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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.
If we be occupied in holy and spiritual duties, we have shame and hypocrisy on the one side to hinder us: dullness, weariness, untowardness, and many such like poisoned corruptions, on the other side to break us off. If we have to do in things lawful, and indifferent, and of their own nature not evil, as recreation, or earthly business, we are secure and careless how we do them: we have boldness to defend our selves, be the manner of doing them, and our end and purpose never so vain and evil. If we go about any evil thing, we have reason and strength of persuasion from the pleasure and profit to go §Hthrough with it, and to see no danger that accompanieth it, but to extenuate it,1 and not to look to the end, as we ought to do: but all sound reason to dissuade us is weak, the devil showing himself at such times as a tempter, who yet will afterward come to us as an accuser, when we should repent.
If we be occupied in holy and spiritual duties, we haue shame and hypocrisie on the one side to hinder vs: dulnes, wearines, vntowardnes, and many such like poysoned corruptions, on the other side to breake vs off. If we haue to doe in things lawfull, and indifferent, and of their owne nature not euill, as recreation, or earthly busines, we are secure and careles how we doe them: we haue boldnes to defend our selues, be the manner of doing them, and our end and purpose neuer so vaine and euill. If we go about any euill thing, we haue reason and strength of perswasion from the pleasure and profit to goe §Hthrough with it, and to see no danger that accompanieth it, but to extenuate it,1 and not to looke to the end, as we ought to doe: but all sound reason to disswade vs is weake, the diuel shewing himselfe at such times as a tempter, who yet will afterward come to vs as an accuser, when we should repent.