A10945:1832
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.
Oh that this might enter into them deeply and do them good,1 for whose cause chiefly I have spoken it; I mean, many of Gods people: who although they have some love to their brethren, and embrace the gospel heartily and reverently, and have many other good things in them, (it behooveth §Bme so to judge of them) yea generally they propound to themselves a good course, namely to live after the gospel: yet particularly, are such in their lives as bring small glory to the gospel, but pass over many parts of their lives with very sleight examination, as they do also the government of their hearts. Which faults notwithstanding they be convinced of, yet will they not yield, but go forward in them still: and as for those things which they may lawfully do, although they offend never so manifoldly in and about the same in manner of doing them,2 yet will they by no means be counselled to redress that which is amiss: in whom it is no hard thing to see, how dear they pay for their liberties, which they will have whatsoever they cost them. They §Cwould hold peace with God, and sometimes find comfort in good things; but when that faileth (as it doth very oft) their lives would become very irksome and tedious unto them, if they made not themselves merry in some earthly and transitory thing: and so they make flesh their arm, which is to deny the Almighty.
Oh that this might enter into them deepely and doe them good,1 for whose cause chiefely I haue spoken it; I meane, many of Gods people: who although they haue some loue to their brethren, and imbrace the gospell heartely and reuerently, and haue many other good things in them, (it behooueth §Bme so to iudge of them) yea generally they propound to themselues a good course, namely to liue after the gospell: yet particularly, are such in their liues as bring small glory to the gospell, but passe ouer many parts of their liues with very sleight examination, as they doe also the gouernment of their hearts. Which faults notwithstanding they be conuinced of, yet will they not yeeld, but goe forward in them still: and as for those things which they may lawfully doe, although they offend neuer so manifoldly in and about the same in maner of doing them,