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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
Preface › Section 8: §. 8. Of the instructions which the title, Father, applied to God import.
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.
§. 8. Of the instructions which the title, Father, applied to God import.
Q. What instructions may be gathered from this title Father, applied to God in Prayer?
Q. VVHat instructions may be gathered from this title Father, applyed to God in Prayer?
A. 1. God is to be called upon in the mediation of Christ. In ⟨p. 12⟩Christ only is God a Father:1 and in Christ only are we adopted, and borne again.2 Out of Christ God is a terrible Judge, and a consuming fire▪ This title therefore includeth Christ, and faith in him.3 Thus Saint Peter first had an eye to Gods fatherhood in relation to Christ his only begotten Son, and then in relation to the Saints his adopted sons.
A. 1. God is to be called vpon in the mediation of Christ. In ⟨p. 12⟩Christ onely is God a Father:1