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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.
§. 157. Of taking care for our spiritual welfare.
§. 157. Of taking care for our spirituall welfare.
Q. What is the general matter nf the two last Petitions?
Q. VVHat is the generall matter nf the two last Petitions?
A. Spiritual. Such as concerneth our souls. As in the fourth Petition we were taught to pray for such temporal blessings as were meet for our bodies,1 and for our outward estate in this world: so in the fifth and sixth Petitions we are taught to seek such spiritual blessings as concern the good of our soul, that he who is fed of God may live in God.
A. Spirituall. Such as concerneth our soules. As in the fourth Petition wee were taught to pray for such temporall blessings as were meet for our bodies,1 and for our outward estate in this world: so in the fift and sixt Petitions wee are taught to seeke such spirituall blessings as concern the good of our soule, that he who is fed of God may liue in God.
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