A10945:1302
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
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that they cannot dig, and to beg they are ashamed. There are many other ways beside these, drawing men from their callings, which seem pleasant, but the issue thereof proveth far otherwise: whereby many and those also of good hope, have given themselves to seek their liberty, and to be unburdened from their callings, wherein whiles they remained they thought themselves to be in a kind of prison; and therefore ⟨p. 356⟩till foolish experience had taught them how they had been deceived, could §Fin no wise be persuaded to serve God in them, as had been most meet for them to have done. These men and such like, of which sort there are many in the world, might have kept both peace to their consciences, and good report, and been freed from many evils, if they would have hearkened to the voice of God,1 which saith: He that laboureth not, let him not eat. And again: that man is borne to labour, as the bird to flying. But they depart from the ordinance of God, and show that (howsoever they profess themselves to be religious) they fell to these indirect courses from diligence in their callings for want of religion, which only doth rightly direct men how to follow them, as it doth to order all other things aright. But it may well be a duty of some §Gaccount commanded of God, to make conscience of diligence in our particular callings, it is so few mens cases to perform it.
that they cannot digge, and to begge they are ashamed. There are many other waies beside these, drawing men from their callings, which seeme pleasant, but the issue thereof proueth farre otherwise: whereby many and those also of good hope, haue giuen themselues to seeke their libertie, and to be vnburthened from their callings, wherein whiles they remained they thought themselues to be in a kind of prison; and therefore ⟨p. 356⟩till foolish experience had taught them how they had bene deceiued, could §Fin no wise be perswaded to serue God in them, as had bene most meete for them to haue done. These men and such like, of which sort there are many in the world, might haue kept both peace to their consciences, and good report, and bene freed from many euils, if they would haue hearkened to the voyce of God,