A10945:1274
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.
The words of the Psalm, although they be not to be understood only of the time of our first awaking, yet they include that time, as well as any other in the day: but that place of Solomon doth plainly show, that it ought to be as usual and ordinary, to set our hearts on work about some holy and heavenly §Dthings when we first awake, as it should be, to look to be guided by Gods word all the day through. And there is no doubt, but if this Scripture and such like were believed, and well weighed, directly tending to this end, to teach Christians to take up their hearts in holy cogitations and heavenly desires, before the devil hath poisoned them, and evilly employed them: and further, if they would be willing to see this first letting loose their hearts to sundry sins (as jesting, vain laughter, light and loose talk, jarring, contention, depth of worldliness, and such like) to be one chief cause of an unprofitable, yea an offensive life in the day afterwards; it should be far better with them then it is.
The words of the Psalme, although they be not to be vnderstood only of the time of our first awaking, yet they include that time, as well as any other in the day: but that place of Salomon doth plainely shew, that it ought to be as vsuall and ordinary, to set our hearts on worke about some holy and heauenly §Dthings when we first awake, as it should be, to looke to be guided by Gods word all the day through. And there is no doubt, but if this Scripture and such like were beleeued, and well weighed, directly tending to this end, to teach Christians to take vp their hearts in holy cogitations and heauenly desires, before the diuell hath poysoned them, and euilly imployed them: and further, if they would be willing to see this first letting loose their hearts to sundry sinnes (as iesting, vaine laughter, light and loose talke, iarring, contention, depth of worldlinesse, and such like) to be one chiefe cause of an vnprofitable, yea an offensiue life in the day afterwards; it should be farre better with them then it is.