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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
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Moreover, if any would shake off this doctrine, as sifting him more narrowly, then he can well like of: and therefore would for the seeking of more liberty to the flesh, cavil at these Scriptures, as misalleged, such an one must needs maintain, that there is some time, and some days, more liberty given to man, then at other times, and on other days. But he is driven from §Gthat hold by manifest Scripture, as he is tied to a daily direction by the former. For to the stopping of such mouths, is that written by the holy Ghost: Take heed that there be not at any time, 1in any of you an evil heart, and so a departing thereby from the living God: If not at any time, then much less any day, wherein are many times, seeing it is manifest that there are many times, yea hours in the day, wherein the heart may start aside from God, that is, from doing his will: So that nothing shall be gained by resisting the truth, but it shall turn to the swifter damnation of them, which do it. Men may say (I deny not) that it is hard to have that rule over their hearts: but it will not serve them, to the rejecting of the truth (which God hath brought to light §Hto them and made manifest to their consciences) but that they must for all that, grant, that it is a duty to be yielded unto of them, and therefore to be set upon and gone about rather then resisted, assuring themselves, that an honest endeavour shall not be in vain.
Moreouer, if any would shake off this doctrine, as sifting him more narrowly, then he can well like of: and therefore would for the seeking of more libertie to the flesh, cauill at these Scriptures, as misalleaged, such an one must needes maintaine, that there is some time, and some daies, more libertie giuen to man, then at other times, and on other daies. But hee is driuen from §Gthat hold by manifest Scripture, as hee is tied to a daily direction by the former. For to the stopping of such mouthes, is that written by the holy Ghost: Take heede that there be not at any time, 1in any of you an euill heart, and so a departing thereby from the liuing God: If not at any time, then much lesse any day, wherein are many times, seeing it is manifest that there are many times, yea houres in the day, wherein the heart may start aside from God, that is, from doing his will: So that nothing shall be gained by resisting the truth, but it shall turne to the swifter damnation of them, which doe it. Men may say (I denie not) that it is hard to haue that rule ouer their hearts: but it will not serue them, to the reiecting of the truth (which God hath brought to light