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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.
as though happiness consisted in them, but may fail of eternal life (for all §Cthat) when they have all done?
as though happines consisted in them, but may faile of eternall life (for all §Cthat) when they haue all done?
For neither doth this commend a man to God, whether he hath long continued in grief of mind, fear of conscience, and doubtfulness of salvation: but that he be well freed and delivered from such trouble, and discharged of his fear: I mean that he can heartily thank God through Jesus Christ, that he seeth and feeleth himself set at liberty, and by him is made happy: for if the truth of God and his promise make him free, then he is free indeed.1 Neither is this with a man, or against him in assuring himself of salvation, whether his life be full of afflictions and crosses, seeing God keepeth not always, an even hand in these things; for they are common both to good and §Dbad: but that a man know himself, though a wretched sinner; yet through faith, to be justified and acquitted before God: and therefore is at peace with God, 2in himself, even such as passeth all understanding, whether his crosses be many or few.
For neither doth this commend a man to God, whether he hath long continued in griefe of minde, feare of conscience, and doubtfulnes of saluation: but that he be well freed and deliuered from such trouble, and discharged of his feare: I meane that hee can heartily thanke God through Iesus Christ, that he seeth and feeleth himselfe set at libertie, and by him is made happie: for if the truth of God and his promise make him free, then he is free indeed.