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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.
For as he which goeth to war, is first trained and made fit to use his weapon at home:1 and the scholar trieth masteries privately, before he come forth to dispute openly: So a good Christian will try what he can do against his affections and sin, alone by himself in his solitary meditation, and resolve against the same (accordingly as he seeth the difficulty thereof to require) before he can in his common dealings, with all sorts and companies, be strong from temptations and falls, and free from offence giving in his words and deeds. And therefore on the contrary, this is the cause, why so many bewray themselves to be hypocrites before men, for that they have no trial of the truth and simplicity of their hearts alone by themselves,§G in judging and proving the uprightness of them before God, and therefore have not sought strength of him against their infirmities.
For as he which goeth to warre, is first trained and made fit to vse his weapon at home:1 and the scholler trieth masteries priuately, before he come forth to dispute openly: So a good Christian will trie what he can doe against his affections and sinne, alone by himselfe in his solitarie meditation, and resolue against the same (accordingly as he seeth the difficultie thereof to require) before he can in his common dealings, with all sortes and companies, be strong from temptations and falles, and free from offence giuing in his words and deedes. And therefore on the contrarie, this is the cause, why so many bewray themselues to be hypocrites before men, for that they haue no triall of the truth and simplicitie of their hearts alone by themselues,§G in iudging and proouing the vprightnes of them before God, and therefore haue not sought strength of him against their infirmities.
- 1We must set against our sin in our private meditation, before we can cast it off in company.VVe must set against our sinne in our priuate meditation, before we can cast it off in company.