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Lord's Day 49

Question 124

Which is the third petition?

"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"; that is, grant that we and all men may renounce our own will,1 and without murmuring obey thy will, which is only good;2 that every one may attend to, and perform the duties of his station and calling,3 as willingly and faithfully as the angels do in heaven.4


1 Matt. 16:24; Tit. 2:11, 12.

2 Luke 22:42; Eph. 5:10; Rom. 12:2 .

3 1 Cor. 7:24.

4 Ps. 103:20, 21.

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