A01975:1955
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.
3. Alienation of heart from the world. They who have been bewitched by the world, so as they have loved the same, and have been entangled therein, which is a great evil, ought to pray to be pulled out of it: and to have their hearts turned from it, as the heart of Amnon was from Tamar: so that the hatred wherewith they hate it,1 may be greater then the love wherewith they loved it. This we ought to pray for in regard of lewd company, unlawful games, undue honours, unjust gain, immoderate pleasures, or any other like thing wherewith we have been bewitched. Till our hearts be alienated from the world, we shall never be throughly delivered from the evil of the world.
3. Alienation of heart from the world. They who haue beene bewitched by the world, so as they haue loued the same, and haue beene entangled therein, which is a great euill, ought to pray to bee pulled out of it: and to haue their hearts turned from it, as the heart of Amnon was from Tamar: so that the hatred wherewith they hate it,1 may bee greater then the loue wherewith they loued it. This wee ought to pray for in regard of lewd company, vnlawfull games, vndue honours, vniust gaine, immoderate pleasures, or any other like thing wherewith wee haue beene bewitched. Till our hearts bee alienated from the world, we shall neuer bee throughly deliuered from the euill of the world.
4. Suppression of all the lusts of the flesh, after they are risen up. ⟨p. 265⟩Prevention of them is implied in the former part of this Petition. If that be not obtained but that the flesh doth rise up & lust and rebel against the Spirit, our desire ought to be, to have those lusts beaten down again, and we freed from the thraldom of them. Saint Paul reckons up 17. particular lusts of the flesh together.