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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
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.
§. 53. Of the things for which thanks is to be given by reason of the second Petition.
§. 53. Of the things for which thankes is to be giuen by reason of the second Petition.
Q. For what are we to give thanks by virtue of the second Petition?
Q. FOr what are we to giue thankes by vertue of the second Petition?
A. Every thing that maketh to the good of Gods Church, whether directly, by blessings bestowed on it, or consequently, by restraining or over-throwing the enemies of it, ministereth just matter of thanks-giving. We are therefore to be thankful in the behalf of the Church, in these cases following, and others like to them.
A. Euery thing that maketh to the good of Gods Church, whether directly, by blessings bestowed on it, or consequently, by restraining or ouer-throwing the enemies of it, ministreth iust matter of thanks-giuing. We are therefore to be thankfull in the behalfe of the Church, in these cases following, and others like to them.