A10945:1906
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.
Besides, we that live now in this corrupt estate of the world (for it was not §4so in the beginning) and behold the variety of Gods creatures replenishing the world, the beasts of the field, the fishes of the sea, the fowls of the air, the Sun, Moon and stars furnishing the upper parts above us; the trees, corn and grass, beautifying these inferior parts of the earth beneath us:1 if we might have seen all these in their perfection with him which was made Lord of them, even man when he was yet without sin in the world, what a glorious habitation should it have been? And yet, but as a court-yard or entry into a kings palace should it have been, in respect of the heavenly mansion, which is the celestial Jerusalem: for this is called but his footstool, §Cbut heaven is his throne.
Besides, we that liue now in this corrupt estate of the world (for it was not §4so in the beginning) and behold the varietie of Gods creatures replenishing the world, the beasts of the field, the fishes of the sea, the fowles of the aire, the Sunne, Moone and starres furnishing the vpper parts aboue vs; the trees, corne and grasse, beautifying these inferiour parts of the earth beneath vs:1 if we might haue seene all these in their perfection with him which was made Lord of them, euen man when he was yet without sinne in the world, what a glorious habitation should it haue beene? And yet, but as a court-yard or entrie into a kings palace should it haue beene, in respect of the heauenly mansion, which is the celestiall Ierusalem: for this is called but his footstoole, §Cbut heauen is his throne.
- 1The pure estate and uncorrupt of things in Adams innocency, but a shadow of heaven.The pure estate and vncorrupt of things in Adams innocency, but a shadow of heauen.