3S8 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XI.
kingdom come,to the end that may be put down allthe rule,
authority,and power, and kingdom of the world,together
Greg. with sin which reigns in our mortal bodies. GREG. NYSS.
1 We beseechalsoto be deliveredby the Lord from corruption,
to be taken out of death. Or, accordingto some, Thy king
dom come, that is,May Thy Holy Spiritcome upon us to
purifyus.
ubisup. PsEUDO-AuG. For then cometh the kingdom of God, when
Luke17, we have obtainedHis grace. For He Himself says,The king
dom of God iswithinyou. CYRIL. Or they who say thisseem
to wish to have the Saviour of allagain illuminatingthe
world. But He has commanded us to desirein prayerthat
trulyawful time,in order that men might know that itbe
hoves them to livenot in slothand backwardness,lestthat
time bring upon them the fierypunishment, but rather
honestlyand accordingto His will,thatthattime may weave
crowns for them. Hence itfollows,accordingto Matthew,
Thy willbe done,as in heaven,so in earth0-.CHRYS. As if
He says,Enable us,O Lord, to followthe heavenly life,that
Greg. whatever Thou wiliest,we may willalso. GREG. NYSS. For
°rau sinceHe says thatthe lifeof man afterthe resurrectionwill
Semi.*. be liketo thatofAngels,itfollows,thatour lifein thisworld
should be so ordered with respectto that which we hope for
hereafter,that livingin the fleshwe may not liveaccord
ing to the flesh. But hereby the true Physician of souls
destroysthe nature of the disease,that thosewho have been
seizedwith sickness,whereby they have departed from the
Divine will,may forthwithbe releasedfrom the diseaseby
being joinedto the Divine will. For the health of the soul
isthe due fulfilmentof the willof God.
Aug.in AUG. It seems accordingto the EvangelistMatthew, that
En1c]gnd'the Lord's prayer contains seven*petitions,but Luke has.
comprehended it in five. Nor in truth does the one dis
agree from the other,but the latterhas suggested by his
brevityhow those seven are to be understood. For the name
of God ishallowed in the spirit,but the kingdom of God is
about to come at the resurrectionof the body. Luke then,
shewing thatthe thirdpetitionisin a manner a repetitionof
• Thisverseisomittedinthefollow- For.Mm. Gat.;and by Origen,Jerome,
ingMSS. ofSt.Luke, B.L. 1,22, 130, Aug., Bede,Scholzin loc.
346.in theVersionsArm. Vulg. Corb.