A10945:1872
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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And yet as great as it is,1 I have showed that the Lord thinketh it neither too great nor too good for his children, but hath bequeathed it unto them, and given §Cthem free grant of it; and so they may have their part in it, although the greater the benefit is, the more strongly the divill keepeth men back from possessing it, yea even many of Gods dear children themselves, whom he holdeth in the cords of sin and baits of vanity: so that thereby they lose and forgo a great part in this heavenly privilege and liberty. But how he and they do stop their proceedings in grace and Godliness, may be seen in the former treatise of the lets. Yet I cannot omit here to put them in remembrance of this one let again, that without great heed taking they shall weaken their love to their brethren through conceits and taking of pritches one against an other, and that oft times without any just cause: so that they shall be §Dmuch feebled thereby from duties of love, which (if it were well considered) had little need to be so, being sufficient to hinder every good enterprise, then the which their need be no greater.
And yet as great as it is,1 I haue shewed that the Lord thinketh it neither too great nor too good for his children, but hath bequeathed it vnto them, and giuen §Cthem free graunt of it; and so they may haue their part in it, although the greater the benefit is, the more strongly the diuill keepeth men backe from possessing it, yea euen many of Gods deare children themselues, whom he holdeth in the cordes of sinne and baites of vanity: so that thereby they lose and forgoe a great part in this heauenly priuiledge and liberty. But how he and they doe stop their proceedings in grace and Godlinesse, may be seene in the former treatise of the lets. Yet I cannot omit here to put them in remembrance of this one let againe, that without great heed taking they shall weaken their loue to their brethren through conceites and taking of pritches one against an other, and that oft times without any iust cause: so that they shall be §Dmuch feebled therby from duties of loue, which (if it were well considered) had little need to be so, being sufficient to hinder euery good enterprise, then the which their need be no greater.