sanctifie the congregation] Appoint by Proclamation, that all men being duly purified according to the Law may come to the Temple, to call upon the Lord with mourning and fasting. See Exodus 19:10. 22. gather the children] That as all have sinned, so all may shew forth signes of their repentance, that men seeing the children, which are not free from Gods wrath, might be the more lively touched with the consideration of their own sinnes.