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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.
As we are subtle to beguile our selves, so we do especially in this one thing, that where we either are perceived easily, when we be out of the way, or be afraid of ill report; there we can frame our selves to sobriety, and to the keeping of measure in our lives: which is no sure token of peace and safety to our hearts, though for the present time we avoid offence. But where we are daily conversant, and therefore shall have more occasions to run into some trespass (especially with our inferiors, before whom we think we should not regard how loosely we behave our selves) there we look not so carefully to our selves,1 which should most chiefly be don of us.
As we are subtill to beguile our selues, so we doe especially in this one thing, that where we either are perceiued easily, when we be out of the way, or be afraide of ill report; there we can frame our selues to sobrietie, and to the keeping of measure in our liues: which is no sure token of peace and safety to our hearts, though for the present time we auoyde offence. But where we are daily conuersant, and therefore shall haue more occasions to runne into some trespasse (especially with our inferiours, before whom we thinke we should not regard how loosely we behaue our selues) there we looke not so carefully to our selues,1 which should most chiefly be don of vs.
- 12. Cor. 1.12. Job. 31.13. To lose grace.2. Cor. 1.12. Iob. 31.13. To lose grace.