A10945:1697
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.
CHAP. 14. Of the second part of the Covenant, namely: The remedies against the complaint mentioned in the former Chapter.
CHAP. 14. Of the second part of the Couenant, namely: The remedies against the complaint mentioned in the former Chapter.
NOW forasmuch as in the weighing of the truth of these things, we could not but be grieved heartily: (as who can behold so great depth of corruption and the fruit of the same, so many ways with deadly uncomfortableness threatening his confusion, but must needs seek and use all possible means, speedily to pull himself out again?) we therefore immediately after the due consideration of our woeful condition, turned our selves to bethink us, what remedies we might apply to this fall, if thereby we might §Cpossibly recover our selves again: and also make them helps for hereafter, that we may as well continue in a fruitful and cheerful course unto the end of our lives; as at all, to return into the right way again. First therefore,1 we thought thus, and took order as followeth: that such of us, as did find our falls to be so great, and our offences so dangerous, that either for our too too great delight in them, or long lying therein, we could not by our usual prayers and humiliation, or by help of any ordinary and daily practises of repentance, by hearing the word and preparing our selves for the Lords supper; come to peace of conscience, and obtain confidence and godly boldness with the Lord: such (I say) should humble our selves before the Lord with §Dfasting and prayer, without which means such devils are hardly cast out. Especially, because we had let go the hold of our faith, and had suffered the same to fail in us; (which when it cometh to pass, what can there be in our life but mere unsavouriness; to speak of the best?) our fasting tended to this, that we might more forcibly pray for the recovery of our faith, and clear beholding of Gods loving kindness restored to us again. That in such manner we being abased in his presence (as there is just cause that such should be) and believing again his old accustomed mercy, we might in some good measure be purged from our former unsavouriness, yea noisome uncleanness: and so made fit to renew our covenant with the Lord again, concerning