A10945:1927
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.
The second cause why these Objectors see nothing worthy the following in §Ca manner, or commendable in them, is:1 because the gifts of God which appear outwardly in their lives, do the more provoke them to wrath and rage, because they see their course is not like their own, but contrary unto it: for they think themselves disgraced by them, seeing they walk not after the same excess of riot that they themselves do; and therefore speak they evil of them.2 Their innocency and harmless living in the world, and that they will have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rebuke them rather, and their Christian carrying of themselves in their ways with moderation, wisdom and constancy; is charged to be hypocrisy, preciseness, and new-fangled singularity.
The second cause why these Obiecters see nothing worthy the following in §Ca maner, or commendable in them, is:1 because the gifts of God which appeare outwardly in their liues, do the more prouoke them to wrath and rage, because they see their course is not like their owne, but contrary vnto it: for they thinke themselues disgraced by them, seeing they walke not after the same excesse of riot that they themselues do; and therefore speake they euill of them.2 Their innocency and harmelesse liuing in the world, and that they will haue no fellowship with the vnfruitfull works of darknesse, but rebuke them rather, and their Christian carrying of themselues in their waies with moderation, wisdome and constancie; is charged to be hypocrisie, precisenesse, and new-fangled singularitie.
- 1The children of light contrary to the children of darkness, can not seem lovely in their eyes.The children of light contrarie to the children of darknesse, can not seeme louely in their eyes.