Question 103

Which is the third Petition?

Thy will be done.

What do we pray here with reference to the will of God.

That we may know it, obey it, and submit to it.

What do we pray for with reference to the will of his Precept?

That we may know and obey it.

And for what with referenee to the will of his Providence?

That we may submit to it.

Wherein are we to obey and submit?

In all things.

Are we naturally ignorant of his will?

Yes.

And neither able, nor willing to know it?

No.

Are we naturally contrary to his will, and unwilling as well as unable to obey or submit to it, though we did know it?

Yes.

And are we to acknowledg this in our prayers?

Yes.

How may we come to know, obey, and submit to his will?

By his grace.

How doth grace qualifie us for the knowing, obeying, submitting to his will?

It makes us both able and willing.

After what pattern must we obey and submit to the will of God?

As the Angels do in heaven.

What, universally, chearfully, constantly, zealously, as they do?

Yes.