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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
Treatise 4 › Chapter 20: Of the declaration of the ninth and last duty: Of viewing the day.
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1But it is (will some say) an offering of great violence to our selves to do thus daily, and more then Gods word imposeth upon us: therefore except it be proved to us by authority of Scripture, we will leave it to such as list to be subject to it. To whom I answer: That the violence which is offered, is but to the flesh,2 to the which we are not debtors; and therefore are not to take §Hthought to fulfil the lusts of it, but to hinder them rather: which shall be granted of necessity, if it be proved that God commandeth us to offer such violence to our selves, and that he straightly chargeth us that we lye not down in our sins, neither be bold to sleep in them: the which, what other thing is it, then that we so consider and look back unto our actions in the day, that we may have peace when we lye down at even?
1But it is (will some say) an offering of great violence to our selues to doe thus daily, and more then Gods word imposeth vpon vs: therefore except it be proued to vs by authoritie of Scripture, we will leaue it to such as list to be subiect to it. To whom I answer: That the violence which is offered, is but to the flesh,2 to the which we are not debters; and therefore are not to take §Hthought to fulfill the lusts of it, but to hinder them rather: which shall be graunted of necessitie, if it be prooued that God commaundeth vs to offer such violence to our selues, and that he straightly chargeth vs that we lye not downe in our sinnes, neither be bold to sleepe in them: the which, what other thing is it, then that we so consider and looke backe vnto our actions in the day, that we may haue peace when we lye downe at euen?