A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
Question 102
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 102
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What do we pray for in the second Petition?
In the second Petition [which is, Thy Kingdom come] we pray, that Satans Kingdom may be destroyed, and that the Kingdom of Grace may be advanced, our selves and others brought into it, and kept in it, and that the Kingdom of Glory may be hastened.
Which is the second Petition?
Thy Kingdom come.
Whose Kingdom do we here pray against?
The Kingdom of Satan.
Whose Kingdom do we pray for?
The Kingdom of Christ.
What do we pray for with reference to Satans Kingdom?
That it may be destroyed.
Do we here pray that our sins may be mortified, in the prevalency whereof Satans Kingdom stands?
Yes.
How manifold is the Kingdom of Christ?
Two-fold: The Kingdom of Grace; and the Kingdom of Glory.
What do we pray for with reference to the Kingdom of Glory?
That it may be hastened.
What do we pray for with reference to the Kingdom of Grace?
That it may be advanced.
How?
By our selves, and others, being brought into it, and kept in it.
Are we naturally the subjects of Satans Kingdom?
Yes.
And is this here to be acknowledged by us?
Yes.
And are we to pray that we may be brought into, and made real subjects of Christs Kingdom, and that not only of his more general Kingdom, the visible Church, but his more special Kingdom, the Church invisible?
Yes.
Must we pray bere that the Gospel may be propagated among those that know it not, and prosperously succeed among those that know it, that so others may be brought into, and kept in it, as well as our selves?
Yes.
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