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A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer
A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer by ... Thomas Manton.
London: printed by J.D., 1684
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
(2.) As discovering you have a Holy God. A carnal Worshipper profaneth the Memory of God in the World. But now a Christian that walks according to his Holy Calling, that is Holy in all manner of Conversation, he discovereth what a God he hath. 1 Pet. 2. 9. That ye should show forth the Praises of him, who hath called you out of Darkness into his marvellous Light. We are not only to conceive, and make use of them to beget Fear and Reverence in our Hearts of the All-seeing God; but are to show them forth, to evidence them to others: We should discover more than a Human Excellency, that so those which look upon us may say, these are the Servants of the Holy God.
(2.) As discovering you have a Holy God. A carnal Worshipper prophaneth the Memory of God in the World. But now a Christian that walks according to his Holy Calling, that is Holy in all manner of Conversation, he discovereth what a God he hath. 1 Pet. 2. 9. That ye should shew forth the Praises of him, who hath called you out of Darkness into his marvellous Light. We are not only to conceive, and make use of them to beget Fear and Reverence in our Hearts of the All-seeing God; but are to shew them forth, to evidence them to others: We should discover more than a Human Excellency, that so those which look upon us may say, these are the Servants of the Holy God.
Secondly, For the Reasons, Why God will be so glorified, that he may be sanctified.
1. Because this is the Glory that is due to his Name; Psal. 96. 8. Give unto the Lord the Glory due to his Name. Every Glory will not serve the turn, but such Glory as is proper and peculiar for that God we serve. It is a stated Rule in Scripture, That Respects to God must be proportioned to the Nature of God. God is a Spirit, therefore will be worshipped in Spirit and Truth. God is a God of Peace, therefore lift up pure Hands, without Wrath and Doubting. God is a Holy God, therefore will be sanctified. They which worship the Sun, among the Heathens, they used a Flying-Horse, as a thing most suitable to the swift Motions of the Sun. Well then, they that will glorify and honour God with a Glory due to his Name, must sanctify him as well as honour him: Why? for God is glorious in Holiness,