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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
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1And it is the same, which the Apostle meant when he said, our conversation §Iis in heaven, though we are on earth: teaching therein himself and all other Christians, that their whole course (so far as mans frailty would permit) (and how far it may permit, let this treatise out of Gods word testify) ought to be a settled and constant carrying of themselves (as I said before) throughout their lives in such sort, as they might show and approve themselves to be men of God.2 If we desire to see examples of these things, the Scripture setteth out many unto us: and namely the life of our father Enoch, that in his time,3 which soon after the creation of the world was corrupted, he did yet walk with the Lord: as if it should say, he did so live in the world amongst men, that he had yet, through his life, an heavenly and most happy §Kcommunion with God.
1And it is the same, which the Apostle ment when he said, our conuersation §Iis in heauen, though we are on earth: teaching therein himselfe and all other Christians, that their whole course (so farre as mans frailtie would permit) (and how farre it may permit, let this treatise out of Gods word testifie) ought to be a setled and constant carrying of themselues (as I said before) throughout their liues in such sort, as they might shew and approue themselues to be men of God.2 If we desire to see examples of these things, the Scripture setteth out many vnto vs: and namely the life of our father Enoch, that in his time,3 which soone after the creation of the world was corrupted, he did yet walke with the Lord: as if it should say, he did so liue in the world amongst men, that he had yet, through his life, an heauenly and most happie §K