We said that this consists in acknowledging with the heart and confirming
IV. The Word and Sacraments
296. It is time to come to the fourth part of worship we are to render to God. We said that this consists in acknowledging with the heart and confirming with the mouth that God is the author of all good, that thereby we may glorify Him.
297. Has He given us any rule for this? All the praises and thanksgivings contained in Scripture ought to be our rule and guide.
298. Is there nothing regarding this in the Lord's Prayer? Yes there is, for when we pray that His name may be hallowed, we pray that He may be glorified in all His works, as indeed He is--that He may be praised for His justice when He punishes, for His mercy when He pardons, and for His faithfulness when He fulfils His promises; in short, that there is nothing in which His glory does not shine forth. This is to ascribe to Him the praise for all blessing.
299. What shall we infer from all that we have said? What truth itself tells us, and was stated at the outset, viz. that this is eternal life to know one true God the Father, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent (John 17:3)--to know Him, I say, in order that we may worship Him aright, that He may be not only our Master, but also our Father and Saviour, and we be in turn His children and servants, and a people dedicated to His glory.
300. How can we attain to such a blessedness? For this end God has left us His holy Word, which is, as it wee, an entry into His heavenly Kingdom.
301. Where do you find this Word? It is comprised for us in the Holy Scriptures.
302. How are we to use it in order to profit by it? By receiving it with the full consent of our conscience, as truth come down