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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
Treatise 3 › Chapter 8: Of the last point, which is the benefit of this armour.
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And when thou seest that thou art acquainted with this armour, and how it helpeth thee daily to live innocently and christianly, then consider what §Gthou hast, how rich it maketh thee, and what great privileges the Lord hath given thee:1 and then as Abigail said to David, when thou shalt reap such fruit of it, thou shalt not repent that thou tookest such counsel: be glad of them, be highly thankful for them, more then if thou haddest found great treasure: weigh what protection against the devil, thou hast thereby: what safe-conduct from falls: what fear and doubts thou art delivered from: what mists of ignorance, as scales from thine eyes, are plucked from thine heart: what strength against thy strongest infirmities thou findest; how easily thou mayest turn into the way again, if at any time by weakness thou hast slipped: yea consider moreover what peace to thy conscience thou §Hhast, and rest to thy soul: when thou seest, not only more clearly then before thou wert thus armed, that there is no condemnation to thee; but also that God now fighteth for thee and maketh thee fit to resist the deceitfulness of strong temptations, who wert before so faint and impotent in resisting them.
And when thou seest that thou art acquainted with this armour, and how it helpeth thee daily to liue innocently and christianly, then consider what §Gthou hast, how rich it maketh thee, and what great priuiledges the Lord hath giuen thee:1 and then as Abigaile said to Dauid, when thou shalt reape such fruite of it, thou shalt not repent that thou tookest such counsaile: be glad of them, be highly thankfull for them, more then if thou haddest found great treasure: weigh what protection against the diuell, thou hast thereby: what safe-conduct from falles: what feare and doubts thou art deliuered from: what mists of ignorance, as scales from thine eyes, are pluckt from thine heart: what strength against thy strongest infirmities thou findest; how easily thou maist turne into the way againe, if at any time by weakenes thou hast slipped: yea consider moreouer what peace to thy conscience thou §H