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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.
Q. Are we to pray for no more then is needful for our selves?
Q. ARe wee to pray for no more then is needfull for our selues?
A. Yes. What we crave for our selves, we ought to crave for others also. For the Petition is made in the plural number,
A. Yes. What we craue for our selues, we ought to craue for others also. For the Petition is made in the plurall number,
Q. Who are those others for whom we must crave temporal blessings.
Q. Who are those others for whom wee must craue temporall blessings.
A. 1. They who are of our Family. bIt belongeth to us to provide for them. We must therefore pray that we may have sufficient for our selves, and them: and that God would further bestow on them whatsoever is requisite for them in their places.