A10945:736
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.
Even so, what use do such make of the Lords Supper? who (for the most part) besides that they cannot tell how to prepare themselves to it; so if some Ministers, more careful over the peoples souls, then others, do teach and examine them about the knowledge they have, yet cannot they be brought §Eto try themselves indeed, in what true faith and unfeigned repentance they come: seeing they are not wont, through the whole quarter before their receiving, to beat their brains, or trouble themselves about such matters: Whereby it may be gathered for certainty, that whatsoever the Scriptures speak in the commendation thereof, they be in little account and reckoning with them. And if they do not privately before the receiving of the Sacrament, nourish these good graces of God in themselves very carefully (for I ⟨p. 226⟩speak even of the better sort of Christians, as well as of others) who seeth §Fnot, that they shall have much ado, to bring their hearts, willingly to sift themselves, and to seek for those gifts at that time?
Euen so, what vse doe such make of the Lords Supper? who (for the most part) besides that they cannot tell how to prepare themselues to it; so if some Ministers, more carefull ouer the peoples soules, then others, doe teach and examine them about the knowledge they haue, yet cannot they be brought §Eto trie themselues indeede, in what true faith and vnfained repentance they come: seeing they are not wont, through the whole quarter before their receiuing, to beate their braines, or trouble themselues about such matters: Whereby it may be gathered for certaintie, that whatsoeuer the Scriptures speake in the commendation therof, they be in little account and reckoning with them. And if they doe not priuately before the receiuing of the Sacrament, nourish these good graces of God in themselues very carefully (for I ⟨p. 226⟩speake euen of the better sort of Christians, as well as of others) who seeth §Fnot, that they shall haue much adoe, to bring their hearts, willingly to sift themselues, and to seeke for those gifts at that time?