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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 as nothing can separate it from us, so he thinketh nothing too good, or too precious for us. So that he, into whose heart his love is shed plentifully, is persuaded, that as he hath saved him from the greatest danger of hell; so he will much more save him from the smaller, of being overcome of his corrupt lusts: and that he, who hath bestowed by free grant and sure promise, the greatest benefit upon him, namely, the kingdom of heaven; will not deny him the smaller,1 that is, grace to live Christianly here on earth. For he that hath given us Christ, by whom we have the former, how shall he not with him give us other things also? And if, not as we would, yet that is best which he giveth.
For as nothing can separate it from vs, so he thinketh nothing too good, or too pretious for vs. So that he, into whose heart his loue is shed plentifully, is perswaded, that as he hath saued him from the greatest daunger of hell; so he will much more saue him from the smaller, of being ouercome of his corrupt lusts: and that he, who hath bestowed by free graunt and sure promise, the greatest benefit vpon him, namely, the kingdome of heauen; will not denie him the smaller,1 that is, grace to liue Christianly here on earth. For he that hath giuen vs Christ, by whom we haue the former, how shall he not with him giue vs other things also? And if, not as we would, yet that is best which he giueth.
Now for the other part of the objection, that Paul himself did not find grace to overcome the rebellion of the old man,1