A10945:1399
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.
And if their plenty of Gods outward benefits be such, that they may eat of the fat and drink of the sweet: yet how many find the Lords service more sweet daily to them, then they find his outward benefits? But they do rather after the manner of others, begin to rest in them many times and to say, Here is good being for us: whereas the more men have, the more they should look that they serve him with joy for all their abundance. And further, if they have time at will, wherein much good may be done to themselves and others,1 is this their chiefest care to redeem it to every good use because the days be evil, and to apply their hearts to wisdom, seeing they §Khave but a while to live? Nay, that were too sad a matter for them to hear of. But numbers of them take up a great part of the day most commonly in the pleasures and delights, which are by evil custom in every season of the year afforded.
And if their plenty of Gods outward benefits be such, that they may eate of the fat and drinke of the sweete: yet how many find the Lords seruice more sweete daily to them, then they find his outward benefits? But they do rather after the manner of others, begin to rest in them many times and to say, Here is good being for vs: whereas the more men haue, the more they should looke that they serue him with ioy for all their abundance. And further, if they haue time at will, wherein much good may be done to themselues and others,1 is this their chiefest care to redeeme it to euery good vse because the dayes be euill, and to apply their hearts to wisedome, seeing they §Khaue but a while to liue? Nay, that were too sad a matter for them to heare of. But numbers of them take vp a great part of the day most commonly in the pleasures and delights, which are by euill custome in euery season of the yeare affoorded.