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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
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.
CHAP. 11. Of the benefit and commendation of the Direction.
CHAP. 11. Of the benefite and commendation of the Direction.
Now I will proceed to the third point, namely,1 of the necessity, profit and comfort of the daily direction: and then more largely speak of these nine duties, seeing a Christian shall find so great use of them, that he may §Bbe in some sort helped thereby daily. Of this third part I shall not need to say much, if that be well marked and considered, which I have set down of the two former. For if it be granted, that God directeth us daily how to go through the whole course of our lives,2 and that he teacheth us what manner of guiding us this daily direction is (both which have been proved unto us:) who can doubt,3 but that it must needs be a thing of great account and reckoning, and of singular use, and gainful? especially to all such as being of an upright heart, are yet not so exercised in the Scriptures, nor so experienced (by means of the darkness and blindness that yet is in §Cthem, and of sundry other lets and discouragements) that they are able by their own private help to draw out of all their readings, hearings and knowledge which they have gotten, any indifferent form or direction to govern themselves.
NOw I will proceed to the third point, namely,1 of the necessity, profit and comfort of the daily direction: and then more largely speake of these nine duties, seeing a Christian shall find so great vse of them, that he may