And contemplating this with thanksgiving, we ought
to pray for the deed which is now being done, that is that he may rule us and
guide us to his glory in this life, and bring us to his bliss; and therefore,
he has done everything. So he means us to see that he does it and to pray for
it. For the one is not enough, for if we pray and do not see that he does it, it
makes us depressed and doubting; and that is not to his glory. And if we see
that he does it and do not pray, we do not do our duty. And it cannot be so,
that is to say, it is not so in his sight. But to see that he does it, and at
the same time to pray, in this way is he worshipped and we are helped. It is
our Lord's will that we pray for everything which he has ordained to do, either
in particular or in general. And the joy and the bliss that this is to him, and
the thanks and the honor that we shall have for it, this is beyond the
understanding of all creatures in this life, as I see it.
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