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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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These with many more such speeches, which lay open their heart, and estate which they are in, towards God; to every man that can judge, are suitable fully to the course of their lives: and therefore he that judgeth by the Scriptures, will think them far from everlasting life. And yet as gross and ⟨p. 128⟩brutish as they are, there want not such who should tell them the truth more §Fplainly, who yet hold them up with good hope of their salvation, in so dangerous estate as they are in: which they themselves so flatter themselves in, that they had need to be driven from their deceitful hold by all means possible, and not upholden therein: not unlike to them in the Prophet Jeremiah, where he saith,1 They have healed the sores of my people with gentle words, crying peace, peace, when there is no peace. Alas, the Apostle might ill say, that he, to whom the Lord hath given assured hope of salvation, must renounce ungodliness, of necessity, if a man loaden with such a burden, might yet as one that runneth well, attain to the crown of glory in the Lords kingdom!
These with many more such speeches, which lay open their heart, and estate which they are in, towards God; to euery man that can iudge, are sutable fully to the course of their liues: and therefore he that iudgeth by the Scriptures, will thinke them farre from euerlasting life. And yet as grosse and ⟨p. 128⟩brutish as they are, there want not such who should tell them the truth more §Fplainely, who yet hold thē vp with good hope of their saluation, in so dangerous estate as they are in: which they themselues so flatter themselues in, that they had need to be driuen from their deceitfull hold by all meanes possible, and not vpholden therein: not vnlike to them in the Prophet Ieremy, where he saith,1 They haue healed the sores of my people with gentle words, crying peace, peace, when there is no peace. Alas, the Apostle might ill say, that he, to whom the Lord hath giuen assured hope of saluation, must renounce vngodlines, of necessitie, if a man loaden with such a burthen, might yet as one that runneth well, attaine to the crowne of glorie in the Lords kingdome!