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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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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.
These, (that I rehearse no more, which are infinite) yea, euen some of them are sufficient hinderances from a godly life, in whom soeuer they be found: so that, although the most will put themselues foorth for godly, yet being branded with any of these markes of Sathan, they shall sufficiently be knowne to be farre off from such as they would be taken for, namely, true Christians. For remedie, such as are willing to seeke after any, I referre them to the first Treatise of this booke: wherein I haue shewed what way such should take §Ito be deliuerred out of their miserie.
1Now I will proceed to set down the lets, whereby Gods children are holden from practising the godly life. And seeing many weak Christians can easilier tell that they are hindered from it, then they can tell what hindereth them, as it is in bodily sickness: I will therefore lay open some of the lets, whereby the Devil doth chiefly stay and hold them back from going forward; and direct such as are troubled with them, how they may in some sort be helped against the same.2 And these generally are three, (to the which the §1particulars shall be referred.) For either the Devil keepeth them in the wanting of some good things, without which they cannot constantly proceed