A10945:1187
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.
Now from this heart well governed,1 the next two points (as two arms of a tree, from the body or stock) do issue and come: The first,2 that we should ever keep from evil: which shall not be hard, if always and every day we be held in fear of offending, as we are directed before. The second, that we §Calways endeavour to please God, and therefore in all things; and as was said in Deuteronomy, to keep all his commandments: which all may see, cannot be if we have not our hearts so prepared to seek the Lord, that we may be ready in one duty as well as in another, to show our selves obedient.3 All which three, namely, 1. to have a heart to fear God, 2. to fly evil, 3. and please him in all things, in that one Scripture before mentioned are required daily to be found in us; so there is no man but may easily see reason, why it should be thus: first, seeing the one cannot be without the other: secondly, the keeping of such agreeableness betwixt our hearts and lives is our beauty and honour. And on the contrary, it is most harsh and offensive, when they which §Dbear a fair show, and are content sometimes to be governed, shall yet at other times be nothing so.
Now from this heart well gouerned,1 the next two points (as two armes of a tree, from the bodie or stocke) do issue and come: The first,2 that we shold euer keepe from euill: which shall not be hard, if alwaies and euery day we be held in feare of offending, as we are directed before. The second, that we §Calwaies indeuour to please God, and therefore in all things; and as was said in Deuteronomie, to keepe all his commaundements: which all may see, cannot be if we haue not our hearts so prepared to seeke the Lord, that we may be readie in one dutie as well as in another, to shew our selues obedient.