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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
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12. That we use (as we shall have opportunity, at least as we shall have necessity) to nacquaint our selves with some godly and faithful person, with §Kwhom we may confer of our Christian estate, and open our doubts, to the quickening up of Gods graces in us.
12. That we vse (as we shall haue opportunitie, at least as we shall haue necessitie) to nacquaint our selues with some godly and faithfull person, with §Kwhom we may conferre of our Christian estate, and open our doubts, to the quickning vp of Gods graces in vs.
13. That we oobserve the departure of men our of this life, their mortality, the vanity and alteration of things below, the more to contemn the world, and to continue our longing after the life to come. And that we meditate and muse often of our own death, and going out of this life, how we ⟨p. 257⟩§Amust lie in the grave, all our glory put off; which will serve to beat down the pride of life that is in us.
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