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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.
2. The Son of God is called Father of Eternity, in that, he is eternal himself, and the author of such things as endure for ever.
2. The Sonne of God is called Father of Eternitie, in that, he is eternall himselfe, and the author of such things as endure for euer.
3. The Spirit of God in the beginning moved upon the face of the waters, 1Gen. 1. 2. He was therefore in the beginning: and if he was in the beginning, he had no beginning. For he it was that formed the things that had a beginning: in which respect he is said to move, or (as the Jewish expositors interpret the word) to sit as an Hen upon her Eggs, till her Chickens be hatched.
3. The Spirit of God in the beginning moued vpon the face of the waters, 1Gen. 1. 2. He was therefore in the beginning: and if he was in the beginning, hee had no beginning. For hee it was that formed the things that had a beginning: in which respect he is said to moue, or (as the Iewish expositors interpret the word) to sit as an Hen vpon her Egges, till her Chickens be hatched.
- 1Hebrai expo•••• [Greek or Hebrew] incubabat sicut gallina ovis suis incubat donec pulley gignantur.Hebrai expo•••• 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 incubabat sicut gallina ouis suis incubat donec pulli gignantur.