A10945:972
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 thus I have given the reader a taste of the armour of a Christian, what it is: who by due consideration of the power and use of every part of it, may easily see, that he who is furnished with the same, may be able to do wonderful things, in respect of him, which goeth to work by his own advice ⟨p. 264⟩and power, or (which is all one) by mixing it with the word of God. And §Fyet so do the most, who profess the Gospel: they will not altogether exclude the commandments of God, so that they refuse altogether to be governed by them: yet for all that, they will not bind themselves to be ruled by them, in one thing as in another: and therefore doth their life, and talk jar and jangle, in respect of the knowledge of duty which they have, and is even harsh and unsavoury to good and bad, and to themselves also, if they would but search and look into their ways seriously and carefully at any time. And this briefly be said of the first point concerning the Christian armour, to show what it is, and which are the parts of it.
And thus I haue giuen the reader a taste of the armour of a Christian, what it is: who by due consideration of the power and vse of euery part of it, may easily see, that he who is furnished with the same, may be able to doe wonderfull things, in respect of him, which goeth to worke by his owne aduice ⟨p. 264⟩and power, or (which is all one) by mixing it with the word of God. And §Fyet so doe the most, who professe the Gospell: they will not altogether exclude the commaundements of God, so that they refuse altogether to be gouerned by them: yet for all that, they will not binde themselues to be ruled by them, in one thing as in another: and therefore doth their life, and talke iarre and iangle, in respect of the knowledge of dutie which they haue, and is euen harsh and vnsauourie to good and bad, and to themselues also, if they would but search and looke into their waies seriously and carefully at any time. And this briefly bee said of the first point concerning the Christian armour, to shew what it is, and which are the parts of it.