A10945:1259
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.
For though the sect of the Family of love, the Church of Rome, and sundry other lying spirits do fancy a course which the Scripture knoweth not, ⟨p. 343⟩§Aand some of them also fantastically have for every day in the week, devised an order to be followed, as the reading of certain tasks, nothing less then proper to direct their lives: yet in this, which I here propound, namely, that we should be daily directed in our whole course, I have followed no fancy and dream of man; but have in all good conscience spoken from God, and drawn it from the Scripture both for the learned and simple, high and low, one and other, and is never in vain to the right user of it: although I deny not, but that a skilfuller handler of it, might have set it down far more exquisitely.
For though the sect of the Family of loue, the Church of Rome, and sundrie other lying spirits do fancie a course which the Scripture knoweth not, ⟨p. 343⟩§Aand some of them also fantastically haue for euery day in the weeke, deuised an order to be followed, as the reading of certaine taskes, nothing lesse then proper to direct their liues: yet in this, which I here propound, namely, that we should be daily directed in our whole course, I haue followed no fancie and dreame of man; but haue in all good conscience spoken from God, and drawne it from the Scripture both for the learned and simple, high and low, one and other, and is neuer in vaine to the right vser of it: although I deny not, but that a skilfuller handler of it, might haue set it downe farre more exquisitely.
But from whence is the difficulty that it is no more in practise, being a §Btreasure of so infinite value, and that so many pray, and some of them often, to lead a godly life; yet when and where they should not, there they favour themselves, and say, they are weak and unable? From whence I say is this,