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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
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.
CHAP. 17. Of the declaration of the sixth duty: Of using prosperity well.
CHAP. 17. Of the declaration of the sixth dutie: Of vsing prosperitie well.
THE next duty to be observed, is: that with the same sanctified and sound heart we enjoy all our lawful liberties and commodities of this life rightly and soberly, from day to day, whiles the Lord granteth them unto §Bour uses: and whatsoever crosses and afflictions befall us in the day, (as both these are distinct parts of our life from the former) that we go under them patiently, meekly and thankfully. These two parts of duty are required, not at some one time in the day, (as the first and second rules have their certain time, in which they are to be performed) but (as some of the other parts of daily direction) throughout the day: because there is no part of our life in the day, but it is either exercised with some cross or with likelihood and fear of it; or it is free from both, and enjoyeth sundry benefits of the Lords; or (that which is the most usual and common case of Gods servants) it is mixed and compounded §Cof both: which of all these soever be our estate, we are in great danger, if we be unprovided for it: I mean; if we be not watchful in either of them to carry our selves uprightly, and before the time of both if we pray not fervently with full resolution to it. And to say somewhat distinctly and severally of both, (although it be my purpose to say as little as I may, seeing I have by occasion spoken of both in another place:) of the first I will speak in this chapter; and in the next of the other.
THE next dutie to be obserued, is: that with the same sanctified and sound heart we enioy all our lawfull liberties and commodities of this life rightly and soberly, from day to day, whiles the Lord graunteth them vnto §Bour vses: and whatsoeuer crosses and afflictions befall vs in the day, (as both these are distinct parts of our life from the former) that we goe vnder them patiently, meekely and thankfully. These two parts of dutie are required, not at some one time in the day, (as the first and second rules haue their certaine time, in which they are to be performed) but (as some of the other parts of daily direction) throughout the day: because there is no part of our life in the day, but it is either exercised with some crosse or with likelihood and feare of it; or it is free from both, and enioyeth sundrie benefits of the Lords; or (that which is the most vsuall and common case of Gods seruants) it is mixed and compounded