 | Richard Alleine - 1852 - 402 pages
...Psalm 103 : 20. God bids them keep, and they are faithful, and will keep, his sheep: we are taught to pray that "the will of God may be done on earth, as it is in heaven;" that men may be faithful as the angels of God. . 4. They are favorites; they behold the... | |
 | Matthew Hole - 1731 - 442 pages
...noble Patterns for our Imitation, and yet our Saviour here fhews us a more excellent way ; willing us to pray, that the Will of God may be done on Earth, as fully and thorowly as it is in Heaven. 4. We pray that we may do the Will of God unanimoufly as the... | |
 | Daniel Wilcox - 1744 - 454 pages
...wickednefs, their God difhonoured, the murderer ferved, the flefh pleafed, and fouls undone. They daily pray that the will of God may be done on earth, as it is in heaven ; but alas, they fee it ftill continue too much like hell. And how are their righteous fouls... | |
 | James Clark (of the diocese of Tuam.) - 1760 - 172 pages
...nued tiB his Fall, and which the good Angels- have ** continued in fince their Creation •" and ali this endeavoured to be proved from the Petition in...Prayer, wherein we are directed to pray that the Will or God may be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven ; for if Chrift, fay they, did not know that this was... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - 1775 - 424 pages
...of Chriftj the other, a defire of the confequences to be expedted from the coming of that kingdom, that the will of God may be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven -, which we are told will be the cafe, when Chrift begins his reign. The meaning of the firft,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1775 - 552 pages
...Clirilt ; the other, a defirc of the confe* quences to be expected from the coming of that kingdom, that the will of God may be done on earth, as it is in heaven ; which we are told will be the cafe, when Chrift begins his reign. The meaning of the firft,... | |
 | Thomas Robinson - 1792 - 514 pages
...ftiould not be fatisfied with any thing fhort of their obedience. Your Lord himfelf has taught you to pray, that the will of God may be done on earth,., "as it is in heaven." You are not to regulate your practice by the defective ftandard of human righteoufnefs,... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 1801 - 390 pages
...but look up to him, who was the Author anci Finisher of our faith. — The same Jesus, who taught us to pray, that the will of God may be done on earth, was himself also the noblest ex-- ample of doing it. In the midst of agonies unsuppor table,-— within... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1809 - 322 pages
..." Be ye therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect:" and our blessed Lord has taught us to pray that the will of God may be done on earth, as it is in heaven. We are all invited to this state of perfection; but how few, alas! endeavpur to Attain it... | |
 | François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon (abp. of Cambrai.) - 1809 - 314 pages
..." Be ye therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect:" and our blessed Lord has taught us to pray that the will of God may be done on earth, as it is in heaven. all invited to this state of perfecbut how -.fqw, alas ! endeavour'to j#jn..it!^Be sober,... | |
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Lord has taught us to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is- in heaven. 
