A10945:1075
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.
And here we must know, that to be required, which I said to be in thanks, whether private or public, that to enable us to this duty the rather, we must in the one, use the benefit of sermons, and fit scriptures to stir us up hereunto, and in the other to meditate of the like scriptures privately, for the well §Kcarrying of our selves through that so weighty a business: but in both, let this be regarded, that we take them not in hand, except we come in true and unfeigned repentance, which as surely, as we bring thither: so sure we may be, that God will be with us there, and hear us, which will make the whole action more savoury,1 and the end of it to be with comfort, which is the right manner of taking it in hand. Now therefore the nature and quality of this ⟨p. 293⟩§Aexercise being in some sort laid out unto us, as the former was, if we duly weigh the force and use of them both in their proper kind, namely, how the one raiseth us to a joyful recording of Gods wonderful kindness: the other bringeth us love, for our own vileness, more especially remembered: both of them do exceedingly draw our hearts in more love and obedience to God, who can deny, that they both, in the time, wherein they are to be used even as a long time after, are most effectual means to set us forward in the godly life?
And here we must know, that to be required, which I said to be in thankes, whether priuate or publike, that to enable vs to this dutie the rather, we must in the one, vse the benefit of sermons, and fit scriptures to stirre vs vp hereunto, and in the other to meditate of the like scriptures priuately, for the well §Kcarrying of our selues through that so weightie a busines: but in both, let this be regarded, that we take them not in hand, except we come in true and vnfained repentance, which as surely, as we bring thither: so sure we may be, that God will be with vs there, and heare vs, which will make the whole action more sauorie,1 and the end of it to be with comfort, which is the right manner of taking it in hand. Now therefore the nature and qualitie of this