A10945:1711
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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Lastly, we concluded to observe, what fruit we reap by these remedies: what release of our strong and usual maladies and diseases:1 what weakening of any such lusts, as sometimes had strongly prevailed against us: Also §Kwhat liking we find of this manner of dealing with our selves; or contrarily, whether we feel any watchfulness over our hearts throughout the day, since we entered into this covenant: and whether any bettering of our ways by the same: whether in company we have been more wary of taking or doing good according to the occasion offered: in our dealings, more careful not to be found offensive. And weekly, and by days, to mark it, and to communicate ⟨p. 490⟩§Aour estate with some faithful brother, with whom we may freely and faithfully open and impart our whole course: what means, and how far forth we use them: what we see cause to complain of: and what is more required of us, then that which we do: that thus we may be set forward, counselled and confirmed; and seeing what course we ought to take for the bringing of this to pass, we may be stablished in a Christian life. For it doth not a little help to have this communion with some. Also, that we our selves should be helpers of others, where either any do require the same duty of us, or through bashfulness dare not be bold, or through simplicity cannot do it: yet we seeing that they stand in need of such counsel §Band direction, should through love show them what we can, and what we have learned in this behalf. And here we purposed for the hope of the great fruit of this communion, to avoid strangeness: which as it breaketh off all profit betwixt us, so it giveth fear of some secret conceitedness and that much love is wanting. This direction, if it be read over (as we shall see cause and may do it conveniently) with a mind desirous as well to see what is amiss in us, as also in faithfulness to use these remedies: we may be bold (the Lord working by means) to assure our selves, that we shall not labour herein in vain. And when we have attained hereto, we determined not to rest in that, but to be directed still by such rules as Gods word doth minister to us.
Lastly, we concluded to obserue, what fruite we reape by these remedies: what release of our strong and vsuall maladies and diseases: