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 (1575–1653), Pfarrer

Topics: Church & Congregation, Witness & Mission, Discipleship

Occasions: For Reflection

William Gouge

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.

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