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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.
A. Men while they live in this world need our prayers. All the directions given in Scripture to pray for any, all the promises made to prayer, all the warrant that is given for performing this duty, is restrained to prayer made for them that live in earth. And they are to be prayed for:
A. Men while they liue in this world need our prayers. All the directions giuen in Scripture to pray for any, all the promises made to prayer, all the warrant that is giuen for performing this dutie, is restrained to prayer made for them that liue in earth. And they are to be prayed for:
1. Because they are subject to manifold infirmities.
1. Because they are subiect to manifold infirmities.
2. Because they may reap benefit by our prayers: which they that are taken from earth can not do. For they that are translated from earth to heaven are made perfect: so as they need not our prayers. And they that are cast down from earth to hell, are implunged into such irrecoverable misery, as they can reap no benefit by our prayers.
2. Because they may reape benefit by our prayers: which they that are taken from earth can not doe. For they that are translated from earth to heauen are made perfect: so as they need not our prayers. And they that are cast downe from earth to hell, are implonged into such irrecouerable miserie, as they can reape no benefit by our prayers.