A10945:1346
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.
But to go a little further: if it shall fall out that we be to our grief in company, as beset with scornful, profane and brutish persons, so that we see no opportunity nor place for any good, it shall be our wisdom to keep our selves from having any fellowship with their unfruitful works of darkness; ⟨p. 370⟩using Samsons wisdom (when we fear any such thing) by savoury riddles or §Fsuch like, to break them off, and to give apparent tokens of our mislike if we can go no further to the suppressing of it; fearing otherwise, lest while we are silent when God should be honoured, the stones in the street should speak: yet let all be done wisely and peaceably, and regard had how and when to speak.1 And this is to be done until we can conveniently depart from them, and be careful after, that we fall not into the like company again: For so doth Solomon counsel,2 Prou. 14.7. Depart from the company of a foolish man, when thou seest not in him the words of wisdom. I speak of such company as one spake of Rome: If he go thither, at the first time he shall see an ill man: if he like so well that he go the second time, he shall know him: but if he will §Gneeds go the third time, he will surely bring him home with him.
But to go a litle further: if it shall fall out that we be to our griefe in company, as beset with scornefull, prophane and brutish persons, so that we see no oportunitie nor place for any good, it shall be our wisedome to keepe our selues from hauing any fellowship with their vnfruitfull workes of darknesse; ⟨p. 370⟩vsing Sampsons wisedome (when we feare any such thing) by sauory ridles or §Fsuch like, to breake them off, and to giue apparant tokens of our mislike if we can go no further to the suppressing of it; fearing otherwise, lest while we are silent whē God should be honored, the stones in the street should speake: yet let all be done wisely and peaceably, and regard had how and when to speake.