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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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Now besides these duties of holiness which we owe directly to the person of God, merely spiritual and inward,1 there are other whereby we worship him outwardly, which also are parts of this holiness towards God: it followeth therefore, now to mention some of the chief points of this external worship of God both public and private; and in what manner it should be ⟨p. 162⟩used:2 but before it is to be known, that he will allow of no other means of §Fworshipping him outwardly, then he hath appointed and prescribed himself in his word.3 And therefore the office of the ministry it self (by which God is truly worshipped publicly) must not be an office to sacrifice and say mass for the sins of the quick and dead (which Gods word plainly condemneth) neither must it be any other then that which God acknowledgeth for his:4 that is, a publishing and preaching of the Gospel, and glad tidings of salvation by Jesus Christ to penitent sinners and believers,5 and a ministering of the sacraments, which he hath ordained for the comfort of them.
Now besides these duties of holines which we owe directly to the person of God, meerely spirituall and inward,1 there are other whereby we worship him outwardly, which also are parts of this holines towards God: it followeth therefore, now to mention some of the chiefe points of this externall worship of God both publike and priuate; and in what manner it should be ⟨p. 162⟩vsed:2