A01975:1658
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.
§. 165. Of the things for which thanks is to be given by virtue of the condition annexed to the Fifth Petition.
§. 165. Of the things for which thankes is to be giuen by vertue of the condition annexed to the Fift Petition.
Q. What are the particular good things for which thanks is to be given to God by reason of the condition annexed to the Petition?
Q. VVHat are the particular good things for which thankes is to be giuen to God by reason of the condition annexed to the Petition?
A. 1. All the evidences of Gods indulgences towards us in pardoning our sins. For to this end is our profession of forgiving others here expressed: where therefore there is such an evidence, as we may boldly make profession thereof, we ought to be thankful for it. Thus doth S. Paul give thanks, as for faith in the Lord Jesus, 1so for love to all the Saints, an evidence thereof.
A. 1. All the euidences of Gods indulgences towards vs in pardoning our sinnes. For to this end is our profession of forgiuing others heere expressed: where therefore there is such an euidence, as we may boldly make profession thereof, wee ought to be thankefull for it. Thus doth S. Paul giue thankes, as for faith in the Lord Iesus, 1so for loue to all the Saints, an euidence thereof.
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