A10945:1644
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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These are the remedies,1 and reasons which persuade to give a foil to this §Dcovetousness: now hear the direction in few words, how to use them both. For although we know them, yet if they do but swim in our brain, and be talked of now and then, they shall be so far off from doing us the good they may do, that we shall the rather deceive our selves with a false conceit of practising them, when yet we remain drowned in some gross point of worldliness still. Therefore it is necessary, that we nourish and retain a mind willing to see and find out what is amiss in us this way: and then, as the sins of this kind are most dangerous and many; that therefore we force our selves from day to day to stoop and submit our selves in an honest and good heart, to use these remedies, and be persuaded by these reasons, till we find §Eease by them, through practise of them: that is, a ready mind to use the world soberly and aright, and desirous (lest we should deceive our selves through self-love) both to learn by the public ministry, and by our private reading, as also by the help of any faithful brother, (which can show us) what blemish remaineth to annoy and hurt us. Thus using both remedies and reasons from time to time, (for this must be no work of a days or a years continuance) with fervent prayer to God both to see and cast out such excrements, ⟨p. 466⟩we shall not need to doubt, but that we shall be blessed in our §Fwork.
These are the remedies,1 and reasons which perswade to giue a foile to this §Dcouetousnesse: now heare the direction in few words, how to vse them both. For although we know them, yet if they do but swimme in our braine, and be talked of now and then, they shall be so farre off from doing vs the good they may do, that we shall the rather deceiue our selues with a false conceit of practising them, when yet we remaine drowned in some grosse point of worldlinesse still. Therfore it is necessarie, that we nourish and retaine a mind willing to see and find out what is amisse in vs this way: and then, as the sins of this kind are most daungerous and many; that therefore we force our selues from day to day to stoupe and submit our selues in an honest and good heart, to vse these remedies, and be perswaded by these reasons, till we find