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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 61: §. 61. Of the force of this word THY in the third 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.
§. 61. Of the force of this word THY in the third Petition.
Q. TO whom hath this Particle THY in the third Petition relation?
A. To the same person to whom it had relation in the two former Petitions: and it importeth the same things in this Petition that it did in the other two, namely, a Reason, Restraint, and Emphasis.
A Reason, because it showeth that the Will here mentioned is the will of Our Father who is in heaven, whose name is above all to be hallowed, and whose kingdom is before all to be preferred.
A Reason, because it sheweth that the Will here mentioned is the will of Our Father who is in heauen, whose name is aboue all to be hallowed, and whose kingdome is before all to be preferred.
A Restraint, because it implieth that his will only is to be done.
A Restraint, because it implyeth that his will onely is to be done.