A10945:1478
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.
AS it is the love of God, which constraineth and enableth us to love him, and therefore to endeavour to obey him; so the wicked who are not beloved of him, cannot love nor serve him: therefore it were infinite, and not to my purpose here, to make a large discourse of this, What lets hinder them from the same, seeing it is no one particularly, but many which hold them from a godly life, as also from faith. But seeing the most of the impediments which hinder them altogether, are also stops and stays to Gods dear servants, so that they be not so clear lights in giving good example as they §Dmight, and as were meet for them: therefore for the better furthering of them in the way to a godly life, I will by that occasion lay forth some of them which hinder both: but chiefly I will show how the poor children of God be holden back, and so become more offensive; and give such help as I can against the same: for that is the point which I propound in this Treatise to acquaint the Reader with. And first to say somewhat generally before I proceed.
AS it is the loue of God, which constraineth and inableth vs to loue him, and therefore to indeuour to obey him; so the wicked who are not beloued of him, cannot loue nor serue him: therefore it were infinite, and not to my purpose here, to make a large discourse of this, What lets hinder them from the same, seeing it is no one particularly, but many which hold them from a godly life, as also from faith. But seeing the most of the impediments which hinder them altogether, are also stops and stayes to Gods deare seruants, so that they be not so cleare lights in giuing good example as they §Dmight, and as were meete for them: therefore for the better furthering of them in the way to a godly life, I will by that occasion lay foorth some of them which hinder both: but chiefly I will shew how the poore children of God be holden backe, and so become more offensiue; and giue such helpe as I can against the same: for that is the point which I propound in this Treatise to acquaint the Reader with. And first to say somewhat generally before I proceed.