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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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The remedy to all these is appointed by God,1 and brought to light by his word, and enjoyed and practised of sundry of his faithful servants, who were sometime kept void of it by the envious man, as even many thousands of them are still by his malice deprived thereof unto this day. And this remedy is, first that we suffer our selves easily to be persuaded that all our speeches in the commendation of a godly life in general, are but wind, except we faithfully §Eendeavour to bring it into practise every day;2 and therefore provide (as we may be taught) and that above all other things, to give to every part of the day some duty; or when we be weakest, that we mind no evil, (as in the former Treatise of my book I have proved) seeing the Lord in appointing the day to the several actions which are to be done in it, doth not pass by and omit these (wherein men think they have greatest liberty to forget God) namely, eating and drinking; but yet with them extendeth his charge ⟨p. 430⟩to all other things also,3 saying: Whether we eat or drink, or whatsoever we do §Felse, let all be done to the praise of God. Is it not for this cause, that we are rebuked of our Saviour,4 saying: The children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light, &c. namely, for our improvident and shiftless regard of our growing on in a christian course to heaven-ward; when yet the men of the world, if they be disappointed of their earthly commodities one way, will shift for them another? If we find this impossible in all points, shall we therefore yield and give place, and seek shelter for our untoward hearts, which would do no more in the service of God, then we have done in times past? or shall we aim unto no further perfection then we list? And if there be hardness in practising some part of christian duties at the beginning, yet §G