Question 101

Which is the first Petition?

Hallowed be thy Name.

What do you mean by the [Name] of God?

Any thing whereby he maketh himself known.

What do you mean by [Hallowed] be thy Name?

Let thy name be sanctified, or glorified.

Are we here then to bewail the dishonour that we have brought to Gods name by our self-seeking, and other sins, whereby we have robbed him of, and obscured his glory?

Yes.

Do we pray that he would enable others too, as well as our selves?

Yes.

How do we here desire God to dispose of all things in the world?

To his own glory.

Is this the first and principal thing that we should seek in our prayers, that Gods name may be hallowed, or sanctified, and glorified.

Yes.

What, that his works may be magnified, and his word glorified, his worship observed, and all his attributes and excellencies highly honoured, commended, adored, and admired by us, and all his creatures.

Yes.