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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
Preface › Section 27: §. 27. Of the force of this word THY in the first Petition.
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.
Q. TO whom is this particle, THY, to hereferred?
A. To him that is described in the Preface.
Q. What doth it note out?
A. 1. A reason of the Petition. 2. A restraint of the Petition. 3. An emphasis of the Petition.
Q. How a reason?
A. As it hath relation to the two properties of him that is described.1 He is Our Father, and he is in heaven: a good and a great God; a gracious and a glorious Lord. Is there not then good and great reason that his name be hallowed?