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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.
And I do the rather make mention of these troubles, which for the most part arise in our families as well as other ways, because many Christians do think through ignorance, that we are not to be directed in these common things, nor to be called to our reckoning and account for offending by impatience, anger, back-biting and heart-burning against any man, and for such like passions: which declareth, that as it is an hard thing for Christians to walk in the uprightness of their hearts,1 by performing other duties in the midst of their houses; so it is no less hard and rare in this bearing of discommodities and other troubles, to show themselves lights and examples to the rest of §Itheir family. But these unquietnesses, which are counted small, are not to be admitted at any time in our lives, seeing they unsettle and draw us out of our §4course. Therefore that neither one nor other kind of affliction become unsettlings of us, this counsel we must take from the Lord, which I have now set down:2 that every day we arm our selves against the fear of such as may come, and against impatience by such as already are come upon us.
And I do the rather make mention of these troubles, which for the most part arise in our families as well as other waies, because many Christians do thinke through ignorance, that we are not to be directed in these common things, nor to be called to our reckoning and account for offending by impatience, anger, back-biting and heart-burning against any man, and for such like passions: which declareth, that as it is an hard thing for Christians to walk in the vprightnesse of their hearts,1 by perfourming other duties in the midst of their houses; so it is no lesse hard and rare in this bearing of discommodities and other troubles, to shew themselues lights and examples to the rest of §Itheir familie. But these vnquietnesses, which are counted small, are not to be admitted at any time in our liues, seeing they vnsettle and draw vs out of our §4