But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Ver. 7. Be ye therefore sober, &c.] To be sober in prayer (saith one) is to pray with due respect to God's majesty, without trifling or vain babbling; to let our words be few, Ecclesiastes 5:3. Also it is to keep God's counsel, not to be proud or boast of success, or speak of the secret sweetnes., of God's love without calling; it is to conceal the familiarity of God in secret. Or, it is to submit our will to the will of God; being well pleased that He is in any way glorified, though we be not every way gratified.
And watch unto prayer] Against dulness of body, drowsiness of spirit, Satanical suggestions, distractive motions, which else will muster and swarm in the heart like the flies of Egypt.