Question. What followeth?
Answer. That God’s will be done. For it is the duty of children to frame their life according to the will of their fathers, and not contrarywise the parents to conform themselves to the will of their children.
Scripture References: Psalm 40:8; Mark 26:39; John 5:30 and 6:38; Eph. 6:1
Question. Whereto dost thou add, that God’s will may be done in Earth as it is in Heaven?
Answer. Whereas the minds of earthly men, burning with lusts are commonly carried to desire and do those things that most displease God : we pray that he will with the moving of his holy Spirit, so change and fashion all the wills of us, all to the will of his Majesty : that we may will or wish nothing that his divine will misliketh.
Scripture References: Rom. 8:5-25; 1 Cor. 2:12 and 3:16
Question: Proceed.
Answer. We pray also that whatsoever we perceive to betide us by his will, we may receive and suffer it, not only with contented, but also with gladsome hearts. And that after the examples of his Angels, those heavenly spirits, and of his excellent creatures the Sun, Moon, and Stars, set before our eyes in Heaven, for like example of obedience to God’s will, we in earth may be in all things likewise serviceable, and obedient unto his Majesty; that as in Heaven so in Earth, there be no rebellion nor repining against God’s holy will.
Scripture References: Acts 21:14; 1 Pet. 3:17 and 4:12-13; Psalm 19:1-2, 91:11, 103:20, 104:4, 135:7, and 136:7-9; Heb. 1:6, 7:14; Rev. 7:11, 19:10, and 22:9
Question: What more?
Answer. Seeing that God hath in his holy Scriptures expressly declared his Will, which he hath plainly notified, by giving them the name of his Testament, or last Will : they that vary from the meaning of the Scriptures, surely do manifestly depart from the will of God.
Scripture References: Deut. 4:2, 5:32, and 28:14; Math. 7:21, 12:50, and 25:3, 2 Cor. 3:6, 12; Gal. 3:15,17