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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.
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.
The words of the Lord, which I allege to this purpose are these: Be angry, 1but sin not: let not the Sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil. In the which words there is more required, then in this place I urge: but yet, even that also. For the Apostle teacheth, that if anger be kindled §Iin us for want of heed-taking, yet that we should soon allay the same: but if through the hardness of the heart, after sin is committed it is not by and by acknowledged and repented of, but it remaineth and boileth in us; yet we must force our selves to relent and crave pardon of it before the Sun go down, and so before we dare give our selves to rest, lest the devil prevailing so far with us, we find it harder afterwards to remove it.
The words of the Lord, which I alleadge to this purpose are these: Be angrie, 1but sinne not: let not the Sunne go downe vpon your wrath, neither giue place to the diuell. In the which words there is more required, then in this place I vrge: but yet, euen that also. For the Apostle teacheth, that if anger be kindled §Iin vs for want of heed-taking, yet that we should soone allay the same: but if through the hardnesse of the heart, after sinne is committed it is not by and by acknowledged and repented of, but it remaineth and boyleth in vs; yet we must force our selues to relent and craue pardon of it before the Sunne go downe, and so before we dare giue our selues to rest, lest the diuell preuailing so farre with vs, we find it harder afterwards to remoue it.
- 1Ephes. 4.26. & 27.