t. Petitiori. rvpon the L order Prayer. ) Dien as it is vfualiy taken in the Scriptures,and for the molt part fignificrh in Mclach,t, r, the Prophet, when he faith : From the riling of the Swine, veto the ßóm; downeofthe fame, my name ,isgreat amongft the Gentiles, and In emery place sncrnfe 'hall ke offered onto iohn. r zs8. my name anda pore offerinsg: for my name oo great among the Heathen. fastfte Lordof Nl'tü,z3' hafts. And Father, glorifie thy name. A od, J3apt to sn the name of the Father, the Some, and the holy Ghoft. Whereas, I fay, the Word figniuieth not any letters or fillablcs in tongue, or that, but that power and vertue of God, fhineth in all things, So a gain::, in the Mark,i6.i7. n etrif} the Apoffles call forth diuels, that is, in the power and'flrength and är "vertue ofChAll: for fo Saint Peter expoundeth to the Actes, when he faith,I t was AR3,i2 t not heir power and godlyneffe that had made the man goe, phut it was the name of that holy one and iuft, whom they had betrayed, that is,hispower and godlynefic, phil`P'1' 6. his flrength and vertue, not theirs. So, eílt the name of'elms fhallenery knee bo'e, vet(e,t?, that is, not when the word is pronounced we Chan make a curtclie, but we fhall all and curry creature be fubieel to his power, authoritie, and dominion r for by name there Iefus is meant Domin.,tso ? poteftao, dominion and power: and enufiec- ttenisvocabtelosxprsmiturfubiethe ,bybowing there is expreffed and meantfubie611- Ain to that dominion an I power. But perhaps with more plainnelfe it may may be noted, that the name ofGod here rcfpeCleth three things chiefly,: to wit, ' Hmmfelfe. His workes, His word. If we confider the Lord himfeife, then we fee in him ruermaieflie arid holy- .r.henameof nere. And this is his name. Uwe confider his workes, we fee iuflice, mercie, God what it !s and power in their. And this is his name. And if we confider his word, there is euer truth, w.ifdom, and goodncffe in it, and this alfo his name. So that we may conclude this place even as he triar faid it, Nomen Des dscitur, omne id good dcillo prcdiratur. By the name of God is here meant, whatfocuer it is that truely of him may be affirmed, as that he is good, mull, gratious, &c. Esod,33, And this (hall hatie Warrant euident and plaine,- mien from the Lord bimfelfe, 19' id:aat mamfeflation of himfeife to his remain Mofes, where he faith, he will ralc.e all his good goe before him, and proclaime the name of the Lord before }m4 and doing fo indeed, his name is either this word nor that, as, Iehouah, `etrsagrammaton, or filch like, either in Hebrew or Greek, this tongue or that, Exod.34,8;e, itct it is this :The Lord, the Lord f Tong, merciful!, and growler, flora to anger, and rbundanttngoodnrf e and tr'.th,referuinemercie forehoufandr, forgirttng tnsquitse, tran /= orefon,and fine, and norreszkin the wicked innocent, vi /itang the iniquitieofthe Fathers vpan rho child'-en vors the third and farorshgeneraaion. See then the great andglorous name ofG OD what it is.' Andwhat aimeant I pray yore, by FTallowingofthat name ? pftheGreek To hallow or to fandhfie fignificrh two things. Either to make holy that which made Dinars before was not fo, but polluted and vncleah. In which fort our Saviour Chrif} pañ,ros. cloth hallow and fan&ifievs, makingvsofthe tinfoil fonnesofAdam, the ;:iithte- ousformesofGodinhimfelfe. Either elfe that which of it felfe and in it fclfeis already holy, fo to repute and take fo, with all reuerence to acknowledge and confeffe, andin eure to vfe and to fpeak of. In which fenfe againe, wifedonie that other felfe is moil iuft, is faid to be iuflified'of her children, that is, to be fo efleemed, lodged, and taken. And in the third of John, He that hash receiued histefii- monse ( faith he) hath leafed that God is true. That is, nothing but this, doti: caufe and bring to paffe, that God as he is in bimfelfe in deede true and truth it fel:e, fo he is acknowledged of others to be. Nów in his latter fignification it is taken heere. Arid therefore. thus expounded by the learned. Saniteficari hic, c/t roué ari, Whath '- ob/ erra ri, glori fcari,honorari,vereaQnofci, To be hallowed here, is to bereuealcd, God obfcrued, glorified, honored, and truely acknowledged. ire And
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