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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

melodie to them In which respect they are said to haue harps Reu. 15. 2. as a signe of their cheerefull minde and disposition Ioh 4. 34. While Christ liued on earth it was his meat to doe the will of him that sent him Did hee not then doe it with cheerefulnesse For this alacritie doth Dauid pray where hee desireth God to quicken him Psal 119. 37 88. 4. Sedulitie 4. Sedulitie The heauenly Spirits are both diligent and also quicke and speedy in executing the will of the Lord. Isa 6. 2. They are thereupon said to haue wings and to fly Was not hee of that minde who said Psal 119. 60. I made haste and delayed not to keepe thy Commandements For this end doth the Church desire Christ to draw her Cant. 1. 3. that she might runne after him 5. Ardencie and zeale 5. Ardency The heauenly Spirits in regard of their zeale are said to bee a flaming fire Psal 104. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 combussit Inde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In which respect the title Seraphim is giuen vnto them for it is an Hebrew name taken from heat and burning Isai 6. 2. There is nothing that doth more heat and enflame their loue and delight then Gods will When they know that God willeth this or that they are all on fire till it be done Psal 119. 20. 32. This zeale was in him that said My soule breaketh for the longing that it hath to thy iudgements alwayes And his expectation to haue his heart enlarged sheweth that hee prayed for his holy zeale Reu. 3. 19. Be zealous therefore 6. Constancie 6. Constancie The heauenly spirits serue God day and night Reu. 7. 15. They waxe not weary of doing Gods will As the good Angels still keepe their first estate so the glorisied Saints euer abide in their estate Psal 51. 12. 119. 116. None of them haue yet nor euer will fall away This did hee pray for who oft called vpon God to stablish him This constancie is the grace of all graces It setteth the crowne on all their heads and bringeth men to the fruition of the fruit of all Reu. 2. 10. Be thou faithfull vnto the death and I will giue thee the crowne of life saith he who can make good what hee saith §. 76. Of the things for which thankes is to be giuen in the third Petition and in the direction annexed to it Q. WHat are the particulars for which we are to giue thanks by vertue of the third Petition A. I. All those graces whereby wee are enabled to doe the will of God Ephes 1. 3. As. 1. Illumination of our minds whereby we may vnderstand what is the will of God 1. Cor. 14. 5. 2. Subiection of our will vnto Gods 2. Cor. 9. 13. 3. Happinesse of memory to keepe in mind the will of God Psal 119. 52. 61. that we forget it not after we haue once knowne it 4. Faithfulnesse of conscience to cheere vs when wee doe Gods will 1. Tim. 1. 12. and to checke vs when we transgresse it 5. Setlednesse of heart and affections vpon Gods will Psal 40. 8. 6. Externall obedience in the seuerall parts of our bodie thereto Rom. 6. 17. 7. Power ouer the flesh that drawes vs from the will of God Rom. 7. 24 25. II. All euents of what kind so euer be they losses or other crosses minister matter of Thanksgiuing for they are comprised in the number of those ALL THINGS for which we must giue thankes Ephes 5. 20. For this saith the Apostle is the will of God 1. Thes 5. 18. a reason very proper and pertinent to our purpose Thus did Iob blesse God for taking away Iob 1 21. as well as for giuing Q. What matter of thankes doth the direction added to the third Petition afford A. We ought to bee so much the more thankefull by how much the more heauenly our obedience is as when it is sweetned with Sinceritie seasoned with Integritie quickened with Alacritie enlarged with Sedulitie inflamed with Ardencie followed and crowned with constancie The more excellent the graces be wherewith wee are enabled to doe Gods will the more matter of praise doe they afford This was it that moued Dauid to blesse and praise God againe and againe 1. Chron. 29 10 13 19. that he and his people offered according to the will of God willingly in vprightnesse of heart and with ioy §. 77. Of the duties to be obserued by reason of the third Petition Q. VVHat duties ought we to endeuour after by vertue of the third Petition A. 1. We ought to search the Scripture that we may know the will of God 1. Search the Scripture For in them is the will of God contained This is that searching Prou. 2 4 5. to which knowledge and vnderstanding is promised And for our better helpe herein wee ought diligently to frequent the Ministerie of Gods Word as it is noted of the conuetted Iewes Act. 2. 42. that they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine whereby is declared that they were diligent and constant hearers of the Apostles and also faithfull professors and practisers of their doctrine The former was the cause of the latter The preaching of the Word is a great helpe to bring vs to doe the will of God and that in a double respect First because the will of God is thereby the more clearely distinctly and fully opened vnto vs. Secondly because it is a meanes sanctisied of God to breed credence to the truth of that which is reuealed and a●siance therein yea and to bow our will heart and affections to yeeld thereto and to bee setled thereupon In this respect saith the wisedome of God which is especially set forth in the preaching of his Word Pro. 8. 33. Blessed is the man that heareth me watching dayly at my gates waiting at the posts of my doores 2. We ought to hide Gods Word in our heart 2. Remember the word wee may not carelessely let it slip So will all the fruit and benefit of our reading and hearing be lost Psal 119. 11. as meate or physicke that is vomited vp so soone as it is taken Heb. 2. 1. But by retaining Gods Word in minde and memory wee shall be prouoked the more to doe Gods will and kept from transgressing it to which purpose the Psalmist saith Psal 119. 11. Thy word haue I hid in mine heart that I might not sinne against thee Col. 3. 16. Wherefore let the word of Christ dwell in you richly 3. We ought oft and seriously to meditate on the excellencie of Gods will 3. Meditate on Gods word to draw our hearts the more to it Whose heart was euer more set vpon Gods will to do it then g Psal 119. 5 20. Dauids and who did more h 97 99 148. meditate on the excellencie

Psal 10. 13. 42. 3. Their insultations and cursed exprobrations and that against God himselfe §. 35. Of Gods kingdome what it is and what be the kinds of it Q. VVHich is the second Petition A. Thy kingdome come Q. What is the kingdome of God A. That estate where as a King he ruleth For that is a kingdome where a King raigneth and ruleth Where God therefore raigneth there is his kingdome Q. How doth God raigne as a King A. 1. By his absolute power he raigneth ouer the whole world 2. By his speciall grace he raigneth ouer his Church According to this different manner of Gods raigning is his kingdome distinguished For 1. He hath an vniuersall kingdome Gods vniuersall kingdome Vbique regnat vbique imperat vbique maiestas eius Bern. de verb. Isay Serm. 5. called his kingdome of power because by his absolute and supreme power he ouer-ruleth all creatures whatsoeuer or wheresoeuer they be In regard of this vniuersall soueraignty of God the Scripture saith His kingdome ruleth ouer all For who hath resisted his will And thereupon he saith vnto God Psal 103 19. How terrible art thou in thy workes Through the greatnesse of thy power shall thine enemies submit themsel●es to thee Rom. 9. 19. 2. He hath a peculiar kingdome Psal 66. 3. called his kingdome of Grace Gods peculiar kingdome his Church whereby he raigneth ouer a select people culled out of the world which voluntarily yeeld obedience vnto him The companie of this people is in one word the Church and it is a societie chosen of God Sanè secundum praedestinationem nunquam Ecclesia electoric penes deum non suit Bern. super Cant. Serm. 78. redeemed by Christ called and sanctified by the holy Ghost which hath bene in all ages of the world some in heauen others on earth spread ouer the face thereof farre and neare in which respects it is stiled the holy Catholicke Church This is properly the kingdome of Christ in and by whom the Father raigneth For it is said that a kingdome was giuen to the Sonne of man Dan. 7. 14. Of whom saith the Father I haue set my King vpon my holy hill of Sion Psal 2. 6. whose people shall be willing in the day of his power Psal 110. 3. Herein lyeth a maine difference betwixt Gods manner of gouernment in his vniuersall and in his peculiar kingdome that the worlds subiection is forced Psal 66. 3. 110 3. but the Churches subiection is free §. 36. Of Gods raigning ouer rebels TOuching that vniuersall kingdome of God ouer all creatures in all places seeing there are many which rebell against God and say Psal 2. 3. Let vs breake his bonds asinder and cast his cords from vs Luke 19. 14. We will not haue him to reigne ouer vs and therupon walke according to the Prince of the ●re Eph. 2. 〈◊〉 the spirit which worketh in the children of disobedience and seeing the diuell is the god of this world a doubt may be made how God can be said to be their King and Gods kingdome thus vniuersally extended ouer the whole world Answ 1. Rebelion of subiects taketh not away the right of a Soueraigne Psal 2. 1 6. Christ therefore notwithstanding the tumult of people is said to be a King 2. None can do any thing at all without his permission Instance the arch-rebell of all Iob 1. 11. 2. 5. of all Satan in the case of Iob. Instance also the many plots and practises of the wicked which in all ages by an ouer-ruling hand of God haue bene disappointed and made void 3. God can 2. King 19. 28. when and as it pleaseth him restraine them as he restrained Senacherib yea and beate them downe and vtterly destroy them Exod. 14. 28. as he destroyed Pharaoh and his whole hoste 4. Satan to whom the fore-named rebels are subiect is but Gods executioner 1. King 22. 2● he is one of the number of Gods seruants though of his guiltie and reprobate seruants Satan vnus de numero seruor 〈◊〉 est licet reorum iam atque reproborum Chrys hom 20. in Mat. 6. So as euen in that power which Satan hath ouer them God sheweth himselfe to be their King Q. Is this vniuersall kingdome of God here ment A. No further then that God would order it to the good of his peculiar kingdome which is here principally intended §. 37. Of the kingdome of Grace and Glorie Q. HOw may the peculiar kingdome of God be considered A. 1. In the beginning and progresse of it 2. In the consummation and perfection of it In the former respect it consisteth of a mixture of euill persons with good ones Kingdome of Grace and of euill qualities in those good persons with good ones Math. 13. 24. 47. in regard of which mixtures it is resembled to a field wherein grow tares with wheate and to a draw-net which gathereth of all sorts Mar. 4. 26. and to corne which ariseth with straw and chaffe as well as with sound and solid graine In the latter respect it consisteth onely of such as are euery way perfectly good Kingdome of glorie and therefore said to shine as the Sunne Math. 13. 41 43. which hath no darknesse Reu. 21. 27. nor any speck or spot in it In the former respect especially it is called a kingdome of Grace and that 1. In opposition to those who neuer were Why the kingdome of grace is so called nor euer shall be of it and therefore are obiects of Gods seuere iustice and reuenging power Ier. 10. 25. but in it grace raigneth 2. For distinction from those who are translated out of it into heauen Rom. 5. 21. For by reason of the many temptations and imperfections whereunto the Saints on earth are subiect thy stand in need of much more grace then the Saints in heauen who are iust and perfect Heb. 12. 23. In the latter respect it is called a kingdome of Glory Why the kingdome of glorie is so called and that by reason of the Place where it is and of the Persons which are of it 1. The Place where it is is the most glorious place of all the world euen the highest heauens 2. The Persons both King and Subiects thereof are decked with vnspeakable glorie The King doth there manifest his glorie more then any where else as brightly as can possibly by the creature be discerned The Subiects there partake of as much glorie as they are capable of and that in soule and body so as they are all glorious within and without §. 38. Of the difference betwixt the kingdome of ●●Grace Glorie THis kingdome of Grace and of Glorie is but one and the same kingdome distinguished into two parts which differ in sixe circumstances 1. In Time The kingdome of Grace is now present while here we liue The kingdome of Glorie is to come 2. In