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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.
And if we can frame our selves to give these duties to our betters and inferiors, it shall be the easier to regard the dignity and worthiness of those, ⟨p. 171⟩§Awhich are our equals, which in that one sentence of the Apostle is taught us:1 that when the case so standeth, that we might seem as worthy persons as others, and not any thing inferior to them in the judgement of men; yet let us give over our right unto them (if it be any) and in giving honour to them, go before them. And when we have had experience of careful practise in giving this due to our neighbour, we shall both perceive our want,2 and be ashamed to see how manifoldly we sometime failed herein (which without faithful examining will never appear, by means of our secret self love) and what benefit we have of Christs righteousness in this one commandment, to cover our so great unrighteousness against it, and thereby set our selves more earnestly §Bto grow sound in the duties of it. This point of humility is for good cause required of us towards our neighbour,3 that we may the more readily yield to other duties which follow.
And if wee can frame our selues to giue these duties to our betters and inferiours, it shall be the easier to regard the dignitie and worthines of those, ⟨p. 171⟩§Awhich are our equals, which in that one sentence of the Apostle is taught vs:1 that when the case so standeth, that we might seeme as worthie persons as others, and not any thing inferiour to them in the iudgement of men; yet let vs giue ouer our right vnto thē (if it be any) and in giuing honour to them, go before thē. And when we haue had experience of carefull practise in giuing this due to our neighbor, we shall both perceiue our want,