The words of this prayer are very few, and its matter very comprehensive. It comprises God in all His glory, and the sinner in all his shame. It contains all that we want; and in effect all that God wishes to hear from our lips. If there were nothing else in the Bible expressive of the dignity of the Saviour's person, of the glory of his work, and of the infinite benevolence of his disposition, this prayer alone would be sufficient. It evidently proves itself to have emanated from the bosom of infinite Wisdom and infinite Love; from the bosom of One who knew man to perfection, because He knew God to perfection! Model your prayers by this prayer; and may God of His goodness and mercy write it in all our hearts.
W. Howels — Rev. W. Howels, Late Minister of Long Acre Chapel, Sermons on the Lord's Prayer; to Which Is Added, a Sermon on Spiritual Worship (London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1835), Sermon II, "On Prayer," p. 27
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