A10945:1541
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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And that do they prove unto us, who although they are not altogether §Kvoid of them, yet they think it too much to make them daily armour unto them; alleging for themselves, that this is even to deny to Christians the liberty which God hath given them. And therefore at this stay they keep, and will not be drawn from it, till God bewray to them more clearly the devils subtlety in holding them there, and what they have lost by the hot maintaining of their vain liberties; that which they lose for them, being far ⟨p. 431⟩§Amore precious: and how for want of daily and more hearty embracing of these good means, they are driven by experience to see and confess, that they were kept long in bondage.
And that do they proue vnto vs, who although they are not altogether §Kvoide of them, yet they thinke it too much to make them daily armour vnto them; alleadging for themselues, that this is euen to deny to Christians the libertie which God hath giuen them. And therefore at this stay they keepe, and will not be drawne from it, till God bewray to them more clearely the diuels subtiltie in holding them there, and what they haue lost by the hote maintaining of their vaine liberties; that which they lose for them, being far ⟨p. 431⟩§Amore precious: and how for want of daily and more heartie embracing of these good meanes, they are driuen by experience to see and confesse, that they were kept long in bondage.
If therefore through our neglect of these we be otherwise fallen into Satan's hands then we were wont, there is no other remedy but that we bear our punishment for a season, even heaviness and reproach, because we have sinned: but although we have thus fallen, yet let us rise again,