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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.
This may for the edifying of the simple, be seen particularly in the §Htwo Sacraments of our Church at this day,1 baptism and the Lords supper. For every faithful Christian which hath been baptized, may as long as he liveth, have this benefit thereby, that as by his engrafting into Christ, he is one with him, and therefore seeth that while Christ liveth, he must and shall live also: so he having thereby perpetual union and fellowship with him, doth draw strength and grace from him, even as the branch doth from the vine, that so he may live the life of a Christian. If then he have that power of renewing him (which is signified and sealed by baptism) namely the power of Christs death mortifying sin, and the virtue of his resurrection in raising him up to new life; is not baptism throughout his life a forcible means §Ito help him forward in a Christian course, as oft as he doth duly consider it?
This may for the edifying of the simple, bee seene particularly in the §Htwo Sacraments of our Church at this day,1 baptisme and the Lords supper. For euery faithfull Christian which hath been baptized, may as long as he liueth, haue this benefit thereby, that as by his ingraffing into Christ, he is one with him, and therefore seeth that while Christ liueth, he must and shall liue also: so he hauing thereby perpetuall vnion and fellowship with him, doth drawe strength and grace from him, euen as the branch doth from the vine, that so he may liue the life of a Christian. If then he haue that power of renewing him (which is signified and sealed by baptisme) namely the power of Christs death mortifying sinne, and the vertue of his resurrection in raising him vp to new life; is not baptisme throughout his life a forcible meanes §Ito helpe him forward in a Christian course, as oft as he doth duely consider it?
- 1Baptism how it is and help.