A10945:1565
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.
God be blessed for those which are painful labourers, but yet for the infinite thousands who know nothing, neither can know, I would that all which will be called the Lords Ministers, did diligently and faithfully prophesy, and that the Lord would pour his spirit upon them plentifully for that purpose. If Peter could say no less, but that it was meet, 1whiles he continued in this tabernacle, to put the people in remembrance of heaven and the way to it, yea though they were stablished in it already no more to be removed: §Dwho doubteth, but that it must needs be a sore want to be without that help? For ignorance is a great and usual impediment of sincerity and good conscience: for when the mind erreth or misconceiveth, it doth mislead the conscience and deceiveth the whole man. For where that is not, besides the thousands which perish for want of it, even the godly (if any be there) cannot see their wants in grace, their corruptions of heart, and the many occasions by which they offend in their life; neither the depth of Gods love, how he hath taken order to draw them out of all these; nor be refreshed with the oft remembrance of these things, as their need requireth.
God be blessed for those which are painefull labourers, but yet for the infinite thousands who know nothing, neither can know, I would that all which will be called the Lords Ministers, did diligently and faithfully prophecie, and that the Lord would poure his spirit vpon them plentifully for that purpose. If Peter could say no lesse, but that it was meete, 1whiles he continued in this tabernacle, to put the people in remembrance of heauen and the way to it, yea though they were stablished in it alreadie no more to be remoued: §Dwho doubteth, but that it must needs be a sore want to be without that help? For ignorance is a great and vsuall impediment of sinceritie and good conscience: for when the mind erreth or misconceiueth, it doth misleade the conscience and deceiueth the whole man. For where that is not, besides the thousands which perish for want of it, euen the godly (if any be there) cannot see their wants in grace, their corruptions of heart, and the many occasions by which they offend in their life; neither the depth of Gods loue, how he hath taken order to draw them out of all these; nor be refreshed with the oft remembrance of these things, as their need requireth.