A01975:2386
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. Obedience is most due to a King. Of Christ the King of the Church it is foretold that All Kings shall fall down before him: 1All Nations shall serve him. Yea we are commanded to serve him, 2because he is a King. Ought we not then to make to him, whose the kingdom is, this Petition, Thy will be done?
3. Obedience is most due to a King. Of Christ the King of the Church it is foretold that All Kings shall fall downe before him: 1All Nations shall serue him. Yea wee are commanded to serue him, 2because hee is a King. Ought wee not then to make to him, whose the kingdome is, this Petition, Thy will bee done?
4. A King provides all needful things for his Subjects. So much is noted in the description of a good King,1 He shall come down like rain upon the mowen grass, and as showers that water the earth: In his days shall be abundance of peace. May we not now pray thus, Give us this day our daily bread, to him whose the kingdom is?
4. A King prouides all needfull things for his Subiects. So much is noted in the description of a good King,