A10945:1976
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.
CHAP. 7. Of other objections of the weak: as, That they cannot see how they should walk thus, while they live in such an evil world: and of §Cother like objections, with answers thereto.
CHAP. 7. Of other obiections of the weake: as, That they cannot see how they should walke thus, while they liue in such an euill world: and of §Cother like obiections, with answers thereto.
But some cannot be satisfied in one thing which I said before: namely, that the chief let, that holdeth us from the faithful & holy keeping of our lives in good order from time to time, is our distempered heart: for they are persuaded, how well soever they look to their hearts, yet as long as they live in such an evil world as this is, they must needs be cast back and hindered. For they say, that few give themselves to any such devotion, as through the day to make most account of the life to come, and to have their hearts occupied §Dabout such desires as estrange them from the earth; but rather provocations to evil one way or other prevail with them: and in few places examples of goodness are to be seen. Besides,1 though we be well taught by the word in the assembly; yet abroad, the doctrine which we hear is as much discredited again by strength and boldness in sin among many, and so it is caused to be forgotten and of no force: which are great causes why Christians are so cooled, as they be at this day, and in no commendable sort, suffer their light to shine: especially, we will yield to them, they say, if we will weigh, how unfit we are for such heavenly conversation, through our long custom in darkness and sin. To the which it must needs be answered: that much is