A10945:1243
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.
Besides, many such enjoy not the ministry of the Gospel ordinarily, but as they get it by their painful travel abroad; and many (the more is the pity) do not tie themselves conscionably to preach the most necessary doctrine to their people, yea (I may say with grief) are altogether unfit to do it: and the diligentest Preachers and best able (for the most part) tarry not long to season the hearers throughly with such matter; but by death,1 or other §Doccasions, are quickly removed, or so mightily discouraged by their people and the diverse kinds of crabbed, tetchy, scornful, hollow, proud, profane, and the like ill qualities of them, or some other ways, that rarely it may be found, (what an admirable and lamentable thing do I utter in this golden time of 44. years peace, scarcely to be hoped for half so long again!) yea rarely (I say) it may be found, that in all this time there are grown many able to guide themselves with sweet peace, through their troublesome lives. And we who know, that men without direction by Gods word, wander and walk in uncomfortable darkness, what can we better do for the easing and helping of them to their hearts desire, and satisfying of their necessities, then §Eshow them the easiest and plainest way to escape and come out of it,2 as God hath showed us?
Besides, many such inioy not the ministery of the Gospell ordinarily, but as they get it by their painefull trauell abroad; and many (the more is the pity) do not tye themselues conscionably to preach the most necessary doctrine to their people, yea (I may say with griefe) are altogether vnfit to do it: and the diligentest Preachers and best able (for the most part) tarie not long to season the hearers throughly with such matter; but by death,1 or other §Doccasions, are quickly remoued, or so mightily discouraged by their people and the diuerse kinds of crabbed, teachy, scornefull, hollow, proud, prophane, and the like ill qualities of them, or some other wayes, that rarely it may be found, (what an admirable and lamentable thing do I vtter in this golden time of 44. yeares peace, scarsely to be hoped for halfe so long againe!) yea rarely (I say) it may be found, that in all this time there are growne many able to guide themselues with sweete peace, through their troublesome liues. And we who know, that men without direction by Gods word, wander and walke in vncomfortable darknesse, what can we better do for the easing and helping of them to their hearts desire, and satisfying of their necessities, then