A01975:1313
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.
1. For the Excellency of it,1 it is one of those excellencies wherein God himself glorieth, thata he forgiveth sin. Therefore with great Emphasis he saith,b I, I am he that blotteth out thy transgression for mine own sake. And with great admiration of this excellency saith the Prophet,c Who is a God like unto thee that pardoneth iniquity? They therefore that forgive wrongs show themselves like to God in this his excellency. Whereupon the Apostle having exhorted usd to forgive, addeth, as a further motive to press the duty, this clause,e Be ye followers of God as dear children. Herein man showeth himself a God to man: as on the contrary by revenge, he showeth himself a very Devil: Many, likef Lamech, boast and glory in taking revenge, as in a matter of great manhood, whereas in truth it is a part of much baseness, and great pusillanimity.
1. For the Excellencie of it,1 it is one of those excellencies wherein God himselfe glorieth, thata he forgiueth sinne. Therefore with great Emphasis he saith,b I, I am he that blotteth out thy transgression for mine owne sake. And with great admiration of this excellencie saith the Prophet,c Who is a God like vnto thee that pardoneth iniquitie? They therefore that forgiue wrongs shew themselues like to God in this his excellencie. Whereupon the Apostle hauing exhorted vs