A01975:1324
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.
A. The Time present. The word is of the present Tense,a we do forgive, which implieth a present performance, and a constant continuance. The time present hath an Opposition both to the time to come, and also to the time past. He that in the present doth a thing putteth it not off to the future, contenting himself with a purpose to do it afterwards, as if it were enough to say, I will forgive: neither doth he leave off to do it, contenting himself that heretofore he hath done it, as if it were enough to say, I have forgiven. But so soon as occasion of doing it is offered, he doth it: and so long as the occasion continueth, he continueth to do it.
A. The Time present. The word is of the present Tense,a wee doe forgiue, which implyeth a present performance, and a constant continuance. The time present hath an Opposition both to the time to come, and also to the time past. Hee that in the present doth a thing putteth it not off to the future, contenting himselfe with a purpose to doe it afterwards, as if it were enough to say, I will forgiue: neither doth hee leaue off to doe it, contenting himselfe that heretofore he hath done it, as if it were enough to say, I haue forgiuen. But so soone as occasion of doing it is offered, he doth it: and so long as the occasion continueth, he continueth to doe it.
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Q. What doctrine may be gathered from the profession of forgiveness in the time present?
Q. What doctrine may be gathered from the profession of forgiuenesse in the time present?