Quotes by William Gouge
William Gouge (1575–1653) — Pfarrer · Puritaner · England
William Gouge (1575–1653) war ein englischer puritanischer Theologe und Geistlicher, der über vier Jahrzehnte an St. Ann Blackfriars in London predigte und maßgeblich am Westminster-Bekenntnis mitwirkte. Bekannt wurde er für seinen monumentalen Kommentar zum Hebräerbrief sowie für seine Abhandlung über christliche Familienethik, deren streng patriarchales Rollenverständnis bereits von Zeitgenossen und heute kritisiert wird. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem in konservativ-reformierten Kreisen als klassischer Vertreter puritanischer Schriftauslegung und praktischer Alltagsethik.
Era: Reformation & Baroque
Recurring topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Witness & Mission, Money & Possessions, Discipleship, Church & Congregation, Humility & Pride, Temptation & Struggle, Ethical Questions
Quotes by William Gouge
The more purely God’s Word is preached, the more deeply it pierces and the more kindly it works.
William Gouge
If upon the obtaining of the first desire, a man remain unsatisfied, and his desire be more and more enlarged, he hath a covetous heart.
William Gouge
The first [caveat] is concerning the matter which we hear, “Take heed what you hear,” (Mark 4:24). We must hear nothing with approval except what we know to be the word of God. We must, therefore, be well acquainted with the Scriptures ourselves, and by them test the things which we hear, whether they are the word of God or not, as the men of Berea did, Acts 17:11. The second caveat is concerning the manner of hearing, “Take heed how you hear,” (Luke 18:18). That which we know to be grounded upon the Scriptures we must receive, “not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God,” (1 Thess. 2:13). We must with reverence attend to it; we must in our hearts believe, and we must in our lives obey it.
William Gouge
Covetousness is styled “the lust of the eye,” (1 Jn. 2:16); that is, an inward inordinate desire arising from the sight of such and such a thing, (Josh. 7:21). Many things may be seen which are not desired, but if desired, and that inordinately, there is covetousness.
William Gouge
Ministers are herein to imitate God, and, to their best endeavour, to instruct people in the mysteries of godliness, and to teach them what to believe and practice, and then to stir them up in act and deed, to do what they are instructed to do. Their labor otherwise is likely to be in vain. Neglect of this course is a main cause that men fall into as many errors as they do in these days
William Gouge
It is God’s word that does convert, quicken, comfort, and build up, or, on the other side, wound and beat down. What is the reason that there was so great an alteration made by the ministry of Christ and His disciples, by the apostles and others after them, indeed, by Luther, and other ministers of reformed churches? They did not preach traditions of elders like the scribes; nor men’s inventions like the Roman Catholics do. They preached the pure word of God. The more purely God’s word is preached, the more deeply it pierces and the more kindly it works.
William Gouge
They therefore that ground what they preach upon the Scripture, and deliver nothing but what is agreeable to it, preach the word of God.
William Gouge
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