A10945:1957
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.
And who so hath any practise of his knowledge and experience, what reward there is in serving God, doth clearly justify this to be true.
And who so hath any practise of his knowledge and experience, what reward there is in seruing God, doth clearly iustifie this to be true.
For wherefore doth the godly Christian take order to have his recourse to God by prayer, meditation, reading, when he can have opportunity? wherefore is he fearful of ill company, and desirous of good? why dareth he not fashion himself after the world in their common profane delights? why is the holy assembly of Saints most desired of him; but because it is the pleasure, which he seeketh above other? when no man doubteth, but that he hath both §Ileisure as well as other, and occasions enough offered him to the contrary, if he found not greater delight in this course then any other, or if there were not pleasure in the Christian life;1 and so the more Christian-like, the more pleasure. Why would the best Christians in all ages, suffer mocks, reproaches, displeasure of their friends and betters, loss of their goods and other liberties: and in such times and places as their profession hath been pursued with imprisonment,2 banishment, yea, and death it self; go under all with free choice, rather then to enjoy all other pleasures of sin, as other have done?
For wherefore doth the godly Christian take order to haue his recourse to God by praier, meditation, reading, when he can haue opportunitie? wherefore is he fearefull of ill company, and desirous of good? why dareth he not fashion himselfe after the world in their common prophane delights? why is the holy assembly of Saints most desired of him; but because it is the pleasure, which he seeketh aboue other? when no man doubteth, but that he hath both