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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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for I know men of singular learning, and gifts, who have already much altered the manner of their teaching, framing themselves to the diligent hearers capacity, and more and more desire to do the same daily, rather then to be commended for learned men, of them which neither conceive nor understand them. Yet my meaning is not to nourish or persuade to rude, absurd, and barbarous teaching, which were more fit to make them which §Bshould teach, ridiculous, and the Scriptures themselves without authority or credit, as also to mock the people: but that by their plainness, in the evidence of the spirit, reverence might be procured to their Ministry among the hearers: and that their doctrine might be approved in their consciences, which is approved of the Lord, as being drawn from his word, and easily conveyed to their understandings,1 that so they may prove that they preach with power and authority, and not as the Scribes.
for I know men of singular learning, and gifts, who haue already much altered the manner of their teaching, framing themselues to the diligent hearers capacitie, and more and more desire to doe the same daily, rather then to be commended for learned men, of them which neither conceiue nor vnderstand them. Yet my meaning is not to nourish or perswade to rude, absurd, and barbarous teaching, which were more fit to make them which §Bshould teach, ridiculous, and the Scriptures themselues without authority or credit, as also to mocke the people: but that by their plainenes, in the euidence of the spirit, reuerence might be procured to their Ministerie among the hearers: and that their doctrine might be approued in their consciences, which is approued of the Lord, as being drawne from his word, and easilie conueied to their vnderstandings,1 that so they may proue that they preach with power and authoritie, and not as the Scribes.