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The Larger Catechiſm. Q. What do we pray for in the Second Petition? A. In the Second Petition [which is, Thy Kingdom come a] aknowledging our lives and all Mankind to be by Nature under the Dominion of Sun and S- tan b, we pray, That the Kingdom of Sin and Sa- tan may be deſtroyed, the Goſpel propagated throughout the World d, the Jews called e, the Ful- neſs of the Gentiles brought in f, the Church fur- niſhed with all Goſpel Officers and Ordinances g. purged from Corruption countenance and main- tained by the Civil Magiſtrate i, is that the Ordinas- ces of Chriſt may be purely diſpenſed, and made ef- fectual to the converting of thoſe that are yet in their Sins, and the confirming, comforting, and building up of thoſe that are already converted k; that Chriſt would role in our Hearts here l, and ha- ſten the Time of his ſecond Coming and our reig ing with him for ever ned last he would be ſo pleaſed to exerciſe the Kingdom of his power in all the Work, as may beſt conduce to theſe Ends n. a Mat. vi. 10. b Eph. 11. 2, 3. c Pſalm lxviii. 1. 18. Rev. xii, 10, 11. d 2 Theſſ. ii. 1. e Rom. x. 1. f John xvii. 9, 20. Rom. xi 25, 36. Pſalm ixvii. throughout. g Mat. ix. 38, 2 Theſſ. iii. 1. h Mal. i. 11. Zeph. iii. 9. i. 1 Tim, ii. 1, 2. k Acts iv. 29, 30 Eph. vi. 18,19,20. Rom. iii. 29, 30, 32. 2 Theſſ. i. 11. and ii 16, 17, 1 Eph. iii. 14,10 21, m Rev. xxii. 20. n. Iſa. lxiv. 1, 2. Rev. iv. 8, to 12.. Q. What do we pray for in the Third Petition? A. In the Third Petition [which is, They will be hrane in Earth as it is in Heaven o] an acknowledging, that by Nature we and all Men are not only utterly unable and willing to know and date will of God p, but prooc to rebel ageinst his Word q, to re- pine and murmur against his Providines r, and whol- in clined to do the wo of the Feh and of the Devil ſ