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The Larger Catechiſm. 83 Eph. iil. 14. to 18. 1 Theſſ. iii. 13. Jude ver. 24. w Pſal. li. 12. x I Peter v. 8, 9, 10, y 2 Car. xvi, 7.9 z Rom. xvi. 20. Zech. iii. 2. Luke xxii. 31, 32. a John xvii. 15. I Theſſ v. 23. Q: What doth the concluſine of the Lord's Prayer teach us ? A. The Concluſion of the Lord's Prayer [which is, For this is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glo- ry, for ever, Amen b] teacheth us to enforce our Petitions with Arguments c, which are to be taken, not from any worthineſs in ourſelves, or in any o- ther Creature, but from God d; and, with our Pray- ers, to join Praises e, aſcribing to God alone eternal Sovereignty, Omnipotency, and glorious Excellen- cy f, in regard whereof, as he is able and willing to help us g, ſo we by Faith are emboldned to plead with him that he would hand quietly to rely upon him that he will fulfill our Requests and to te- ſtify this our Deſire and Aſſurance, we ſay, Amen k. b Mat. vi. 13. c Rom. xv. 30. d Dan. ix. 4, 7, 8, 9. 16, 17, 18, 19 e Philip, iv. 6. f t Chr. xxix. 10 to 14 8 Eph. iii. 20, 21. Luke. xi. 13. h 2 Chr. xx. 6 11 i 2 Chr. xiv, 11. k 1 Cor. iv. 16, Rev. xxii. 20, 21.

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