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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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Another sort have thought all set forms of prayer are to be disliked,1 and such only to be allowed and offered up to God, as by extemporary gift are conceived and uttered according to every ones necessity: which opinion is also to be reformed: Of both which I will say somewhat being objections, though otherwise it be besides my purpose to discourse of them at large. This I say, as I have taken in hand, that public prayer, as hath been said of preaching and Sacraments, is a great help to godliness, to all such as have any measure of true godliness: or else it is long of themselves, who, through the ignorance and darkness that is in them, do not know, that they ought to pray always with all manner supplications and giving of thanks; and therefore §Bpublicly as well as privately, when many hearts are poured out to God rather then few, or one alone: or if they know this, their sin is the greater, in that they resist and spurn against it.
Another sort haue thought all set formes of prayer are to be disliked,1 and such onely to be allowed and offered vp to God, as by extemporarie gift are conceiued and vttered according to euery ones necessitie: which opinion is also to be reformed: Of both which I will say somewhat being obiections, though otherwise it bee besides my purpose to discourse of them at large. This I say, as I haue taken in hand, that publike prayer, as hath been said of preaching and Sacraments, is a great helpe to godlines, to all such as haue any measure of true godlines: or else it is long of themselues, who, through the ignorance and darknes that is in them, doe not know, that they ought to pray alwaies with all manner supplications and giuing of thankes; and therefore §Bpublikely as well as priuately, when many hearts are powred out to God rather then few, or one alone: or if they know this, their sinne is the greater, in that they resist and spurne against it.
- 1How others are withholden.