Downame - BV209_D69_G6_1640_v1

That we mull pray for tempo all blefsi gs Lords prayer, teaching us after the glory of God, in the next place to feek our own chiefeft good. For by the kingdome of God we are to underftand both the kingdome of glory and the kingdome of grace. The kingdome of glory cometh to us in our glorification, the kingdome of grace in our vocati- on, whereby we are brought out of the kingdome of Satan into Gods kingdome; and fecondly in our juflification, whereby we are both indued with the priviledges of his kingdome, which are the righte- oufneífe of God imputed, peace and joy in the holy Ghoft,Rom.i4.17.and alfo intituled unto the king- dome of heaven. And by doing the will of God of earth as it is done in hcaven,is meant the righteoufnes of God fo firre as it is by us to be performed, or the righteoufneífe of fantification , which is both the cognizance of all true fubjeEts of the kingdome of grace, and the proper note of all the heirs of the kingdomeofglory; As 26.18. and 20.32. As touching temporali benefits ; Some have de- nied that they are to be asked of God; as the Mar - cionites and Manicbees: others have doubted con- cerning the fame; as Chryfoflome and Bafil, as be- ing unworthy either for us to feek and ask of God, or for him to give unto us. But our Saviour, when he biddeth us fill. peek the kingdome of Godandht righteoufnetre, implyeth that temporall things are to be fought alfo in a fecondary refpeh: For, as Lyra faith, Primum relativ e dicitur ad f cundrem. Cúm er- godicit, Prim? qucerendum, fgnificavit qu?dhoc po- fleriús quxrendum non tempore fe d dignitate (id eft, fe- cundarìâ quádam ratione ) illud tanquam bonum no_ firum, hoc tanquam nece farium noflrum; necefarium O autem 193