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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
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1But to go forward now, to show what this purging of the heart is, and how ⟨p. 89⟩§Ait should be purged. For the first, we must know, that it is a renewing in holiness and righteousness by little and little, of all true believers, they being first delivered and freed from the tyranny of sin, and fear of damnation: for a man is no sooner set at liberty from the fear of everlasting death, and the wrath of God, but he is also sensibly drawn to let go his hold, and interest in sin, which before he had; and feeleth the same to receive a deadly wound in him, and the power thereof to be abated and crucified: And so, findeth that verified in him which the Apostle setteth down to the Romans; that is to say, How can such as are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 2And withal, he is quickened and sensibly stirred up to a love and earnest desire of §Bthings holy and heavenly, even that he may please God;3 and being renewed in the spirit of his mind, doth affect and long after righteousness and true holiness. And herein consisteth this purging and changing of the heart, which I now speak of, and such a thing it is, showing it self by an hatred of sin, and a delighting in goodness. Which no power nor will of man can effect: for it is an enemy thereto.
1But to go forward now, to shew what this purging of the heart is, and how ⟨p. 89⟩§Ait should be purged. For the first, we must know, that it is a renuing in holines and righteousnes by little and little, of all true beleeuers, they being first deliuered and freed from the tyranie of sinne, and feare of damnation: for a man is no sooner set at libertie from the feare of euerlasting death, and the wrath of God, but he is also sensiblie drawne to let goe his holde, and interest in sinne, which before he had; and feeleth the same to receiue a deadly wound in him, and the power thereof to be abated and crucified: And so, findeth that verified in him which the Apostle setteth downe to the Romans; that is to say, How can such as are dead to sinne, liue any longer therein?