A10945:1923
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.
Therefore seeing God of his unspeakable love hath bequeathed to his children so large a portion, even a taste of the heavenly joys in this life, which maketh his chastisements sweet, and the yoke of his commandments easy unto them, and all difficulties to be overcome of them, and poureth such §Hgreat peace and comfort into their hearts that love him, and this from day to day, restraining them of it at no time (except it be more expedient for them to want it:) what shall I say more, but bewail that so few find it; and pray God to enlarge their hearts, that they may be able to comprehend, and so enjoy it, and to give all praise to his majesty, who hath thought no heavenly comfort too good for his, even in this world, which is a vale of misery?
Therefore seeing God of his vnspeakable loue hath bequeathed to his children so large a portion, euen a taste of the heauenly ioies in this life, which maketh his chastisements sweet, and the yoke of his commandements easie vnto them, and all difficulties to be ouercome of them, and poureth such §Hgreat peace and comfort into their hearts that loue him, and this from day to day, restrayning them of it at no time (except it be more expedient for them to want it:) what shall I say more, but bewaile that so few finde it; and pray God to inlarge their hearts, that they may be able to comprehend, and so inioy it, and to giue all praise to his maiestie, who hath thought no heauenly comfort too good for his, euen in this world, which is a vale of misery?
1And as for such as think, that it is weak rejoicing, that is and may be accompanied with so many afflictions, as our life is subject to: they must know, that such corrections are seen by our heavenly father to be meet for us, and to keep us from vain and deceitful rejoicings; and that these fatherly chastisements §Ido not take away this heavenly comfort from us, but they rather cause it to be seen a greater benefit, then without them we could easily be able to perceive.