A10945:1892
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.
Here therefore I think very meet to admonish the reader of this one thing: that seeing the divill hath no greater advantage against us in our weakness, disgrace and fear, then by setting before our eyes the terrible conceit and cogitation of persecution and cruel death thereby:1 therefore store and stuff thy self with strong munition, I mean, variety of those scriptures which may animate thee, and which have enabled the worthy and holy Martyrs of God to set light by the fearfullest torments; particularly these:2 Fear not §Ethem which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both body & soul in hell: And again:3 we have more with us then against us: And: Greater is he that is in us, then he that is in the world: And that in the epistle to the Corinthians: There hath no temptation taken you, 4but such as appertaineth to man: and God is faithful, which will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye be able, but will even give the issue with the temptation, that ye may be able to bear it. These laid together do mightily prevail (we believing ⟨p. 554⟩withal,5 that he is faithful who hath promised, and calleth us hereto,§F who will also do the same) to quicken us to the bearing of the burden, though otherwise heavy and in it self intolerable.
Heere therefore I thinke very meet to admonish the reader of this one thing: that seeing the diuill hath no greater aduantage against vs in our weakenesse, disgrace and feare, then by setting before our eies the terrible conceit and cogitation of persecution and cruell death thereby:1