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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.
§. 232. Of Gods unchangeable Eternity. How it maketh us rest on God for obtaining our desires.
§. 232. Of Gods vnchangeable Eternitie. How it maketh vs rest on God for obtaining our desires.
Q. How doth Gods unchangeable eternity embolden us in faith to call upon God?
Q. HOw doth Gods vnchangeable eternitie enbolden vs in faith to call vpon God?
A. It maketh us confidently to expect what God hath formerly granted: and to do for us that which he hath always done for them that have called on him, and believed in him. On this ground the Psalmist thus pleadeth, Our fathers trusted in thee: 1they trusted, and thou didst deliver them: They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. This pleading of Gods former dealings implieth faith in Gods unchangeable continuing to be the same God: the same God in our time, that he was of old in our fathers time: the same God to us, that he was to our fathers. bOn this ground it hath been usual with Saints to call to mind,3 and to make mention of Gods former dealings with others before their time,4