Foriftheirwillwerenotbrokenandhindered，thekingdomofGodcouldnotabideonearthnorHisnamebehallowed.
TheFourthPetition.
Giveusthisdayourdailybread.
Here，now，weconsiderthepoorbreadbasket，thenecessariesofourbodyandofthetemporallife.Itisabriefandsimpleword，butithasaverywidescope.Forwhenyoumentionandprayfordailybread，youprayforeverythingthatisnecessaryinordertohaveandenjoydailybreadand，ontheotherhand，againsteverythingwhichinterfereswithit.Thereforeyoumustopenwideandextendyourthoughtsnotonlytotheovenortheflour—binbuttothedistantfieldandtheentireland，whichbearsandbringstousdailybreadandeverysortofsustenance.ForifGoddidnotcauseittogrow，andblessandpreserveitinthefield，wecouldnevertakebreadfromtheovenorhaveanytosetuponthetable.
Tocompriseitbriefly，thispetitionincludeseverythingthatbelongstoourentirelifeintheworld，becauseonthataccountalonedoweneeddailybread.Nowforourlifeitisnotonlynecessarythatourbodyhavefoodandcoveringandothernecessaries，butalsothatwespendourdaysinpeaceandquietamongthepeoplewithwhomweliveandhaveintercourseindailybusinessandconversationandallsortsofdoings，inshort，whateverpertainsbothtothedomesticandtotheneighborlyorcivilrelationandgovernment.Forwherethesetwothingsarehindered[interceptedanddisturbed]thattheydonotprosperastheyought，thenecessariesoflifealsoareimpeded，sothatultimatelylifecannotbemaintained.Andthereis，indeed，thegreatestneedtoprayfortemporalauthorityandgovernment，asthatbywhichmostofallGodpreservestousourdailybreadandallthecomfortsofthislife.ForthoughwehavereceivedofGodallgoodthingsinabundancewearenotabletoretainanyofthemorusetheminsecurityandhappiness，ifHedidnotgiveusapermanentandpeacefulgovernment.Forwheretherearedissension，strife，andwar，therethedailybreadisalreadytakenaway，oratleastchecked.