“After this manner therefore pray ye”: Puritan Perspectives on the Lord’s Prayer

Let us have a great esteem of the Lord’s prayer; let it be the model and pattern of all our prayers.

                                                                                                                                                Thomas Watson

When Jesus says, “After this manner therefore pray ye,” what does He mean? Is He telling His disciples to pray the exact words of the Lord’s Prayer, is He telling them to just use this prayer as a pattern, or perhaps both? Is the Lord’s Prayer a set form (a set order of words to pray), a pattern (a sample of prayer), or both? This article, after briefly surveying some works on the Lord’s Prayer from patristic to Puritan periods, will deal with these questions, specifically focusing on how the Puritans understood Jesus’ words concerning how to pray.

 

Click here to read my entire article.

See also “‘After this manner therefore pray ye’: Puritan Perspectives on the Lord’s Prayer,” Puritan Reformed Journal 4, no. 2 (2012): 158-69.


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2 responses to ““After this manner therefore pray ye”: Puritan Perspectives on the Lord’s Prayer”

  1. Werner Avatar
    Werner

    I look forward to following this blog with keen interst! I wondered why you did not include Thomas Manton in your survey of Puritans who did a lot of writing on the Lord’s Prayer. He has an entire series in Volume 1. Very profitable.
    Werner

    1. Brian Najapfour Avatar

      Werner,

      Thanks for your informative comment. I appreciate it.

      You’re right! I should have included Thomas Manton. If you know yet any Puritan (that I missed in my paper) who wrote on the subject of the Lord’s Prayer, please let me know. I plan to expand this paper in the future. Thanks.

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