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Isaiah 8:13

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

285. Sanctify the Lord of hosts. Here he instructs them how the Lord is to be feared: and first, he sets out the law; second, the hiding of the law: seal the law (Isa 8:16). Concerning the first, he does three things: first, he places the precept of the law; second, the fruit of obedience: and he shall be a sanctification to you (Isa 8:14); third, the punishment of rebels: but for a stone of stumbling. …

Commentary on Isaiah ↗

Bonaventure

In the first petition of the Lord's Prayer, our sanctification is sought, and this through the gift of fear, when he says: "Our Father, who art in heaven; hallowed be thy name." Isaiah: "Sanctify the Lord of hosts, and let him be your dread and your fear."

Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 2 ↗