A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

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, Exod. 15. 11. This is that which God counteth to be his chief Excellency, and the Glory which he will manifest among the Sons of Men.

2. This is that Glory which God affects, and therefore the Saints will give it him. Isa. 6. 3. The Holy Angels, what do they cry out when they honour God? They do not acknowledge his Power and Dominion over all Creatures as Lord of all; but they give him his peculiar Glory, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts, the whole Earth is full of his Glory. So David, Psal. 103. 1. Bless the Lord, O my Soul, yea, all that is within me bless his Holy Name. That's the Notion upon which he pitcheth, he would praise God with such praise as is welcome and acceptable to him.