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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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CHAP. 5. §BOf Satan's hindering the believer from living godly: and how many ways; and namely, by keeping him in a wandering and unsettled course; and also of the remedy against it: and first by occasion of that, how he holdeth back the wicked.
CHAP. 5. §BOf Sathans hindring the beleeuer from liuing godly: and how many wayes; and namely, by keeping him in a wandring and vnsetled course; and also of the remedie against it: and first by occasion of that, how he holdeth backe the wicked.
Now it followeth that it be likewise showed, how he letteth the believers from a godly life:1 so that even good Christians and they who fear God, shall yet be kept back from many duties, which both they would do, and are heavy and wounded for not doing them; he §Cdeceiving them with some sins which do afterward fill them with deadly discouragement. But because there are some who are holden under of dangerous and damnable lets, and yet think themselves the people of God:2 for discovering of such, by the way before I speak of the impediments which hinder Gods children, I will (as I promised) briefly set down some of those lets whereby he hindereth such altogether from practising a godly life, though they think themselves sound Christians, and yet are not, but do lie:3 that they may glory in themselves no further then they have cause, that is, nothing at all; but may know that they who are letted by these, are not godly; and that true