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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 4 › Chapter 3: Of the second reason, of a daily direction consisting of two branches.
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And therefore it is not to be counted as a common sin, but as the head of many sins, that (as though the Scriptures were among us but for fashion, or for the deciding of some rare and hard doubts, and controversies in religion, which is but one use of them) the most think themselves by their natural wit and skill, able to direct their ways: which opinion with their practise, §Bwhat doth it differ from that which is written of the Heathen Gentiles? God in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways, Act. 14.16. And this be said for the proof of the first part of this former reason: namely, that all their actions must be squared after the rule of Gods word, throughout their life.
And therefore it is not to be counted as a common sinne, but as the head of many sins, that (as though the Scriptures were among vs but for fashion, or for the deciding of some rare and hard doubts, and controuersies in religion, which is but one vse of them) the most thinke themselues by their naturall wit and skill, able to direct their waies: which opinion with their practise, §Bwhat doth it differ from that which is written of the Heathen Gentiles? God in times past suffered all nations to walke in their owne waies, Act. 14.16. And this be said for the proofe of the first part of this former reason: namely, that all their actions must bee squared after the rule of Gods word, throughout their life.
The second part of this reason, namely,1 that it ought to be daily and every day, and so through the day, the saying of the Lord doth clearly prove: Blessed is the man that feareth always. And again,