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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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But that it may the better be seen what our first love is, I will in few §Iwords lay forth the same.1 We are to know therefore, that when God first called us from darkness to light, and from under Satan's tyranny and fear of hell to see our selves delivered from them, which we saw were by our sin due unto us;2 and that yet for all that, he would pardon our sins, receive us graciously and love us freely, 3whereas before we were his enemies: this astonished us, and after due consideration, inflamed our hearts and caused us to admire this kindness of his, and to esteem and prefer it before all pleasures, and to have our hearts knit to him for it: for this love of his constrained us to love him most fervently and dearly again.4 Which our Saviour Christ knowing well, asked of Peter in that case, if he loved him not more then the rest; even §Kas David also calling the same to mind, brake out into these words, saying: I love the Lord, because in the sorrows of death he heard and delivered me.
But that it may the better be seene what our first loue is, I will in fewe §Iwords lay foorth the same.1 We are to know therefore, that when God first called vs from darknesse to light, and from vnder Sathans tyrannie and feare of hell to see our selues deliuered from them, which we saw were by our sinne due vnto vs;2 and that yet for all that, he would pardon our sins, receiue vs graciously and loue vs freely, 3whereas before we were his enemies: this astonished vs, and after due consideration, inflamed our hearts and caused vs to admire this kindnesse of his, and to esteeme and preferre it before all pleasures, and to haue our hearts knit to him for it: for this loue of his constrained vs to loue him most feruently and dearely againe.