A01975:1553

A guide to go to GodA guide to goe to God

Name: A guide to go to God
Author: William Gouge

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

William Gouge 1578–1653London: printed by G. Miller for Edward Brewster, 1626

[18], 276, 279-340, [8] p. · 125k words · STC 12117 · ESTC S103286

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Petition 5 › Section 157: §. 157. Of taking care for our spiritual welfare.Petition 5 › Section 157: §. 157. Of taking care for our spirituall welfare.

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A. We must take care of our spiritual welfare. Care must be had for the good of our souls as well as of our bodies.^a Where Christ moveth us to moderate our immoderate care for the things of this world, he presseth us, earnestly to care for our souls. And that not without just cause.² For

A. We must take care of our spirituall welfare. Care must be had for the good of our soules as well as of our bodies.^a Where Christ moueth vs to moderate our immoderate care for the things of this world, he presseth vs, earnestly to care for our soules. And that not without iust cause.² For

aJoh. 6. 27.Ioh. 6. 27.
2Mat. 6. 33.

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1. Our happiness consisteth in the spiritual well-fare of our souls.¹ Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

1. Our happinesse consisteth in the spirituall well-fare of our soules.¹

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The book

Title as printed

Author

William Gouge 1578–1653

Place

London

Printer

G. Miller

Bookseller

Edward Brewster

Year

1626

Size

[18], 276, 279-340, [8] p.

Words

124,822

Catalogue

STC 12117 · ESTC S103286

Text

EEBO-TCP A01975

Passages

2,551

Sections

256

Title page

A guide to go to GodA guide to goe to God

§. 158. Of doubling our care for the good of our souls.

§. 158. Of doubling our care for the good of our soules.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

§. 158. Of doubling our care for the good of our souls.

§. 158. Of doubling our care for the good of our soules.