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Seven treatises containing such direction as is gathered out of the Holy Scriptures, leading…Seuen treatises containing such direction as is gathered out of the Holie Scriptures, leading…
Seven treatises containing such direction as is gathered out of the Holy Scriptures, leading and guiding to true happiness, both in this life, and in the life to come: and may be called the practise of Christianity. Profitable for all such as heartily desire the same: in the which, more particularly true Christians may learn how to lead a godly and comfortable life every day. Penned by Richard Rogers, preacher of the word of God at Wethersfield in Essex.Seuen treatises containing such direction as is gathered out of the Holie Scriptures, leading and guiding to true happines, both in this life, and in the life to come: and may be called the practise of Christianitie. Profitable for all such as heartily desire the same: in the which, more particularly true Christians may learne how to leade a godly and comfortable life euery day. Penned by Richard Rogers, preacher of the word of God at Wethersfield in Essex.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1603
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The second work: they consult in this case what to do.
The second worke: they consult in this case what to doe.
After that he seeth by the doctrine which he hath heard, how the case standeth with him, namely that he is guilty before God of eternal punishment and wrath, and seeth not how to escape the same hanging over him; the Lord directeth him and guideth his heart to enter into further consideration with himself of and about his present estate, and consulteth what to do in that his extremity. Neither doth he this lightly or hoverly (as many) after he hath heard the necessity of that duty taught him, and the same earnestly urged unto him: but mindeth it seriously, and goeth about it as a matter of life and death.
AFter that he seeth by the doctrine which hee hath heard, how the case standeth with him, namely that he is guiltie before God of eternall punishment and wrath, and seeth not how to escape the same hanging ouer him; the Lord directeth him and guideth his heart to enter into further consideration with himselfe of and about his present estate, and consulteth what to doe in that his extremitie. Neither doth he this lightly or houerly (as many) after he hath heard the necessitie of that dutie taught him, and the same earnestly vrged vnto him: but mindeth it seriously, and goeth about it as a matter of life and death.
That God thus moveth him to deliberate in so weighty and doubtful a case, no man need to call it into question, when nothing is well done without it, in earthly matters of any moment, where the wit of man is the chief or only agent and dealer. For we know that rashness doth nothing well: how much more then may we think, that God will not suffer him, whom he meaneth to bring to so great honour as the assured hope of salvation is, to go about it without due regard and consideration? especially, he dealing by ordinary means, where they may be had and come by? But that he entereth into consultation what to do,