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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.
1By the grace of God, bragging is far off from us, as we also heartily desire it may be:2 neither do we go too far, his word being our warrant. But we are not afraid to utter that which we know; nay we dare not do otherwise, though it be against our selves, as much as others, if we shall set light by it at any time: neither fear we, that shameful falls, shall any thing the sooner take hold of us, for speaking the truth boldly, but removed more far from us,3 whiles we are nothing more afraid, then to offend thereby. And if either our pride or boldness should break out so far, as that it should cause the Lord to chastise us,4 or that we should be so careless, and improvident over our selves, that Satan should again bewitch us with the deceitfulness of sin,§I we look for none other,5 but to bear our burden of an unquiet mind, and the reproach due to us thereby, and our punishment, which shall befall us, because of our offence:6 but though we should so be overtaken, yet shall we rise again: and though many of us should fall from our steadfastness; yet for all that, this is true, namely, that God will have the holy and Christian life, which I have set down, practised of others: and howsoever we should be turned out of the way for a season, and whatsoever might become of us; yet he that is able of stones to raise up children to fear him, will provide true worshippers of him, whatsoever become of us: and the truth of God remaineth, that such as will be worshippers of him,7 must depart from iniquity.
1By the grace of God, bragging is farre off from vs, as wee also heartily desire it may be: