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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.
CHAP. 6. Of Meditation, the second private help.
CHAP. 6. Of Meditation, the second priuate helpe.
Now followeth the second, which is Meditation:1 And that is when we do of purpose, separate our selves from all other things, and consider as we are able, and think of some points of instruction necessary to lead us forward to the kingdom of heaven, and the better strengthening of us against the devil and this present evil world, and to the well ordering of our lives. I say of purpose, seeing we both must §Cmind such things in good advisedness, and set our selves about them resolutely, when we take them in hand; that they may be done with more reverence and profit: and also seeing it falleth out for the most part, that we seldom enter into meditation of heavenly things, when we do not intend them, but are led by the objects of our minds, eyes, or ears an hundred ways amiss, or if any good thought arise, it is repelled by and by, and goeth no further. To proceed I say, that when we meditate, we ought to separate our selves from all company and troublesome occasions,2 as our Saviour commandeth us to do, when we pray privately (these two being companions) as in our chamber privately, or in the field, or some commodious place, §Dthat we may the better perform it: the smallest occasions soon breaking us off from such service of God.
NOw followeth the second, which is Meditation:1 And that is when we doe of purpose, separate our selues from all other things, and consider as we are able, and thinke of some poynts of instruction necessarie to leade vs forward to the kingdome of heauen, and the better strengthening of vs against the diuel and this present euill world, and to the wel ordering of our liues. I say of purpose, seeing we both must