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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01975	A 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	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1626 (1626)	STC 12117; ESTC S103286	303,522	370

man haue wife and children that which is m●et for them as well as for himselfe may iustly bee accounted needfull so for others of his houshold and kindred lying on his charge g 1. Tim. 5. 8. The Apostle pronounceth him worse then an Infidell that prouideth not for his owne and specially for them of his owne house It behooueth vs therefore to pray for so much as may be sufficient for them for whom we ought to prouide 4. That which is apparently needfull for the time to come h 2. Cor. 12. 14. Fathers ought to lay vp for their children i Gen. 41. 48 49. When Ioseph foresaw seuen yeeres Famine to come hee laid vp great plenty of corne before hand §. 88. Of Couetousnesse Ambition and Voluptuousnesse COntrarie to the forenamed moderation of our desire is Couetousnesse Auarus homo similis est inferno Sicut infermus nunquam dicit satis est ita auarus nunquam satiatur c. Bern. de modo bene viuen Serm. 44. which like to hell can neuer bee satisfied For by aboundance this desire is encreased so as the more it is filled the lesse it is satisfied Hereof our Lord aduiseth to k Luke 12. 15. take heed and beware For as it is an vnsatiable sinne so also a deuouring sinne as Pharaohs leane Kine deuoured the fat ones so Couetousnesse deuoureth all Gods blessings and graces l Gen. 41. 4. it m Math. 13. 22. Ezek. 33. 31. choaketh the Word and maketh hearers thereof vnfruitfull It so intangleth men with the things of this world as it maketh it n Luke 14. 18. easier for a Camell to goe thorow the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter into the Kingdome of God No sinne more bewitcheth a man drawing his heart from God the only true ground of confidence o Mar. 10. 25. and making him trust in vanitie which is plaine p Col. 3. 5. Ephe● 5. 5. idolatry Yea it is truely stiled q 1. Tim. 6. 10. The roote of all euill For it so blindeth mans minde and hardeneth his heart as he maketh conscience of no sinne no not of denying God and renouncing true Religion nor of periurie and blasphemie nor of prophaning and breakiug the Sabbath nor of rebellion against Superiours and neglect of inferiours nor of murther or any other vnmercifulnesse nor of oppression deceit falshood or any other euill Contrary also to the forenamed moderation of desire are Ambition or affectation of worldly honours and promotions which like a winde make a man fwell aboue that which is meet but yet fill him not and Voluptuousnesse or an eager hunting after earthly pleasures and delights wherewith hee vseth to be sooner wearied then contented §. 89. Of Gods giuing temporall blessings That he giueth them How he giueth them Q. OF whom are we taught to aske bread A. Of our Father which is in heauen For all the Petitions of this Prayer are directed to him Q. What is thence to be gathered A a Psa 102. 19 20 The Lord in heauen is the disposer of all things on earth For b Gen. 14 22. Psal 24. 1. hee is the possessor of heauen and earth c The earth is the Lords and the fulnesse thereof He therefore giueth the earth and the things thereof to whom he will Wee neither haue them of our selues nor can haue them of any other but of God Whatsoeuer the meanes of getting them be they are but the hands of Gods prouidence whereby he giueth vs what we haue Q. How doth God giue bread and the things here comprised vnder it A. 1. By causing them to be brought forth How God giueth temporall blessings For God at first made euery thing that is fit for mans vse and hee continueth still to cause the earth sea and other like meanes to bring forth all things needfull for man Psal 104. 14. I will heare saith the Lord I will heare the heauens Hos 2 21 22. and they shall heare the earth and the earth shall heare the corne and the wine and the oile and they shall heare Iezreel God is there set forth as the d first mouer A Primus Motor and the highest orderer and disposer of all secondary meanes whereby things meet for man are brought forth 2. By bringing them to vs so as wee may partake of the vse of them Hos 2. 8. Thus saith God to Israel I gaue her corne and wine and oyle c. It is the same God to whom the Psalmist saith The eyes of all things wait vpon thee Psal 145. 15. O Lord and thou giuest them their meat in due season 3. By giuing them a blessing Such a blessing doth God giue to the things which are brought forth and brought to vs as by vertue thereof they nourish and cherish vs. This blessing is in Scripture stiled a Leu 26. 26. Isa 3. 1. the staffe and stay of bread This is that b Deut. 8. 3. Word of God by which man liueth By this man thriueth For c Prou. 10. 22. the blessing of God maketh rich Whence this prouerbe hath beene raised Giue me Gods blessing and cast mee into the Sea In regard of this blessing they who haue aboundance haue need to make this Petition For d Luke 12. 15. a mans life consisteth not in the aboundance of the things which he possesseth e Hag 1. 6. Psal 127. 1 ● without Gods blessing nothing can doe him any good 4. By sanctifying them to vs. This is done 1. by accepting our persons in Christ and accounting vs pure f Tit. 1. 15. To the pure all things are pure 2. By giuing vs in Christ a right to what wee haue g 1. Cor. 3. 22 23 All things are theirs who are in Christ 3. By giuing vs a warrant out of the Word for enioying and vsing the same h 1. Tim. 4. 5. It is sanctified by the Word of God and Prayer 4. By giuing vs grace well to vse what wee haue By vertue of this grace i Phil. 4. 12. Saint Paul was instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer need Though in the three first respects namely by causing things fit for creatures to be brought forth by bringing them to his creatures and by giuing a nourishing vertue to them God may truely be said to giue bread to all sorts of men good and euill yea to all sorts of creatures reasonable and vnreasonable yet in the last respect namely by sanctifying it he giueth bread to the Saints alone §. 90. Of the instructions taught vs by asking bread of God IN that we are directed to aske bread of our Father in heauen we are taught thereby 1. a 1. Chron. 29. 11 c. To acknowledge him the giuer thereof 2. b Psal 145. 15. In all want to fly to him 3. c Psa 147. 12 13. To giue the praise