A10945:1797
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.
Of watchfulness to say a little also: what a treasure is this, that whereas the divill deceiveth thousands,1 they being not wise & wary to escape his sleights; yet he teacheth his, far greater wisdom and care to take heed to themselves? for he draweth some to whoredom and uncleanness: some to vain and dangerous expense of the precious time in play and folly: some to hunt after the wealth of this world, with pined and hunger starved souls: and undoeth others after sundry other ways; when yet we may by watchfulness shift and shun §Hthem, and not be taken in the snare, as others are; and the oftener that we have prevailed, we may be the better able to prevail still for hereafter: and that we thus resisting and overcoming in the greatest danger, we may much more avoid the smaller. But neither our gain by it, nor their loss who are not acquainted with it, is greatly considered of them till they have throughly smarted for the neglect of it.
Of watchfulnesse to say a little also: what a treasure is this, that whereas the diuill deceiueth thousands,1 they being not wise & wary to escape his sleights; yet he teacheth his, farre greater wisdome and care to take heed to themselues? for he draweth some to whoredome and vncleanesse: some to vaine and dangerous expence of the precious time in play and folly: some to hunt after the wealth of this world, with pined and hunger starued souls: and vndoeth others after sundry other waies; when yet we may by watchfulnesse shift and shunne §Hthem, and not be taken in the snare, as others are; and the oftener that we haue preuailed, we may be the better able to preuaile still for heereafter: and that we thus resisting and ouercomming in the greatest danger, we may much more auoide the smaller. But neither our gaine by it, nor their losse who are not acquainted with it, is greatly considered of them till they haue throughly smarted for the neglect of it.
- 1Also it is a goodly privilege to be watchful.Also it is a goodly priuiledge to be watchfull.