A Cate~hiflical Expojition .. Q But. fince God -~~ e iierrwher~ prifem, wby hatm,ollr S.aViour tiZUgbt us to dire{] our Prayers to wr Fathtr tn Heaven? . A. _Filil, ~eca~fe ~ea\· en is .the mort Glorious Pla-te·of God~s Refidence, and therefore God IS repre!ented to us In Heaved to afH\ us w.ith his 'Glory.and Majefiy .~econ~lr, J?ecaufe God now~ete_ hear~ . 9ur Prayirs with AcCeptation but on! ·in ffeaven; for there only are they reprefented by CbrilliOJ!nterceffion which he ni:.kes in both Natures. n;~.JJ m-Jl • ' 1 , . Q What/earn you fh;m our hcilig commantfed to·ili>:.elh•llr Prajtr.i to God iq iJ;,. Ven-? . . , ·holt) , A. That we lho~ld fo pray.as to . pierce Heaven, wijich caimof ' be done by the Strength apd lntentton of our Votce, but of our Zeal aildl' Affeel:ion. ~ Q Is' t7Je Voict necej]ary in Prayer? _J .l· J'! • 11. h is only upori Three Accounts. ~~....; , · ._ 1 1 , As that which God requires fhould be employed in his Service. 2 • When in feCret it maY be.,en Help'to\ raifeobr AffoEHons,' fiill_ keeping it within the Bounds of Decency and Setrecy. ,, .. 1 3 . In our joining wit!/ othets it is an Help lil<ewife to raife and quicken their AfH£tions. :1 Q What is tbe Firjl Petition of the Lord's Prayer? A. Hallowed be thy Name. ' · Q What is meant by the ]\lame o( God? , , X -firft, GOd's Name is himfd(, Pfal. 20. •· Tht Lord hear thu in the Day •f Trouble, the Name of tbc God of Jacob defend thee; ,and many orher Places. · Secondly, The Name of God is any PerfeE\ion afc'tlbed un'to him, whereby he hath made hlmfdf known unto us. Q. W/;at are the Nam<J of God? A. His Titles, and his Attributes, Q What are his Tit!ts! Jl. TheX are many; as Jehovah, which fignifies Being, and giving Being; Crtator denoU~g tiis.In~nite.Power; LtJrd and King, denot.ing his Authority and J:?ominion; Father · figmfytng h1s Care and Goodnefs rewards h1s Creatures; Redeemer, noting his Mercy'and Grace in delivering them from Temporal Evils, and efpecially liom Eternal Death. · . Q What a~ th<-il.itrihritti of God! A. They are of Two Sorts, either Incommunicable or Communicable. Q Which are his Incommunicable .Attributes l A. Such as are fo proptr to the Divine Elfence that they cannot in any Meafure ot Refemhlance be afcribed to the Creatures; fuch are the Eternity, lmmenfity, Simplicity, and Immutability. Q. What are his Communicable Attributes? A. They are fuch as may in fome Analogy and Refemblance be found in the Crea· tores as Holinefs, Juftice, Mercy, Truth, Wifdom~ and Power. Q' Since zbty are to be found in the Creatitrts, boUJ are tbtn the Proptr Names of Go~; They are the Proper Names of God when they are applied to him free from all thofe Impetfeaions that attend them in the Creatures. Q What aretbefe Imperfe[/tons ? -".. They are Three. 1 , Firft That all the Perfeaions of the Creatures are not originally from themfelves bu: derivatively from God. 2 , Secondly, They are not infinite, but limited. 3 , Thirdly, They are not unchangeable, but mutable. Q HOVJ then do thefe hec•me r/Je Names oJ. C}od? • A. When we afcribe them unto God as ongmally from btmfelf, and infinitely and uncbangeably in himfelf. Q What is it to hallow this Name of God? -". Ir fignifies to make his Name Holy ! i HoUJ can God, or biG Name, be madt Holy? . .A. Neither by Dedication to Holy Ufes, no! by Infufion o_f Holy Habus, bot~ which are frequently in Scripture called Hallowm~ ot Sanfhfymg, but only by De daration of his Glory and Hohnefs. Q HOVJ
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