Chapter 5.—The Second Petition in the Lord’s Prayer.
What, when we say, “Thy kingdom come,” do we ask else, but that that should also come to us which we do not doubt will come to all saints? And therefore here also, what do they who are already holy pray for, save that they may persevere in that holiness which has been given them? For no otherwise will the kingdom of God come to them; which it is certain will come not to others, but to those who persevere to the end.
5. Quid? cum dicimus, Veniat regnum tuum; num aliud poscimus, nisi ut veniat et nobis, quod esse venturum non dubitamus omnibus sanctis? Ergo et hic, qui jam sancti sunt, quid orant, nisi ut in ea sanctitate quae illis data est perseverent? Neque enim aliter eis veniet regnum Dei, quod non aliis, sed his qui perseverant usque in finem, certum est esse venturum.