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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.
1To have this shield of faith, is to build our persuasion on Gods faithful promises, that Christ Jesus is ours: and that God hath given him to us, to obtain forgiveness of our sins and salvation by him; yea and all other good things also,2 meet for this present life: As the Apostle saith; He that hath given §Ius his Christ, how can he, but with him give us all things also? So that he which hath embraced these precious promises and resteth upon them, as certain and not doubtful, no more to be removed, and unsettled, as (if it be well weighed) there is no cause he should: he hath this part of the armour, and therefore shall not be overcome by those fearful temptations of Satan to strong distrustfulness,3 which as fiery darts be deadly to all which are not thus armed with a true and sound faith: and such an one may be rightly said, to put on the Lord Jesus, which cannot be done but by faith.
1To haue this shield of faith, is to build our perswasion on Gods faithfull promises, that Christ Iesus is ours: and that God hath giuen him to vs, to obtaine forgiuenes of our sinnes and saluation by him; yea and all other good things also,2 meete for this present life: As the Apostle saith; He that hath giuen §Ivs his Christ, how can he, but with him giue vs all things also? So that he which hath embraced these pretious promises and resteth vpon them, as certaine and not doubtfull, no more to be remoued, and vnsetled, as (if it be well weighed) there is no cause he should: he hath this part of the armour, and therefore shall not be ouercome by those fearefull temptations of Sathan to strong distrustfulnes,3 which as firie darts be deadly to all which are not thus armed with a true and sound faith: and such an one may be rightly said, to put on the Lord Iesus, which cannot be done but by faith.