A10945:1676
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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The true report of a conference, had betwixt certain well minded Christians, (Anno 1588) who saw that they had not lived according to the knowledge which they had, nor to have answered to their profession, as they might and ought to have done: containing a complaint of their coldness and negligence, with remedies against the same; and a covenant to return to God by repentance: profitable for many in these days.
The true report of a conference, had betwixt certaine well minded Christians, (Anno 1588) who saw that they had not liued according to the knowledge which they had, nor to haue answered to their profession, as they might and ought to haue done: containing a complaint of their coldnesse and negligence, with remedies against the same; and a couenant to returne to God by repentance: profitable for many in these dayes.
1WE weighing advisedly and by due consideration here of late, the glorious and goodly beauty of a Christian life, as it is commended and set forth in the word of God; how full of heavenly comfort it is said to be unto all such as make it their treasure; and how amiable, yea and fruitful also it is (in whomsoever it be) unto others which truly know the price and excellency of it; and we so dimly and darkly beholding the image of this in ⟨p. 479⟩§Aour selves, who yet had hope, and that not small, that we had a part therein: we saw just cause why we should confess, that we had been much wanting herein, and that the pattern of our life was far unlike this rule, when we compared the one with the other: and therefore complained with bitterness, that we had fallen into a deep slumber, being rather ready to think our selves in safety, then carefully looking to those testimonies in our selves, which might indeed assure us of it. Whereupon we fell into an heavy and bitter complaint in this manner, with plenty of tears: Oh, we see now,