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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

praises to our KING sing praises for God is the King of all the earth c. This reason is giuen of the heauenly Halelu-iah Reu. 19. 6. For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth As God by his Soueraigntie is the highest of all so by vertue of his prudent gouernment all good things which are any way praise-worthy are indeed done They that haue knowledge hereof and can in truth of heart acknowledge as much will assuredly bee ready on all occasions to praise God 3. Kindnesse goodnesse and mercie are the things which do most of all enflame the heart to giue praise They are the most principall obiect of praise for which thankes vseth to be giuen I will praise thy Name Psal 138. 2. saith the Psalmist to God for thy louing kindnesse Psal 117. 1 2. And he exhorteth all nations to praise the Lord on this ground His mercifull kindnesse is great towards vs. After hee had thus set out the goodnesse of God Psal 145. 8 9 10 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercie the Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are ouer all his workes he maketh this inference All thy workes shall praise thee ô Lord and thy Saints shall blesse thee Gods mercies therefore the maine matter of praise are to be called to mind and to be set in order when we go about to praise God These are they that are of greatest power to rouse vp our dull spirits to put a spirituall life into vs and to prouoke vs to praise the Lord. I haue distinctly laid downe these in The whole Armour of God Treat 3. Part. 2. § 63. Now in that the forenamed grounds of praise are onely in God Praise due onely to God praise is due to him alone For 1. a Psal 148. 13. His onely is true excellencie as was before prooued § 218. 2. b Dan. 4 25. His Soueraigntie onely is absolute As before § 207. 208. 3. c Math. 19. 17. He onely is good And d Iam. 1. 17. euery good thing commeth from him Idolaters who giue praise to false gods as e Dan. 5 23. Belshazzer did and flatterers who vnduly praise men as f Act. 12. 22. Herods people did depriue God of that glorie which is due to him Let such duely weigh the fearefull issue that befell both Belshazzer and Herod How farre praise may be giuen to men is declared in The whole Armour of God Treat 3. Part. 2. § 61. Hitherto of the Substance of the Lords Prayer The Circumstance following it remaineth to be handled §. 241. Of the meaning and vse of AMEN being prefixed before a Speech Q. Meaning of AMEN VVHat is the circumstance following Prayer A. Amen in his Petitionibus significat indubitanter à Domiao conferri quod petitur Aug. de Temp. Ser. 58. The ratification of all This is expressed in this one word AMEN That Amen importeth a confirmation of that which is said is euident by Benaiahs answere to Dauids direction concerning Salomons crowning For Benaiah desiring from his heart that Dauids said direction might bee accomplished and ratified hee answereth thereto Amen 1. King 1. 36. and to explaine his minde and meaning more fully Amen 1. firmum statum esto à Deo Tremel Iun. in ann●l in hunc loc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fiat he addeth The Lord God of my Lord the King say so too that is as other Translators turne it ratifie it The Greeke Translators thus turne it Be it done The root from whence the word commeth signifyeth as much as is euident by this phrase in Salomons Prayer O God of Israel let thy word I pray thee 1. King 8. 26. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be ratified which thou spakest vnto Dauid This Particle in Scripture is diuersly vsed Sometimes it is prefixed before that which is vttered and sometimes it is inferred after it It is prefixed before Speeches The vse of Amen being set before a speech to shew both the certaintie and the necessiitie of that which is deliuered When Christ instructed Nicodemus in the mysterie of regeneration to declare vnto him the necessitie thereof hee thus expresseth it Amen Amen Ioh. 3. 3. I say to thee except a man bee borne againe hee can not see the Kingdome of God And because Nicodemus made question thereof in the same manner hee doth againe repeat it saying Ioh. 3 5. Amen Amen I say to thee Except a man bee borne of water and of the Spirit hee can not enter into the Kingdome of God to shew that it was a true certaine sure infallible point which fell not from his mouth vnawares but such an one as hee durst stand to yea and pawne his credit thereupon Q. What duties doth Amen import when it is prefixed before a Speech A. Two especially 1. Attention 2. Beliefe 1. Where the holy Ghost by any note or signe setteth out the Excellencie Necessitie Vtilitie or any other like commendation of a point hee requireth vs to giue more then ordinarie attention thereunto Math. 24. 1 2. When the Disciples shewed Christ the glorious building of the Temple that they might the better marke what hee foretold of the destruction thereof thus hee expresseth it AMEN I say vnto you there shall not bee left here one stone vpon another that shall not be throwne downe 2. Where the Holy Ghost knoweth vs to bee backward and hard to beleeue such Principles as be of an infallible veritie he vseth asseuerations obtestations to draw vs on to giue the more credence thereunto Answerably therefore we must mixe faith with our hearing of such points To this purpose when Christ obserued vnbeliefe Mat. 7. 20. and doubting in his Disciples Mar. 11. 2● 23. hee vsed this his note of asseueration Amen to moue them the more stedfastly to beleeue what he said §. 242. Of the vse of AMEN being added to a Speech Q. HOw is AMEN added to a speech A. 1. By him that vttereth a speech 2. By him or them that heare it a Ro 16 24 27 It was vsuall with the Apostles when they made a prayer 1. Cor. 16. 24. or gaue thankes 2. Cor. 13. 13. or pronounced a blessing 1. Pet 5. 14. themselues to adde thereunto Amen 1. Ioh. 5. 21. And as vsuall it was with the people of God that heard like speeches vttered by others Iude verse 25. to say Amen whether it were b 1. Kin. 1. 36. onely one or c Neh. 5. 13. many together To what kindes of speeches AMEN is added Many are the kindes and formes of speeches whereunto AMEN is in Scripture noted to be added as 1. d Rom. 15. 33. Petitions 2. e Neh. 8. 6. Benedictions and Praises 3. f Neh. 5. 13. Imprecations and Curses 4. g 1. Ioh. 5 21. Exhortations to Duties 5. h Reu. 22. 20. Declarations of