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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. How a restraint?1
- 1God only to be hallowed.God onely to be hallowed.
A. By implying that Gods name only is to be hallowed.1 I am the Lord: 2(saith this God:) that is my name, and my glory will I not give to another. And as God will not, so neither must we give that which is due to him, to our selves or others: on which ground the Psalmist thus prayeth,3 Not unto us, 4ô Lord, 5not unto us, 6but unto thy name give glory. Tyre, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, and many others have been severely revenged for usurping that glory to themselves which was due to God.
A. By implying that Gods name onely is to be hallowed.1 I am the Lord: 2(saith this God:) that is my name, and my glorie will I not giue to another. And as God will not, so neither must we giue that which is due to him, to our selues or others: on which ground the Psalmist thus prayeth,3