A10945:1275
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.
I mean, if they would thus do, they should find much more ease in serving of God, and fruit therein, and comfort thereby, both in the morning and all the day after: whereas I see with mine eyes, & hear it with mine ears, that many pass the day very unbeseeming Christians, who have long sought the Lord (though only in a general manner indeed:) and others see, that it is not with them so well as both it might and they themselves know it should be: who do perhaps some one time in the day now and then go to prayer, ⟨p. 348⟩but otherwise they have little regard of many their actions: & yet their prayers §Fwhich they make, are not, for the most part, poured out to God, till their heads and harts both are so filled and fraught with the world and other matters, that they have made themselves in a manner unfit to pray.
I meane, if they would thus do, they should find much more ease in seruing of God, and fruite therein, and comfort thereby, both in the morning and all the day after: whereas I see with mine eyes, & heare it with mine eares, that many passe the day very vnbeseeming Christians, who haue long sought the Lord (though only in a generall manner indeed:) and others see, that it is not with them so well as both it might and they themselues know it should be: who do perhaps some one time in the day now and then go to prayer, ⟨p. 348⟩but otherwise they haue litle regard of many their actions: & yet their prayers §Fwhich they make, are not, for the most part, powred out to God, till their heads and harts both are so filled and fraught with the world and other matters, that they haue made themselues in a maner vnfit to pray.
And as for such as say, they have other matters to think on as soon as they be awake, and they cannot bestow their time after that manner, it may please them to know, that as for the time (if their heart were ready and did know how to do this duty) it might very sufficiently and well-nigh be performed in so much time (for a need) as the Lords prayer distinctly uttered might be said over in. For in such a space might a Christian lift up his heart to God, and salute him with an holy remembering of his fatherly kindness,