;6 A profitable Expoftion i.Petition.. And ap,aine,Sa sat cartDes nomen .%icitur, cum facrum,Zlenerabtle, parum, augujlum effeanobtoagnofcitur ,Ó'pradicatur,& null°modncontemptsm,aut srretterëtercogiteturaut Jumatur. The Name ofGod is Paid to be hallowcd,when it is confeffed and publi. fhed, as holy,reuerend,pure, and high, and firth as by no meanes is either thought of,or taken of vs contéptibly or vnreucrently. So that in plain fpeech this petition is thus much :O Lord,let that maieffie and holincffe that is in thy felfe,that iu(fiet, mercie,and power, which thou fheweff in thy workes, and that truth, wtfedome, and goodneffe which is in thy word, wich all thy vertue generally whatfoeuer comprehended in thy nature, and fit for çla e knowledge and vfe of man, be+açore and more daily knowne of man, and receiued amongvs, with that dread, and ho- nor, and reuerence,thatis fit for fuch a name, both in word and work, thought and deed,and euery way. Anotable requefl /ure, and well be(eemmg the formes of gad, defirous of their Fathers glorie. But this, me thtnkyou doe not refltr'aine st onely to man : fo that in man only this Llo_ neofhis name U. to appeere. No in deed, neither ought I. But know it as a fault in Tertullian and Cyprian fo to doo. For fo large is the reach of this petition, as that it toucheth not onely men godly and vngodly, reprobate or elei but even all things in this world whatfo_ euer, than to bee ordained of the Lord. For in the very leaf+ thing appeareth Tome maicffie fpower,eternitie, and vertue ofhim, which in this petition e deliire, as well may appearc and be feene and celebrated to the praile ofhim,as thofe greater matters that are in man. And therefore cryerh the Prophet ofGod in this Pfahne, to all creatures to praife the Lord:Sunne and Moone, andflarres,and lighr,hea- uen and earth, dragons, deeps, fire and water, hails and +now, wind and vapours, ïlormes and tempeffs ,mountaines and hils, trees, beaffs, cattell, wormcs, and all feathered foules,.and in conclufion, euery thing,to exalr,hallow, and fancfifie the name of the Lord. For his name onely is excellent ,msdhrepraifeaboue heauen and earth. And to the fain end is the ro.f.. Pfalme, a very notable Fong ofDauid alto, teach.. ing vs plainely, that in all the workes of the Lord, t'iere is a portion of this his Name, that is,of his Maieflie,power, wifedome,ana gc alineffe, which in this pe- tition, and by thefe words we ought to beg of him, wk:.,, may appeare, be feyne, pored ,.marked, and obferued, and celebrated in this world, to his glo.y. So Oat you fee prayer Both not meane onely man, but all things, that order that I: putt declared. Every thing as is better and better knowne, contayning matter gumentofGodspratfe, either in re (peel ofworkmanihtp, vfe, nature, all,' cr fc me. let it re#elleth man chieflie, as the word of GG D, wherein he bath !kewtd himfeffe moll, and lad donne largeflar untentr to the glorie of his name. ltdoth fo, and therefore fo let vs think ofir. And firlf fee how it beggc:h for vs knowledge and vnderPtanding frill more and more of his name and nature, be- caufe knowledge goeth before obedience. Which requeff of knowledge carrieth withit an induffrie and indcuour in vs in all diligence, euer to obfcrue the Lord in his workes, to marke the power, the wifedome , the goodneffe of him in crea- tingthem, and in gluing fuch nature, vfc, and operation to them, in difpoiing them in fuch an order, in continuing them in fuch a course, and fo footrh, and cou- demneth the too too common and damnable dulneffe of the world info continu- al lvfe, and fo little a regard of thcfe things, being thetmaine caufeofgrieuous vn- thankfulnef e,and not fanéfifying of the name of God in vs. Secondly, we begin it, as one faith,Non modo vtnomen Dei inintelleelu perfidem ei notiti. Dei, ver. . +mesiamore,corpore,vitaq,,iota far Ehfceturetgloraftcetur. Not one- ly that the name of God in ourvnderfianding by faith and knowledge ofGod,but E'solt 36 alto in mouth, bodie,and our whole life may be fanóiified and glorified. Ofwhich hallowing of ehe name ofG O D, fpeaketh the Lord himfclfe by his Prophet fay - ing :I willfanllifïe my great name which wit polluted axons the Heathett,&c. How
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