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A guide to go to GodA guide to goe to God
A guide to go to God: or, An explanation of the perfect pattern of prayer, the Lords prayer. By William Gouge, B. in D. and minister of Gods Word in Black-Friars LondonA guide to goe to God: or, An explanation of the perfect patterne of prayer, the Lords prayer. By William Gouge, B. in D. and minister of Gods Word in Black-Friers London
London: printed by G. Miller for Edward Brewster, 1626
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. To humble our souls daily before God. Every day is the fire of Gods jealousy kindled by our daily sins, whereby he is provoked to come out in wrath, and to take revenge. Every day therefore must we fall down before him with broken spirits and humbled souls. This is a means to turn his fury to pity.
2. To humble our soules daily before God. Euery day is the fire of Gods iealousie kindled by our daily sinnes, whereby he is prouoked to come out in wrath, and to take reuenge. Euery day therefore must we fall downe before him with broken spirits and humbled soules. This is a meanes to turne his furie to pittie.
3. To renew our covenant with God every day. For every sin maketh forfeiture of the covenant. The covenant being forfeited, with what comfort can we apply it to our selves? with what confidence can we plead it before God?
3. To renue our couenant with God euery day. For euery sin maketh forfeiture of the couenant. The couenant being forfeited, with what comfort can wee apply it to our selues? with what confidence can we plead it before God?
4. To repent daily.b Repentance is a proviso annexed to a mans forgiving his brother.2 Much more doth God expect it of such as expect forgiveness of him. He that sinneth seven times in a day, must repent seven times in a day. As sin incenseth wrath, so repentance for sin maketh God to repent his wrath. Because therefore there is no day wherein a man is without sin, he ought not to be one day without repentance.