardin. …. on. Christ.will be done. Pray i, and do it; for other wise, Thou compassest God with lies, as Ephraim did. Now the will of God is two-fold, Secret and Revealed, whatever Siguardus blasphemeth to the contrary. His revealed will again is four-fold, 1. His determining will concerning us, what shall become of us, … 1. 5. 2. His prescribing will, what he requires of us, Ephes. 1. 9. 3. His approving will, by the which he graciously accepts, and … regards those that come to him in faith and …, Matth. 18. 14. 4. His disposing will, and this is the will of his providence,Vide Pareum in Jacob. 4. 15. 1 Cor, 1. 1. Rom. 1. 10. Now we should resign our selves over to his determining will, as the highest cause of all things: rest in his approving will, as our chiefest happinesse: obey his prescribing will, as the absolutest and perfectest form of holinesse; and be subject to his disposing will, being patient in all trials and troubles, because he did it, Psal. 39. 9. David hath this commendation,foreign. that he did all the wills of God. And it is reported (saithAct. 13. 22. M. Bradford) that I shall be burned in Smith-field, and that very shortly. Fiat voluntas Domini, Ecce ego, Domine, mitte me. TheAct. and Mon. fol 1502. will of the Lord be done, said those good souls in the Acts, when they saw that Paul was peremptory to go up. This third Petition,Act. …. 41. Thy will be done, &c. was … text that ever M. Beza handled,Deficere potius quam … visus est …. Adam. … died; and departed (rather then …) to do Gods will more … in heaven, as he had done to his power on earth. They that … us do, and … the will of God, are his …, Isa. 62. 4. And … should be our constant care so to apply our …, that God … take pleasure in us, as in men after his own …, and say of us, as he did of Cyrus, He is the man of my will, that executeth all my counsel. This is toIsa. 45. 11. set the crown upon Christs head, Cant. 3. 11. Yea, this is to set the crown upon our own heads, 2 Tim. 4 8. 9.
In …, as it is in heaven.]
By those heavenly Courtiers: TheRevel. 4. 8. crowned Saints … no rest (and yet no …,) crying, …, holy, &c. They … the Lamb wheresoever he goeth, with …, Domine? How long, Lord? &c. Revel. 6. 10. Which words also were M. Calvins symbolum, that he … sighed… Adam. in vita Calvin. …. 100. out, in the behalf of the … Churches. As for the glorious Angels, though they excell in strength, yet they doe Gods …, Psal. 103. 20.hearkning to the voice of his Word. They rejoyce…. 18. more in their names of …, then of honour, and ever stand beforeDan. 9. …. the face of our heavenly father, as waiting a command for our good: and so willing of their way, that Gabriel is said to have come to comfort Daniel with wearinesse of flight. They do the will of God: 1. Chearfully: whence they are said to have wings, six wings …, Isa. 6. 2. 2. Humbly: therefore with two they cover their faces. 3. Faithfully without partiality: with two they covered or harnessed their feet. 4. Speedily and …: with two they flee abroad the world upon Gods errand, and for the good of them that shall be saved, Heb. 1. 14. burning, and being all on a light fire, with infinite love to God andAngeli igniti. his Saints, their fellow-servants, Revel. 22. 9. whence they areShindler. called Seraphims or burning-creatures. 5. Constantly: Jacob sawJob 38. 7. them ascending, to contemplate and praise God, and to ministerHeb. 8. 1. unto him, Dan. 7 10. He saw them also … to dispence…. … benefits, and to … his …, Revel. 15. 6. This they do. 1. Justly; whence they are said (…) to be clothed in pure white linen. 2. Diligently, and constantly: therefore they have their brests girded. 3. …, and with faith in … Gods Commandments: … are … said to have golden girdles; Go ye now, and do …: otherwise ye may be as …, for gifts and good parts, and yet have your part with the … and his black Angels.