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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
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The necessity and benefit of this in a Christian, few do sufficiently know or consider. For all are naturally given to seek liberty amiss,1 and stolen waters (as it is in the Proverb) are sweet: and many who zealously profess a godly life, not painfully following some lawful calling, do by woeful practise §Cprove this to be true; and so shall find much sorrow in their days, which others shall be free from.
The necessitie and benefite of this in a Christian, few do sufficiently know or consider. For all are naturally giuen to seeke libertie amisse,1 and stolne waters (as it is in the Prouerbe) are sweet: and many who zealously professe a godly life, not painefully following some lawfull calling, doe by wofull practise §Cproue this to be true; and so shall find much sorrow in their dayes, which others shall be free from.
Now to the end we may thus cheerfully go about them, as knowing that God alloweth such works of ours, and so thereby be disposed more readily to other parts of duty, (which we see to be no common thing in the world) first this must be considered:1 that it is the Lord that setteth us in our callings, and hath promised to be with us, and to give us good success in them, and to help us bear all tediousness therein; and further,2