A01975:1738
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
Petition 6 › Section 170: §. 170. Of Temptation, and Tempters.
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.
Temptation, when it is attributed to God is to be taken in the best sense: and that to prove, discover, & make known what is in man: as Moses said to Israel,i Thou shalt remember the way which the Lord thy God led thee to tempt thee (or to prove thee) to know what was in thine heart. 2Not as if God were ignorant thereof (for he understands our thoughts afar off. Psal. 139. 2.) but that he might make known to them what indeed was in them. Now ⟨p. 229⟩God by tempting men maketh known, sometimes such graces as are in them: (so hek tempted Abraham:) and sometimes such corruptions as lurk in them: so hel tempted Hezekiah. Neither of these temptations can be thought to be unjust, or any way evil.
Temptation, when it is attributed to God is to be taken in the best sence: and that to proue, discouer, & make knowne what is in man: as Moses said to Israel,i Thou shalt remember the way which the Lord thy God led thee to tempt thee (or to proue thee) to know what was in thine heart. 2Not as if God were ignorant thereof (for he vnderstands our thoughts afarre off. Psal. 139. 2.) but that he might make knowne to them what indeed was in them. Now ⟨p. 229⟩God by tempting men maketh known, sometimes such graces as are in them: (so hek tempted Abraham:) and sometimes such corruptions as lurk in them: so he