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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.
1But yet is it further required at our hands, that besides the hurting no man (as hath been said) we should do them good. And indeed, such should our whole course be towards others, that we might make easy as many mens burdens as we can,2 seeing God in the riches of his mercy, hath unburdened us of so intolerable weight, as pressed us by our sin: even as he hath loved us therefore, so from hence it is, that we have love one to another, as to have care of their life, and welfare, to maintain it, as their necessity shall require, and our ability can perform: To manifest it in their miseries by pitying them, and having a fellow-feeling of the same with them,§G and so to testify it both by words and deeds; as our Saviour by doing the the same in pitying the people, 3who were dispersed as sheep without a shepherd, gave us example, to do the like: And as their troubles and calamities shall be the greater;4 so the more speedily to lend our help to them, to ease them, as much as in us lieth.
1But yet is it further required at our hands, that besides the hurting no man (as hath been said) we should doe them good. And indeede, such should our whole course be towards others, that we might make easie as many mens burthens as we can,2 seeing God in the riches of his mercie, hath vnburthened vs of so intolerable weight, as pressed vs by our sinne: euen as he hath loued vs therefore, so from hence it is, that we haue loue one to another, as to haue care of their life, and welfare, to maintaine it, as their necessitie shall require, and our abilitie can performe: To manifest it in their miseries by pitying them, and hauing a fellow-feeling of the same with them,§G and so to testifie it both by words and deedes; as our Sauiour by doing the the same in pitying the people,