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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.
And for the weeding these out of the ground of their hearts,1 there is no means so available, as this considering oft, and deep meditating on them: namely, what swarms of wicked cogitations and lusts, do lodge in the heart, and to find them out, also to bring them into a vile account, to be weary and ashamed of them, and so to entertain better in their room. I say there is no help more available to hunt and purge them out, because although by the word we know them, by conference we do revive the remembrance of them, and by reading we do both: yet all these run out of our riven heads, 2and abide meanly with us to suppress our corruptions, and to tame our harts until we bring our selves to often and much musing and debating of the §Cgood things which we hear and read of, that so we may digest them; and of the evils which we hear, that we may abandon them: even as worldly men ponder deeply their affairs which are weighty.
And for the weeding these out of the ground of their hearts,1 there is no meanes so auaileable, as this considering oft, and deepe meditating on them: namely, what swarmes of wicked cogitations and lusts, do lodge in the heart, and to finde them out, also to bring them into a vile account, to be wearie and ashamed of them, and so to entertaine better in their roome. I say there is no helpe more auaileable to hunt and purge them out, because although by the word we know them, by conference we doe reuiue the remembrance of them, and by reading we doe both: yet all these runne out of our riuen heads, 2and abide meanly with vs to suppresse our corruptions, and to tame our harts vntill wee bring our selues to often and much musing and debating of the §Cgood things which we heare and reade of, that so we may digest them; and of the euils which wee heare, that we may abandon them: euen as worldlie men ponder deeply their affaires which are weightie.