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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 8: Of the description of the daily direction.
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But we must remember, that this endeavour must be hearty and constant:1 hearty, & not constrained or hollow, that our beginning may be good as well as our proceeding; and constant, that we faint not, but hold out therein. For many make fair shows, but they are not sound and true from the heart, and therefore soon vanish: other mean well in practising that which they have been taught, but seeing they do not strongly renew their covenant from day to day, and that with as good courage and desire as they began first, and nourish and preserve integrity; they therefore break off and wax faint and weary, before they have brought their work to an end, that is, before §Bdeath. Whereas we should know, that forasmuch as the devils attempts will ever be great, with new devises and by new occasions in every part of our life, to break off our care: (and yet we can never grow cold in it, but it shall be to our cost, seeing whensoever it shall be so, it will be our great sin) therefore we should go as cheerfully about it, as at the first we began it, (I mean, to continue our care) that so we may prove our selves to be constant, and not charged (as they in the Psalm 78.34.) to be unfaithful in our covenant.
But we must remember, that this indeuour must be heartie and constant:1 heartie, & not constrained or hollowe, that our beginning may be good as well as our proceeding; and constant, that we faint not, but hold out therein. For many make faire shewes, but they are not sound and true from the heart, and therefore soone vanish: other meane well in practising that which they haue bene taught, but seeing they do not strongly renew their couenant from day to day, and that with as good courage and desire as they beganne first, and nourish and preserue integritie; they therefore breake off and waxe faint and wearie, before they haue brought their worke to an end, that is, before §Bdeath. Wheras we should know, that forasmuch as the diuels attempts will euer be great, with new deuises and by new occasions in euery part of our life, to breake off our care: (and yet we can neuer grow cold in it, but it shall be to our cost, seeing whensoeuer it shall be so, it will be our great sin) therefore we should go as chearefully about it, as at the first we began it, (I meane, to continue our care) that so we may proue our selues to be constant, and not charged (as they in the