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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.
Thus it behooveth us to examine our dealings with our neighbours credit, and good name, that as we have learned to think and conceive: so we teach our tongues to speak the best of all men,1 and ill of none, whose doings have not in an obstinate and stifnecked manner spoken worse of themselves:2 so that they have cast away their good name themselves (although §Imore precious then gold) and not we, who give that due to them (in making this account of them) which they themselves seem to desire, and do most truly deserve: So we shall in this part of righteousness also, as in the former, make our rejoicing sound. But above all that hath been said of this argument, let our chiefest care be, that we stain not our own good name and credit any way, but maintain and preserve it.
Thus it behooueth vs to examine our dealings with our neighbors credit, and good name, that as we haue learned to thinke and conceiue: so we teach our tongues to speake the best of all men,1 and ill of none, whose doings haue not in an obstinate and stifnecked manner spoken worse of themselues:2 so that they haue cast away their good name themselues (although §Imore pretious then gold) and not we, who giue that due to them (in making this account of them) which they themselues seeme to desire, and doe most truely deserue: So we shall in this part of righteousnes also, as in the former, make our reioycing sound. But aboue all that hath been said of this argument, let our chiefest care be, that we staine not our owne good name and credit any way, but maintaine and preserue it.
- 1Tit. 3.2.
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