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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
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.
1To conclude, either they are snared in sects and opinions above their reach (which cannot stand with godliness:) or else they are so ignorant of the will of God in the Scriptures, that if they had no other encumbrance, that were enough to hinder them from so much as entering into a godly course:§H or so hollow, loose-minded and wilful, that none can persuade them to do better. And therefore, what the comfort of such is, may be easily conjectured.
1To conclude, either they are snared in sects and opinions aboue their reach (which cannot stand with godlinesse:) or else they are so ignorant of the will of God in the Scriptures, that if they had no other incombrance, that were enough to hinder them from so much as entring into a godly course:§H or so hollow, loose-minded and wilfull, that none can perswade them to do better. And therefore, what the comfort of such is, may be easily coniectured.
- 1The fifth and sixth.The fift and sixt.
These, (that I rehearse no more, which are infinite) yea, even some of them are sufficient hinderances from a godly life, in whom soever they be found: so that, although the most will put themselves forth for godly, yet being branded with any of these marks of Satan, they shall sufficiently be known to be far off from such as they would be taken for, namely, true Christians. For remedy, such as are willing to seek after any, I refer them to the first Treatise of this book: wherein I have showed what way such should take §Ito be delivered out of their misery.