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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.
No other can well set themselves about it, but shake it off, as they do all other good things:1 which I thought meet to put the reader in mind of, that although he shall not see this doctrine commonly practised in the world, yet he may not think it for all that, any novelty which Gods word doth not §Hwarrant, or therefore needless for himself to go about. For some (no doubt) will be ready to count it over-strict and more then needeth, to be tied to any such thing, and to persuade themselves, that they may with some few duties doing, please God as well as they, who spend their whole life in searching out infinite points of Gods will to practise the same: and they count that an easy way to heaven in comparison of the other, which they think long and tedious.
No other can well set themselues about it, but shake it off, as they do al other good things:1 which I thought meete to put the reader in mind of, that although he shall not see this doctrine commonly practised in the world, yet he may not thinke it for all that, any nouelty which Gods word doth not §Hwarrant, or therefore needlesse for himselfe to go about. For some (no doubt) will be ready to count it ouer-strict and more then needeth, to be tied to any such thing, and to perswade themselues, that they may with some few duties doing, please God as well as they, who spend their whole life in searching out infinite points of Gods will to practise the same: and they count that an easie way to heauen in comparison of the other, which they thinke long and tedious.
- 1Who are fit to use it.VVho are fit to vse it.