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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 31: §. 31. Of aiming at Gods honour in all things.
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.
§. 31. Of aiming at Gods honour in all things.
That Gods honour is also the main end whereat all our desires ought to aim, is evident by that pertinent exhortation of the Apostle,1 Whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God. 2This was his rejoicing, that the Lord should be magnified in him, 3whether it were by life, 4or by death. God himself maketh his glory the end of all his counsels and actions.5 But that end which he aims at we also must set before us. As for this end, it is the highest, chiefest and best end whereunto any thing can be referred. It is the end of this first Petition, & of all the rest: for the perfection of Gods kingdom, and subjection to his will tend directly to his glory. As for the other three Petitions, though in the matter of them they concern our good, yet in the manner of seeking our good, namely of God, they make to Gods glory. For in the fourth Petition Gods providence in the things of this life is acknowledged: in the fifth his mercy in pardoning sin: in the sixth his power, in keeping safe from all assaults.
THat Gods honour is also the maine end whereat all our desires ought to aime, is euident by that pertinent exhortation of the Apostle,1 Whatsoeuer you do, do all to the glorie of God. 2