Q191
What do we pray for in the second petition?
In the second petition, (which is, Thy kingdom come,1222 ) acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of sin and Satan,1223 we pray, that the kingdom of sin and Satan may be destroyed,1224 the gospel propagated throughout the world,1225 the Jews called,1226 the fullness of the Gentiles brought in;1227 the church furnished with all gospel-officers and ordinances,1228 purged from corruption,1229 countenanced and maintained by the civil magistrate;1230 that the ordinances of Christ may be purely dispensed, and made effectual to the converting of those that are yet in their sins, and the confirming, comforting, and building up of those that are already converted;1231 that Christ would rule in our hearts here,1232 and hasten the time of his second coming, and our reigning with him forever;1233 and that he would be pleased so to exercise the kingdom of his power in all the world, as may best conduce to these ends.1234