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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…

Name: Seven treatises containing such direction as is gathered out of the Holy Scriptures, leading…
Author: Richard Rogers

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.

Richard Rogers 1550?–1618London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1603

[24], 18 p., 19-20 leaves, 21-480 p., 484-490 leaves, 489 [i.e. 491]-599, [33] p. · 388k words · STC 21215 · ESTC S116354

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Treatise 1 › Chapter 12: The sweet fruit and benefit of the preserving and confirming of our faith.Treatise 1 › Chapter 12: The sweete fruite and benefit of the preseruing and confirming of our faith.

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Now to make use of this Christian speech, because it is according to knowledge, and I have said nothing of him, which is not as needful for us; and his practise agreeth with the doctrine of the Scriptures: if we will speak every man the truth, what comfort, or well ordered estate can be in our lives any §Dday without it? And when that true and lively beholding of Gods gracious kindness is not present with us to begin the day, what going forward in it, is to be looked for? but in unsavoury lightness, and so be deceived:¹ or in care and sorrow, and so be disquieted? Therefore if men were wise, they would see that they could not well want this any day; especially seeing God hath given liberty to them to enjoy such sweet communion with him by means of this precious faith: but they would consider their end, how uncertain it is, as all other things which they enjoy, and therefore be ready for it, at one time as well as another, which they might do, if they held fast their confidence, that bringeth with it so great reward. And how shall we lead our whole life by §Efaith, in our particular parts thereof, believing that God will guide and bless us, as we shall hear in the next Treatise, if we be not first well seasoned and acquainted with this justifying faith?

Now to make vse of this Christian speech, because it is according to knowledge, and I haue said nothing of him, which is not as needfull for vs; and his practise agreeth with the doctrine of the Scriptures: if wee will speake euery man the truth, what comfort, or well ordered estate can be in our liues any §Dday without it? And when that true and liuely beholding of Gods gracious kindnes is not present with vs to begin the day, what going forward in it, is to be looked for? but in vnsauourie lightnes, and so be deceiued:¹ or in care and sorrow, and so bee disquieted? Therefore if men were wise, they would see that they could not well want this any day; especially seeing God hath giuen libertie to them to inioy such sweet communion with him by meanes of this pretious faith: but they would consider their end, how vncertaine it is, as all other things which they inioy, and therfore be readie for it, at one time as well as another, which they might doe, if they held fast their confidence, that bringeth with it so great reward. And how shall wee leade our whole life by

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Richard Rogers 1550?–1618

Place

London

Printer

Felix Kyngston

Bookseller

Thomas Man

Year

1603

Size

[24], 18 p., 19-20 leaves, 21-480 p., 484-490 leaves, 489 [i.e. 491]-599, [33] p.

Words

387,941

Catalogue

STC 21215 · ESTC S116354

Text

EEBO-TCP A10945

Passages

2,090

Sections

166

Title page

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…

THE SECOND TREATISE, SHOWING AT LARGE WHAT THE LIFE OF THE TRUE BELIEVER IS, AND THE CONVERSATION of such, as have assured hope of salvation.

THE SECOND TREATISE, SHEWING AT LARGE WHAT THE LIFE OF THE TRVE BELEEVER IS, AND THE CONuersation of such, as haue assured hope of saluation.

CHAP. 1. The sum and order of this second Treatise.

CHAP. 1. The summe and order of this second Treatise.

CHAP. 2. That a godly life cannot be without unfeigned faith; nor this faith without it: which is the first point in the first general head to be handled.

CHAP. 2. That a godly life cannot be without vnfained faith; nor this faith without it: which is the first poynt in the first generall head to be handled.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36