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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
Treatise 4 › Chapter 13: Of the declaration of the second duty, of beginning the day with prayer.
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I doubt nothing, but that at sometime diverse Christians in an holy and right manner do discharge it: but reverently and confidently to do it, laying ⟨p. 351⟩§Aall other things aside which hinder it, that I dare not affirm of many: which causeth the benefit of it, the less to appear to them. Which kind of men, if they cannot constantly tie themselves to it with delight, when yet they may very well, they should shame and put themselves to rebuke, for omitting it through sloth and unwillingness; if by no other reason, yet by the practise of some of the devouter sort in popery: who although they serve God superstitiously, yet they observe their hours appointed to them after their blind manner (having only a confused and deceivable hope to be heard, I speak of the best of them) to the shame of such as who knowing better how to worship God aright, think it too much to tie themselves to any thing §Bmore then they use to do: and that is, when they think good, or be driven to it in sickness, fear, &c. or in any other manner, (many times) that is, without the right and true properties of it: and then sometime I grant, and that in the morning (perhaps) they betake themselves to it.
I doubt nothing, but that at sometime diuerse Christians in an holy and right manner do discharge it: but reuerently and confidently to do it, laying ⟨p. 351⟩§Aall other things aside which hinder it, that I dare not affirme of many: which causeth the benefit of it, the lesse to appeare to them. Which kind of men, if they cannot constantly tye themselues to it with delight, when yet they may very well, they should shame and put themselues to rebuke, for omitting it through slouth and vnwillingnesse; if by no other reason, yet by the practise of some of the deuouter sort in popery: who although they serue God superstitiously, yet they obserue their houres appointed to them after their blind maner (hauing only a confused and deceiueable hope to be heard, I speake of the best of them) to the shame of such as who knowing better how to worship God aright, thinke it too much to tie themselues to any thing §Bmore then they vse to do: and that is, when they thinke good, or be driuen to it in sicknesse, feare, &c. or in any other maner, (many times) that is, without the right and true properties of it: and then sometime I graunt, and that in the morning (perhaps) they betake themselues to it.