Not mine only
Our Father. Not mine only, who now cry to him, but ours, in the most extensive sense. The God and Father of the spirits of all flesh, the Father of angels and men. So the very Heathen acknowledged him to be, Father of men and of gods. The Father of the universe, of all the families both in heaven and earth. Therefore with him there is no respect of persons (Acts 10:34). He loves all that he has made. He is loving to every person, and his mercy is over all his works (Psalm 145:9). And the Lord's delight is in those who fear him and put their trust in his mercy, in those who trust in him through the Son of his love, knowing they are accepted in the Beloved (Ephesians 1:6). But if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Yes, all mankind, seeing God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son (John 3:16), even to die the death, so that they might not perish but have everlasting life.
1771 text
5. “Our Father”――Not mine only who now cry unto him; but our’s, in the most extensive sense. The God and Father of the Spirits of all flesh; the Father of angels and men: (so the very Heathens acknowledged him to be, Πατήρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε·) The Father of the universe, of all the families both in heaven and earth. Therefore with him there is no respect of persons. He loveth all that he hath made. He is loving unto every man, and his mercy is over all his works. And the Lord’s delight is in them that fear him, and put their trust in his mercy; in them that trust in him thro’ the Son of his love, knowing they are accepted in the Beloved. But if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Yea, all mankind: seeing God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, even to die the death, that they might not perish but have everlasting life.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 26 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:1-15.
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