A10945:2085
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. 12. The heart purged, must so be kept.§h. How the heart is kept.§k. What danger grows when the heart is not kept.§141. a. Great labour, thus to keep the heart.§c. With this heart it is easy to renounce evil.§d. An ill governed heart, the cause of all disorder.§142. g. Little acquaintance with our hearts, brings great bondage.§h. An high grace, to live well without the whip.§143. b. The faithful in part, thus kept down.§c. Sin is not shaken off as a burr.§d. Grace to vanquish sin, may be attained: and more and more from day to day.§e. The good treasury of the heart, being kept, bringeth forth good things.§144. g. A piece of heaven, to live with such as keep their hearts well.§i. Without it, nothing savoury.§145. a. The fruit of a well ordered heart.§b. The looking to the heart in a good mood only, dangerous.§c. The heart may always be looked to.