A01975:449
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.
Q. What doth this word, come, import?
Q. VVHat doth this word, come, import?
A. 1. A want of perfection.
2. A progress thereto.
2. A progresse thereto.
The word,1 come, is metaphorical. That which is coming is not where it would be: it may yet go further: and in that it is coming, it doth step by step draw nearer and nearer to that whereunto it would come: otherwise it did not come but stand still. Hereby then we are given to understand that the kingdom here spoken of hath not yet attained to the highest pitch,2 and fullest perfection thereof. Therefore we desire that by degrees it may so proceed on thereto, as it may at length attain that whereunto it doth proceed: that that which is in part may depart, and that which is perfect may be accomplished.