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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.
For it is not enough that we purpose no wickedness, nor evil,1 but we must be strongly armed always with full purpose against it; especially that, whereto we be most prone, and wherein we have had by woeful trials, experience of our weakness. For while we do commit none, yet we make a way for it to enter into us a fresh, while we become secure, and improvident.2 This which I say, is manifestly to be seen in Peter, whom no man will judge so uncharitably of, that he came into the hall of the high Priest with any mind or purpose to deny his master: yet his sleight regarding of his masters so weighty admonition §B& watchword a little before, that is (Satan hath desired to sift you:) and that rashness of his, neither casting with himself, what danger might rise by occasion of the place and persons there (as Christian wisdom would have moved him) neither weighing his own weakness, how easily he might be snared, having no commandment to be there: into what lamentable woe and bitter anguish did it bring him, by his fearful denying and swearing that he knew him not?
For it is not enough that we purpose no wickednes, nor euill,1 but we must be strongly armed alwaies with full purpose against it; especially that, whereto we be most prone, and wherein wee haue had by wofull trials, experience of our weaknes. For while we doe commit none, yet we make a way for it to enter into vs a fresh, while we become secure, and improuident.2 This which I say, is manifestly to be seene in Peter, whō no man wil iudge so vncharitably of, that he came into the hall of the high Priest with any mind or purpose to denie his master: yet his sleight regarding of his masters so weightie admonition §B& watchword a little before, that is (Sathan hath desired to sift you:) and that rashnes of his, neither casting with himselfe, what daunger might rise by occasion of the place and persons there (as Christian wisedome would haue moued him) neither weighing his owne weaknes, how easily he might bee snared, hauing no commaundement to be there: into what lamentable woe and bitter anguish did it bring him, by his fearefull denying and swearing that he knew him not?