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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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1Now we know, that other sins are in a like detestation with God that anger is; and therefore that they must be no more suffered to abide within us then it: and consequently, if we be privy in our selves to any like sin that we have offended, we should expel and drive out the same as poison, that it §Klodge not, nor remain with us. And to do this, it is necessary that we take some convenient time to us, both to search and enquire what we have done, and withal to purge ourselves from it accordingly.
1Now we know, that other sinnes are in a like detestation with God that anger is; and therefore that they must be no more suffered to abide within vs then it: and consequently, if we be priuie in our selues to any like sinne that we haue offended, we should expell and driue out the same as poison, that it §Klodge not, nor remaine with vs. And to doe this, it is necessarie that we take some conuenient time to vs, both to search and enquire what we haue done, and withall to purge ourselues from it accordingly.
- 1A reason.
But here if any think that this was not intended of the Apostle, that we should before we fall asleep, consider how we have passed the day; neither will I precisely urge the hour or time so particularly: (for indeed he requireth ⟨p. 401⟩§Ait to be done sooner, rather then that it should be deferred:) so I say likewise, that if this care be conscionably kept at some other time of the day, that there be peace maintained betwixt God and us, it is well; but if that be not performed before, at least before our lying down it ought to be: which also, is the time very fit to commend our souls into the hands of God, not knowing whether we shall rise in the morning.