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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.
As for David, by the great wisdom and goodness of God, his fall was a glass to behold Gods mercy in, not to embolden any to sin thereby: and that like trespassers who possibly might despair,1 should not cast away hope of forgiveness. The sin it self arose from the nourishing, and giving place secretly to his heart in such unlawful desires (as by his eyes were occasioned) such as in this treatise I labour to call men from; as appeareth by his own ⟨p. 209⟩§Aconfession in the Psalm, where he saith: Against thee, O Lord, 2against thee have I done this evil: as if he should have said, though my offence be horrible before men, yet from hence it came, seeing I feared not before God secretly, whiles yet the offence came not forth openly. And this I say, that we may learn to beware of inward temptations, and outward occasions of sin, and boldly profess to do both.
As for Dauid, by the great wisedome and goodnes of God, his fall was a glasse to behold Gods mercie in, not to imbolden any to sinne thereby: and that like trespassers who possibly might despaire,1 should not cast away hope of forgiuenes. The sinne it selfe arose from the nourishing, and giuing place secretly to his heart in such vnlawfull desires (as by his eyes were occasioned) such as in this treatise I labour to call men from; as appeareth by his owne ⟨p. 209⟩§Aconfession in the Psalme, where hee saith: Against thee, O Lord, 2against thee haue I done this euill: as if he should haue said, though my offence be horrible before men, yet from hence it came, seeing I feared not before God secretly, whiles yet the offence came not foorth openly. And this I say, that we may learne to beware of inward temptations, and outward occasions of sinne, and boldly professe to doe both.