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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.
1Thus we should labour to keep them from an evil name (who are not shameless) and so from further danger, by this our telling them of their faults; which if they be not yet gone abroad, may by it be amended: But as for open and bold defamers of others, they are not to be dealt with privately, when their slander is spread far, but to be censured by the magistrate,§H that so taking shame for their sin, they may be brought to repentance. And this remedy, as it may, so it ought to be sought and used in love, even as the other by reproof and admonition: and by these means (the Lord blessing them) both sorts may blot out the remembrance of their sins, both before God and men.
1Thus we should labour to keepe them from an euill name (who are not shameles) and so from further daunger, by this our telling them of their faults; which if they be not yet gone abroade, may by it be amended: But as for open and bold defamers of others, they are not to be dealt with priuately, when their slaunder is spred farre, but to be censured by the magistrate,§H that so taking shame for their sinne, they may be brought to repentance. And this remedie, as it may, so it ought to be sought and vsed in loue, euen as the other by reproofe and admonition: and by these meanes (the Lord blessing them) both sorts may blot out the remembrance of their sins, both before God and men.
- 1Rebuke.
1To this duty belongeth another, much agreeing with the former: that is, not to bewray a secret, when it may safely and without displeasing of God, be kept in: For both this and the former go so heavily to the heart of our neighbours, when they hear that we have no regard of them, where it might do them good; neither do spare, by enlarging of the report of that which