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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. 1. That in Prayer we conceive no Image of God. For whereunto can he, who is in heaven, be resembled? It cannot but much impair the surpassing excellency of Gods glorious Majesty, to be likened to any creature: and that much more then if a great Monarch should be said to be like a toad, or viper. Oft and earnestly hath God fore-warned his people to take heed thereof:1 and much contested against them for it.2 This one point of palpable idolatry, if there were no other, is enough to keep us from communion with Papists.
A. 1. That in Prayer we conceiue no Image of God. For whereunto can he, who is in heauen, be resembled? It cannot but much impaire the surpassing excellencie of Gods glorious Maiestie, to be likened to any creature: and that much more then if a great Monarch should be said to be like a toade, or viper. Oft and earnestly hath God fore-warned his people to take heed thereof:1 and much contested against them for it.2 This one point of palpable idolatrie, if there were no other, is enough to keepe vs from communion with Papists.
- 1Deut. •. 15. &c.
- 2Isa. 40. 18 &c.
2.1 That we conceive no earthly or carnal thing of God who is in heaven. To think that God dealeth hardly with us, misjudgeth our intents,