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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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1These three things therefore being of so especial price, must be more regarded, and sought after of such as want them, more carefully then they have been: and preachers not only heard teaching these, but also conferred with about the same: that the peoples hungering after the same, may whet on and §Kencourage their teachers with all willingness and readiness to resolve & comfort them coming unto them,2 as the people in the Gospel: or rather as Christs Disciples came oft to him to be taught, and have their questions answered. And although other doctrine is not to be neglected, yet I would have all to know, that nothing is so necessarily to be learned as these three are, of such as have already attained to the knowledge of true happiness by ⟨p. 113⟩§AJesus Christ, what other things so ever be wanting. All goeth forward untowardly, without these, as I have said. And as a man knoweth nothing profitable unto salvation before he believeth: so after he believeth, he knoweth nothing profitably to grow on with comfort, in his christian course, without these three faithfully and carefully looked unto and preserved.
1These three things therefore being of so especall price, must bee more regarded, and sought after of such as want them, more carefully then they haue been: and preachers not onely heard teaching these, but also conferred with about the same: that the peoples hungring after the same, may whet on and §Kincourage their teachers with all willingnes and readines to resolue & comfort them comming vnto them,2 as the people in the Gospell: or rather as Christs Disciples came oft to him to be taught, and haue their questions answered. And although other doctrine is not to bee neglected, yet I would haue all to know, that nothing is so necessarily to bee learned as these three are, of such as haue alreadie attained to the knowledge of true happines by