A10945:1851
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.
And to the end we may bring our hearts to this, let us weigh to and fro, what we can object against it why we need not submit our selves unto God:§G that when all our carnal reasons shall be answered, as being to weak to prevail with us, we may refer the whole course of our lives to be governed by him: and what corrections soever he shall think meet for us, and to try us with and for our benefit,1 and to keep us from further hurt, (for he hath no worse end in chastising of us) that then we may remember, in all things to be thankful, and take up our cross readily and welcome it, seeing we know the end of it. And let it not be thought much that I say, He hath no worse end in afflicting us: for we ought to be persuaded throughly of this, that the Lord our God loving us, he cannot intend our hurt in the least manner, howsoever it shall please him to exercise us.2 For we may be sure, that he afflicteth not willingly,§H nor at any time but when it is meet and expedient for us: and as our Saviour said to his beloved Apostles of his bodily departing from them, (which was the greatest outward cross that could befall them:3) It is expedient that I go away from you, for otherwise the comforter cannot come unto you: so would he have us to think, that if it were not for our troubles we should never have such comfort as we have,4 which doth certainly follow the patient bearing of them.
And to the end we may bring our hearts to this, let vs weigh to and fro, what we can obiect against it why we need not submit our selues vnto God:§G that when all our carnall reasons shall be answered, as being to weake to preuaile with vs, we may referre the whole course of our liues to be gouerned by him: and what corrections soeuer he shall thinke meet for vs, and to try vs with and for our benefit,1