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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.
They may be compared in this, to King Nebuchadnezzar: 1he was very earnest to hear the interpretation of his dream, and could not be satisfied §Euntil he heard the same. But this was not all that behooved him to do. For when he saw that God gave him twelve months to repent of his pride (for the which, his dream told him his kingdom should depart from him) he forgot his dream like a dream, and did not repent, but at the twelve months end began a fresh to increase his pride, crowing and boasting of his wealth and honour, thus: Is not this great Babel, which I have built, for the house of my kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? Whereby ⟨p. 52⟩we see, that he was more desirous to know what his dream meant, then §Fto be warned by it: Even so, these professors (which I speak of) are very careful to hear the glad tidings of the Gospel preached, and cannot be withdrawn or dissuaded from it: but to lay their estate with it, and to take this warning by it, that they will receive the print of it upon their hearts and lives, and be cast into the mould of it; that (I say) they cannot be brought unto: for then they should find it to be the power of salvation to them, for the which end it is preached.
They may be compared in this, to King Nabuchadnezzar: 1he was very earnest to heare the interpretation of his dreame, and could not be satisfied §Evntill he heard the same. But this was not all that behooued him to doe. For when he saw that God gaue him twelue moneths to repent of his pride (for the which, his dreame told him his kingdome should depart from him) he forgot his dreame like a dreame, and did not repent, but at the twelue moneths end began a fresh to increase his pride, crowing and boasting of his wealth and honour, thus: Is not this great Babel, which I haue built, for the house of my kingdome, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my maiestie? Wherby ⟨p. 52⟩