A10945:1570
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.
For it is to be lamented, to see how few can rightly use such liberties and make their profit of them while they enjoy them: as to draw out of their teachers, understanding, and humbly pray and labour for spiritual wisdom whereby they may have the right use of their knowledge in every particular action: and in the spirit of meekness to help build up one another, and to be lights to the ignorant by giving good example; §Kbut worldly minded, or contentious, or passing their time vainly and profanely. And if this complaint may justly be made where the Gospel is purely and plainly preached (as who doth not see that it may?) then what need many words to prove what havoc there is of goodness, where the word of God is not in place to rebuke the evil and uphold the contrary? no less, (doubtless) then as if hail-stones in the harvest season, which battereth and ⟨p. 439⟩§Aand beateth down the corn: no less (I say) doth the Devil with his bad instruments make a spoil of religious and christian life. So that it is apparent how sore an impediment the want of sound, familiar and diligent preaching of Gods word is; Solomon including many hurts and dangers in one word,1 saying: Where that is wanting, the people perish.
For it is to be lamented, to see how few can rightly vse such liberties and make their profite of them while they inioy them: as to draw out of their teachers, vnderstanding, and humbly pray and labour for spirituall wisedome whereby they may haue the right vse of their knowledge in euerie particular action: and in the spirit of meeknesse to helpe build vp one another, and to be lights to the ignorant by giuing good example; §Kbut worldly minded, or contentious, or passing their time vainely and prophanely. And if this complaint may iustly be made where the Gospell is purely and plainely preached (as who doth not see that it may?) then what need many words to proue what hauocke there is of goodnesse, where the word of God is not in place to rebuke the euill and vphold the contrarie? no lesse, (doubtlesse) then as if haile-stones in the haruest season, which battereth and ⟨p. 439⟩