Matthew 6:9. Do ye therefore pray thus. Instead of this Luke says, when ye pray, say; though Christ does not enjoin his people to pray in a prepared form of words,1 but only points out what ought to be the object of all our wishes and prayers. He embraces, therefore, in six petitions what we are at liberty to ask from God. Nothing is more advantageous to us than such instruction. Though this is the most important exercise of piety, yet in forming our prayers, and regulating our wishes, all our senses