A01975:1669
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. Both such as concern the Petition it self, and also the Condition annexed to it.
A. Both such as concerne the Petition it selfe, and also the Condition annexed to it.
In regard of the Petition we ought
1. To acquaint our selves with the Law of God. This is needful because 1.a By the Law is the knowledge of sin. 2Thereby therefore we shall know what sinners we are, and in how great need we do stand of pardon. 2.b By the Law is mans soul humbled,4 pricked and broken, and thereby prepared to seek pardon. 3. By the Law man is stripped of all self-conceit. cEvery mouth is stopped and all the world made guilty thereby.
1. To acquaint our selues with the Law of God. This is needfull because 1.a By the Law is the knowledge of sinne. 2Thereby therefore wee shall know what sinners we are, and in how great need we do stand of pardon. 2.