Preface, petitions, and doxology
It consists of three parts: the preface, the petitions, and the doxology, or conclusion. The preface, Our Father who is in heaven, lays a general foundation for prayer, comprising what we must first know of God before we can pray in confidence of being heard. It likewise points out to us all those tempers with which we are to approach God, which are most essentially required if we desire that either our prayers or our lives should find acceptance with him.
1771 text
3. It consists of three parts, the preface, the petitions, and the doxology or conclusion. The preface, Our Father which art in Heaven, lays a general foundation for prayer; comprizing what we must first know of God, before we can pray, in confidence of being heard. It likewise points out to us all those tempers, with which we are to approach to God, which are most essentially requisite, if we desire either our prayers or our lives should find acceptance with him.
About this text
Rendered in modern English, to be read and heard. Open the 1771 text under each part to check the claims and the scripture.
Rendered in modern English. The 1771 panel is his own Pine printing of the Works. It is public domain.
Catalogue & scope
Sermon 26 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:1-15.
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