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William Gouge

1575–1653

Most senior at the Assembly; *Of Domesticall Duties*; respected patriarch.

English Presbyterian Majority

Holds the Westminster position on all 35 attributes.

Biography

Gouge of Blackfriars was the patriarch of the Assembly — already in his late 60s when it convened, with forty-five years of London ministry behind him. His *Of Domesticall Duties* (1622) was the most widely used Puritan handbook of household ethics. He chaired multiple Assembly committees, including (with Tuckney) the committee on the Confession's chapter on Christ the Mediator. He died in December 1653.

Principal works

  • Of Domesticall Duties (1622)
  • A Learned and Very Useful Commentary on the Whole Epistle to the Hebrews (1655)
Role at the Assembly

English Presbyterian divine

The great majority of the sitting members were English parish ministers of Presbyterian conviction. They formed the drafting core of the Assembly, manning its three standing committees and supplying most of the text of the Confession, the two Catechisms, and the Directory for Public Worship.

Party in 2 cruxes

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I. ✦ Scripture
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II. ✠ God & Decree
Trinity Nicene-With-Filioque Order of Decrees Deliberately-Permits-Both Extent of Atonement Particular Reprobation Preterition-And-Just-Condemnation Covenant of Redemption Implicit-Affirmed
III. ⊕ Covenant
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IV. ☧ Christology
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V. ✚ Soteriology
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VI. ⚖ Law & Sanctification
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VII. ☩ Ecclesiology & Worship
Polity Presbyterian-Jure-Divino Sacramental Efficacy Signs-And-Seals-Conferring-Grace-By-Spirit Regulative Principle Strict-Only-What-Commanded Censures & Synods Three-Degrees-With-Graded-Synods
VIII. ⌛ Civil & Last Things
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Study Reformed, “William Gouge” (Divine), Westminster Standards Atlas, version 79a5f9880ac1, https://studyreformed.com/atlas/cite/persona/william-gouge/.

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