Building A Godly Home, Volume 1 H/B: A Holy Vision for Family Life - Hardcover

William Gouge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1601782268 ISBN 13: 9781601782267

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books, 2013

Synopsis

For years, William Gouge's Domestical Duties has stood as the foremost Puritan treatment of Christian family life. Yet due to its size and antiquated expression, it has become almost unknown among current generations of believers. To help revive the usefulness of this classic book, Scott Brown and Joel R. Beeke divided Gouge's work into three manageable volumes, updated the language to modern standards, and have given it the title Building a Godly Home .

In the first volume, A Holy Vision for Family Life, we hear the voice of a wise and loving mentor, calling us to the old paths laid out for the family in the Bible. Here is Gouge's helpful exposition of Ephesians 5:21-6:4, where he lays out the wife's voluntary submission to her husband, the husband's sacrificial love for his wife, the child's obedient honoring of parents, and the parents' nurturing leadership of their children. Reading it is like sitting down to coffee with a gentle grandfather and wise pastor. Come and allow your family to benefit from such wise counsel.

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About the Author

William Gouge (1575 1653) was a Puritan minster who served for forty-five years at St. Ann Blackfriars in London and was a member of the Westminster Assembly. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had thirteen children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1601782268
• ISBN 13: 9781601782267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200