A10945:1253
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.
After this, they were advised, and exhorted to go about the practising of it according to the several points thereof,1 after the right and clear understanding and due considering of it; and to show faithfully, how they felt it to help them forward in well passing the day, more then when they walked without it in the world: and which points of it, they found hard to be observed: and how they were letted, or what liberty they found more by it, in §Hthe governing of their lives, then when they looked not after it. Thus they were counselled to make trial of it by the month, and so by the quarter of the year, and to signify, whether any such daily course might possibly be fastened upon Christians, and with fruit, which (doubtless) few are acquainted with. And after trial made privately by themselves, they enjoying also the public Ministry to the further enlightening of them about the same, they confessed freely, to the praise of God, that they found and obtained more use of their knowledge, more constancy in their course, and sweet delight in serving of God then they ever looked for, or once could have asked of God, before they did in such particular manner look to their ways, though §Ithey had set their hearts to seek the Lord some while before. For they said, when they did consider, that God ought as well one day have his due at our hands as another (which they had not thought upon so throughly; but now by the help of this, they began to see more clearly: and that it was nothing beseeming the greatness and goodness of God, that he should be served by fits, and uncertainly; some day a little, some day nothing at all) they confessed, that they framed their minds of conscience, to look to their ways more constantly and carefully, and that in one part of the day as another: and more especially, that they did usually consider of, and call to mind Gods love and kindness in his many mercies much more often, then in times past when §Kthey thought of them but seldom. And hereby, they saw such blessing of God upon their labours and endeavours,2 that they were able with cheerfulness and without tediousness to pass the day in their calling, and in the performance of other necessary duties either at home or abroad as occasion was offered, which they could never do before, for any long time together: