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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 till these by little and little be dried up with the flame of heavenly and fervent affections, unusually possessing our hearts in stead of them, it will never be otherwise with us but worse and worse. And it is a thing to be wondered at, that seeing none of our actions any day can be well done when our hearts are not good, and so preserved and kept (which without circumspect care and watch over them cannot be) it may be wondered at (I say) that we §Eshould yet be secure and negligent about the keeping of them from such danger to our selves and others, as we know will thereby ensue.
And till these by little and little be dried vp with the flame of heauenly and feruent affections, vnsually possessing our hearts in stead of them, it will neuer be otherwise with vs but worse and worse. And it is a thing to be wondred at, that seeing none of our actions any day can be well done when our hearts are not good, and so preserued and kept (which without circumspect care and watch ouer them cannot be) it may be wondred at (I say) that wee §Eshould yet bee secure and negligent about the keeping of them from such daunger to our selues and others, as we know will thereby insue.
Therefore as the Lord by his Prophets hath cried out against the people in sundry ages, that they perished because they would not understand, 1nor at all consider their estate, and as there shall be an end of their deceivable delights, although they cannot be brought to think of their end and account: so he speaketh as plainly, and hath done from time to time of this, that although in ⟨p. 244⟩the world we shall have tribulation, 2even we whom God hath chosen out of the