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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.
But if I should reckon up the beadrolls of gross faults which they suffer in themselves, and nourish (yet under the name of infirmities) it should easily appear, to such as have any judgement in the Scriptures, that they cannot be reckoned among the believers, and beloved of the Lord. For howsoever he gather his elect out of all these kinds, yet are none of them to be accounted for his, while they abide and continue so. From these faults therefore let the believers separate themselves.
But if I should reckon vp the beadrolles of grosse faults which they suffer in themselues, and nourish (yet vnder the name of infirmities) it should easily appeare, to such as haue any iudgement in the Scriptures, that they cannot be reckoned among the beleeuers, and beloued of the Lord. For howsoeuer he gather his elect out of all these kinds, yet are none of them to be accounted for his, while they abide and continue so. From these faults therefore let the beleeuers separate themselues.
A fourth sort, and those divers from these now mentioned may be added,1 §Ewho, being sore stumbling blocks, and offences to many, deserve to be reproved with the former: ye shall know them by the description which I set down of them, by rehearsing their particular properties: who if they repent not, will in the end (though I hope better of some of them) prove no better then the rest. Among whom they are to be counted, who seeming to be of the forwarder sort, do yet offend dangerously, and suffer the same blemishes before men, to break forth in countenance, speech, behaviour (against ⟨p. 130⟩such as they mislike, though far better then themselves) which testify §Fthat their hearts are inwardly poisoned in the sight of God: who for their zeal that they have towards the worship of God, do think so well of themselves, that they cannot brook nor abide any other, who differ from them in judgement, about some things; though they have no clear ground in the word of God. And if they be at variance with any (how honest and godly soever) yet cannot afford them a Christian and friendly countenance, nor speak a word to them,