A01975:2465
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.
Sometimes it is prefixed before that which is uttered: and sometimes it is inferred after it.
Sometimes it is prefixed before that which is vttered: and sometimes it is inferred after it.
It is prefixed before Speeches,1 to show both the certainty and the necessity of that which is delivered. When Christ instructed Nicodemus in the mystery of regeneration, to declare unto him the necessity thereof, he thus expresseth it, Amen, Amen, 2I say to thee, except a man be borne again he can not see the Kingdom of God. And because Nicodemus made question thereof in the same manner he doth again repeat it (saying,3 Amen, Amen, I say to thee, Except a man be borne of water and of the Spirit, he can not enter into the Kingdom of God) to show that it was a true, certain, sure, infallible point which fell not from his mouth unawares, but such an one as he durst stand to, yea and pawn his credit thereupon.
It is prefixed before Speeches,1 to shew both the certaintie and the necessiitie of that which is deliuered. When Christ instructed Nicodemus in the mysterie of regeneration, to declare vnto him the necessitie thereof, hee thus expresseth it, Amen, Amen, 2I say to thee, except a man bee borne againe hee can not see the Kingdome of God. And because Nicodemus made question thereof in the same manner hee doth againe repeat it (saying,3 Amen, Amen, I say to thee, Except a man bee borne of water and of the Spirit, hee can not enter into the Kingdome of God) to shew that it was a true, certaine, sure, infallible point which fell not from his mouth vnawares, but such an one as hee durst stand to, yea and pawne his credit thereupon.