our knees to thee the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that thou wouldst grant us, according to the riches of thy glory, to be strengthened by thy spirit with might unto the inward man; that Christ may dwell by faith in our hearts, and that sin may not reign in our mortal body. For thou hast delivered us from the power of darkness, and hast translated us into the kingdom of the Son of thy love. For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven. For while we are in the body, we are absent from the Lord; therefore, we have a desire to be dissolved, and to be with Christ.
For which cause we faint not, but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation, works for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
3. Thy will he done.
For it is thou, O Lord, who workest in us both to will and to accomplish, according to thy good will. Make us, therefore, to be filled with the knowledge of thy will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding, that we may walk worthy of thee, in all things pleasing thee. For this is thy will, our sanctification.
Let us not be conformed to this world, but reformed in the newness of our mind, that we may prove what is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will of God, for our will to good is too weak of itself. For we are not sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, rs of ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God. Give us thy grace, that we may accomplish the same from our heart, as do thy ministering spirits, sent to minister for them who shall receive the inheritance of salvation.
4. Give us this day our daily bread.
Godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and certainly we can carry nothing out. Having, then, food and clothing, with these let us be content.
Let our manners, then, be without covetousness, being contented with such things as
