CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Some take Name for Glory, Gods Name, for his glory, Ezek, 36.22. Psa. 79.9. and then the Preposition [Greek or Hebrew], they take for propter, for it answereth the Hebrew ב Beth, which is sometimes used so, Gen. 18.28. Luke 22.20. And indeed here is a truth in this, because whatsoever God doth about his Church, he doth it for his own glory: There is no merit or worth in us to move him; It's his own glory only, as Joshua urged, What wilt thou do for thy great Name? Josh. 7.9. Yet this Exposition seemeth not to be so pertinent.

Some take Name for Glory, Gods Name, for his glory, Ezek, 36.22. Psa. 79.9. and then the Preposition 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, they take for propter, for it answereth the Hebrew ב Beth, which is sometimes used so, Gen. 18.28. Luke 22.20. And indeed here is a truth in this, because whatsoever God doth about his Church, he doth it for his own glory: There is no merit or worth in us to move him; It's his own glory only, as Joshua urged, What wilt thou do for thy great Name? Josh. 7.9. Yet this Exposition seemeth not to be so pertinent.

Others by Gods Name understand his power, his strength, his might, and thus it's often used, Prov. 18 10, &c. and then the Preposition [Greek or Hebrew] answers per, and so the Hebrew ב is often used, called therefore [Greek or Hebrew] beth auxilii, This seemeth very pertinent, and is part of the meaning, but last of all that which late Interpreters pitch most upon is, that Name is here taken for the Truth, Doctrine and Knowledge of God, both for the Object, the Doctrine that is known, and the Grace is, that Faith whereby we are enabled to know, it being usual in Scripture to call the Object of any affection, by the affection it self. That Name is here taken for the Truth and Doctrine manifested by Christ, appeareth