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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.
1They are to begin to know the multitude of fleshly lusts, which secretly lurk within them, seeing they are now much fitter to discern and find them out in themselves, then ever they were at any time, the Lord tenderly §Gdealing with them, as not to show them all at once, which were enough to dismay them; nor how many afflictions abide them, which were like to confound them. Their religion must not be to espy faults in other (for that religion is soon learned) and to hold a vain and deceitful hope of their own righteousness, when it is but froth: for that is ready enough to take hold on them, especially where they are not under good teaching. Neither let them think much to hear a rebuke, which savoureth in them of much pride and blindness; nor to think every good thing rare and admirable in themselves, when many evils are within them, which they do not yet espy and find out: but reverence Gods graces in others, that they may the sooner be like §Hthem.
1They are to begin to know the multitude of fleshly lusts, which secretly lurke within them, seeing they are now much fitter to discerne and finde them out in themselues, then euer they were at any time, the Lord tenderlie §Gdealing with them, as not to shew them all at once, which were enough to dismay them; nor how many afflictions abide them, which were like to confound them. Their religion must not be to espie faults in other (for that religion is soone learned) and to hold a vaine and deceitfull hope of their own righteousnes, when it is but froth: for that is readie enough to take holde on them, especially where they are not vnder good teaching. Neither let them thinke much to heare a rebuke, which sauoureth in them of much pride and blindnes; nor to thinke euery good thing rare and admirable in themselues, when many euils are within them, which they doe not yet espie and finde out: but reuerence Gods graces in others, that they may the sooner be like §Hthem.
- 1Their duty.