this holiness of God may be declared, manifested, acknowledged, and holily professed more and more; as wisdom is justified of her children: so declared to be, and approved of those that embrace her. This word Hallowed is set down in such a form of signification, as includeth all persons or things which are capable of setting forth and acknowledging his holiness. As, let thy Name be hallowed by thee; so saith Christ, Glorifie thy self. And, Make me to hallow thy Name, in acknowledging thy holiness. And let all others acknowledg thee to be holy and the only true God. Thus Elias prayed, Let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel.
Q. What is the ground of this Petition to be believed?
A. That God is in himself most holy, wise, strong, good, gracious, just, mer∣cifull, and of incomprehensible glory; that his Name is most excellent, wonder∣full, and glorious, worthy to be praised, excelling above all thanksgiving and praise, most dear to God, and to be magnified of all his Saints.
Q. What do we acknowledg in respect of our selves?
A. We acknowledg that we were created such, as might worthily sanctifie the Name of God: but that since the fall of man we are so corrupt and wicked of our selves, so blind, hard-hearted, prophane, and poysoned with self-love, that we more regard our own credit and reputation than the glory of God; yea, that we cannot without the speciall grace of God, desire, think or do the things that pertain to his glory.
Q. What desire we of God in this Petition?
A. The summe is, that God would so work, that himself howsoever made known by Titles, Word or Works, may be discerned of us as holy, and so confessed, and accordingly respected of us; that God would so effect this, that himself may be more and more honoured of us, who are his chosen, and in all others that are the Children of destruction. In brief, we pray that Gods infi∣nite excellency and holiness may be declared and acknowledged amongst us, in us, and with us.
Q. What things do we a••k more particularly?
A. First, Here we ask that God would work all such things as may be matter of his praise, whether they be good things towards his Children, or judgments upon the wicked. For thus God doth honour himself, when he doth such things before us, upon which we take occasion to honour him. Hence it is that he will winne honour to his Name in delivering his Children, and inflicting judgments upon them that walk rebelliously, and be enemies to his Church and people. The Lord speaking of the bringing back of his people out of captivity, and destruction upon their enemies, saith, I wrought for my Names sake, that it should not be polluted before the Heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made my self known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the Land of Aegypt. Behold I am against thee, O Zidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of thee, and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have executed judgment in her. And I will sanctifie my great Name, which was prophaned among the Heathen, which ye have prophaned in the midst of them; and the Heathens shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. I will rain upon him [sc. Gog] and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great haile-stones, fire and brim-stone: Thus will I magnifie my self, and sanctifie my self, and I will be known in the eyes of many Nations. I will cause the captivity of Judah to re∣turn, &c. And it shall be to me a Name of joy, a praise, and an honour before all the Nations of the earth. The Prophet foretelling what Judgments the Lord would bring upon the disobedient, saith, The Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in