A10945:1254
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.
they were not unsettled by matters about family, nor so easily and readily passing ⟨p. 341⟩§Atheir bounds, and over-shooting themselves, in dealing about their worldly affairs: they were not so soon provoked to unquietness by losses or other of Gods chastisements, nor to break out into heart-burning, fretting and uncharitableness against such as offered them hard measure in speech or otherwise: they did now more narrowly view their desires & affections, which way they carried them, and what deceitfulness was in them; which yet for many of them, they had not before suspected, or at least, little laboured against them: and how oft they had smarted by them, when they had not this regard daily. They saw they could willingly do one good thing or other in the day, for the most part, or at least keep themselves from evil, and were not §Bmastered of idleness, or busying themselves needlessly in other mens matters: they were not usually so untoward when they went to prayer, nor walked in many of their actions so loosely, as they well remembered they had done before: they now could find matter to joy in, and make their songs of, (even the many kindnesses of God, which have no end) whereas their joy was wont to be in thinking of that which they had, or desiring that which was other mens, or dreaming of long life, &c.
they were not vnsetled by matters about family, nor so easily and readily passing ⟨p. 341⟩§Atheir bounds, and ouer-shooting themselues, in dealing about their worldly affaires: they were not so soone prouoked to vnquietnesse by losses or other of Gods chastisements, nor to breake out into heart-burning, fretting and vncharitablenesse against such as offered them hard measure in speech or otherwise: they did now more narrowly view their desires & affections, which way they caried them, and what deceitfulnesse was in them; which yet for many of them, they had not before suspected, or at least, litle laboured against them: and how oft they had smarted by them, when they had not this regard daily. They saw they could willingly do one good thing or other in the day, for the most part, or at least keepe themselues from euill, and were not §B