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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.
for then would they not leave off to seek, until they had found him (as the church did in the Canticles, chap. 3.3.4.) Neither do they regard his ways, when their trouble is ended; as Job speaketh, §Bdescribing the hypocrite thus: The hypocrite doth not pray, that is,1 serve God always: meaning, in one condition of life, as in another: in peace as in trouble. Yea more particularly, when God smiteth and plagueth them (either by their enemies, diseases, losses, and such like) they covenant religiously with him, that they will never fall from him any more: but they flatter him with their mouth, 2and dissemble with their tongue, their heart is not upright with him; neither are they faithful in his covenant. They will sharply tell others of their faults, though they be but small; yea though they be but so in their opinion: as though they could not abide that God should be dishonoured: but they themselves will not take a reproof, they hate to be reformed. They are zealous in some things;3 §Cbut it breaketh out many ways, not to have been true godliness by their inconstant fervency and other passions.
for then would they not leaue off to seeke, vntil they had found him (as the church did in the Canticles, chap. 3.3.4.) Neither doe they regard his waies, when their trouble is ended; as Iob speaketh, §Bdescribing the hypocrite thus: The hypocrite doth not pray, that is,1 serue God alwaies: meaning, in one condition of life, as in another: in peace as in trouble. Yea more particularly, whē God smiteth and plagueth them (either by their enemies, diseases, losses, and such like) they couenant religiously with him, that they will neuer fall from him any more: but they flatter him with their mouth,