with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. Math. xvi. 24-Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. Tit. ii. 12.

2. We are to pray to God, that he would enable us and all men, without murmuring to obey his will. Psalm cxix. 33-36, 133-Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Order my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Acts xxi. 14-The will of the Lord be done. Luke xxii. 42.

3. The will of God is only good. Gen. 1. 20-But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Psalm cxliii. 10-Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good: lead me into the land of uprightness.

4. The angels in heaven willingly and faithfully do the will of God. Psalm ciii. 20, 21-Bless the Lord ye, his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Bless ye the Lord, ye his hosts; ye ministers of his that do his pleasure. Heb. i. 14.

all

5. Every one of us should attend to and perform the duties of his station and calling, as willingly and faithfully as the angels do in heaven. 1 Cor. vii. 24-Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. Eph. iv. 1—I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called.

EXERCISES.

What is the one hundred and twenty-fourth question? What answer is returned to the question? What does the answer say the third petition is? What do you mean by will? (a.) What by the expression on earth? (b.) What by the phrase in heaven? (c.) How does the an

pe

swer explain this petition? What do you mean by renounce? (d.) How do you prove, that we are to pray to God, that he would enable us and all men, to renounce our own will? (1.) What further is included in this tition? What do you mean by murmuring? (e.) What by obey? (f.) How do you prove, that we are to pray to God, that he would enable us and all men, without murmuring to obey his will? (2.) What is said with respect to the will of God? What do you mean by the expres sion only good? (g.) How do you prove that the will of God is only good? (3.) What is said to result from our offering this petition? What is the measure laid down for the duty here prescribed? Whom do you mean by the angels? (o.) What by willingly? (m.) What by faithfully? (n.) How do you prove, that the angels in heaven, willingly and faithfully do the will of God? (4.) What do you mean by attend to? (h.) What by perform? (i.) What by duties? (j.) What by station? (k) What by calling? (.) How do you prove, that every one of us should attend to and perform the duties of his station and calling, as willingly and faithfully as the angels do in heaven? (5.)

Le Lord's Day.

Q. 125. Which is the fourth petition?

A.-"GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD;" that is, be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body, that we may thereby acknowledge thee to be the only fountain of all good, and that neither our care nor industry, nor even thy gifts, can profit us without thy blessing, and therefore, that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it alone in thee.

EXPLANATIONS.

a. Give, grant; furnish.

b. Daily, every day.

c. Bread, the necessaries of life.

d. Be pleased, may it seem good to thee.

e. Provide, furnish; supply.

f. Necessary, needful; essential to the support of. g. Body, the material part of man; this temporal life. h. Thereby, through this means.

i. Acknowledge, recognize; own.

j. Fountain, source.

k. Good, the things that make us comfortable and hap

py.

1. Care, caution; concern.

m. Industry, steady attention to business. n. Gifts, mercies and blessings bestowed. o. Profit, benefit; advantage.

p. Blessing, his friendship and love. q. Therefore, on this account.

r. Withdraw, take back; recall.

s. Trust, confidence; reliance upon.

t. Creatures, things that have derived their existence from God.

u. Place, fix; set.

v. Alone, to the exclusion of every other.

DOCTRINES SEPARATED AND PROVED.

1. We are to pray to God, that he may be pleased to pro vide us with all things necessary for the body. Psalm cxlv. 15, 16-The eyes of all wait upon thee: and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfieth the desire of every living thing. Prov. xxx. 7-9-Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Math. vi. 25, &c. Psalm civ. 27, 28.

2. God is the only fountain of all good. Acts xvii. 25Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all, life, and breath, and all things. Acts xiv. 15, and 17-The living God which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein :

He left not himself without witness,

in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. James i. 17.

2. Neither our care nor industry, nor even God's gifts, can profit us without his blessing. Deut. viii. 3-And he humbled thee and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, (which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know,) that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. Prov. x. 22-The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. Psalm cxxvii. 1, 2-Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Hag. ii. 16–19.

4. We should withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it alone in God. Psalm lv. 22-Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee. Psalm lxii. 8 and 10-Trust in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.- -Trust not in oppression, become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, Set not your heart upon them. Psalm cxlvi. 3-7 -Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God; which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth forever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry.

EXERCISES.

What is the one hundred and twenty-fifth question? What is the answer returned? What does the answer say the fourth petition is? What do you mean by give? (a.) What by daily? (b.) What by bread? (c.) How does the answer explain this petition? What do you mean by the expression be pleased 2 (d.) What by the word provide? (e.) What by necessary? (f) What by the body? (g.) How

do you prove, that we are to pray to God, that he may be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body? (1.) For what purpose are we thus to pray to God? What do you mean by thereby? (h.) What by acknowledge? (i.) What by fountain? (j.) What by good? (k.) How do you prove that God is the fountain of all good? (2.) For what further purpose are we to pray to God in the manner described in this answer? What do you mean by care? (1.) What by industry? (m.) What by gifts? (n.) What by profit? (o.) What by God's blessing? (p.) How do you prove, that neither our care nor industry, nor even God's gifts, can profit us without his blessing? (3.) What inference does the answer make from the last two doctrines just considered? What do you mean by therefore? (q.) What by withdraw? (r.) What by trust? (s.) What by creatures? (t.) What by place? (u.) What by alone? (v.) How do you prove, that we should withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it in God alone? (4.)

LI. Lord's Day.

Q. 126. Which is the fifth petition?

A.-"AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS;" that is, be pleased for the sake of Christ's blood, not to impute to us, poor sinners, our transgressions, nor that depravity which always cleaves to us; even as we feel this evidence of thy grace in us, that it is our firm resolution from the heart to forgive our neighbor.

EXPLANATIONS.

a. Forgive, pardon; remit.

b. Debts, sins; transgressions.

c. Debtors, those who sin against us.

d. For the sake, on account of.

e. Christ's blood, the atonement made by the death and sufferings of Christ.

f. Impute, place to our account.

g. Poor sinners, helpless transgressors.