A01975:853
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.
The chiefest arguments alleged for that mystical interpretation are these.
The chiefest arguments alledged for that mysticall interpretation are these.
1. Arg. If Bread be not here put for Christ, then the chiefest good thing that possibly we can desire is left out of this prayer.
Answ. 1. Christ as the very foundation, and root of every good thing, is included in the first clause of this prayer. For in Christ is God our Father.1
Answ. 1. Christ as the very foundation, and roote of euery good thing, is included in the first clause of this prayer. For in Christ is God our Father.1
2. Christ being the Head of the Church, he is expressly prayed for in the second Petition.