What Do We Pray for in the First Petition?

Answ. In the first petition (which is, Hallowed be thy name,) we pray, that God would enable us and others to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known; and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.

Q. What do we pray for in this petition?

A. That God would hallow his own name, and direct and enable us and others to hallow it, Psalm lxxxiii.

Q. What is meant by hallowing the name of God?

A. Shewing forth the holiness and glory of it.

Q. How doth God hallow his own name?

A. By ordering all things belonging to him so as to shew himself glorious in holiness, Exod.xv. 11. Psal. xc. 16,

Q. Wrhat things belonging to God shew him to be great, and glorious in holiness?

A. All his ordinances, words, and works, Psal. lxxv. 2* and cxlv. 17.

Q. Why do we pray that God would hallow his own name? A. Because none else can sufficiently doit.

£). How ought we and others to hallow God’s name?

A. By acknowledging him as our God, and by a holy and reverend us of all things whereby he makes himself known.

£). What do we in this petition pray for with respect to ourselves and others hallow ipg of God’s- name?

A. That God, by his grace, would direct and enable us to glorify himself in all we do; and prevent and remove every thing that hinders the hallowing of his name.

Q. What things hinder the hallowing of God’s name?

A. Atheism, ignorance, unbelief, idolatry, and every other sin. See more on Command 1, 2, 3, 4.

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