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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.
1The same may be said of the other parts of the Christian armour, that I have said of the shoes of peace, of the shield of faith, and of the breast-plate of righteousness. For if there be not some clear and sound knowledge of the word of God (which as a sword may cut the bands of sin asunder like a cord) how shall a Christian be able to discern the deceitfulness of sin, but be led by it and taken with it, as with a bait? How can he choose, although he be zealous and desirous to do well, but to be led into many errors, and so §Ggo without the sweet life, which in Christianity is to be found, if he have not well learned and digested this in the depth of his heart, it is written, to the contrary?2 So if he be not girded, as it were, with sincerity, that he may be adorned with it wheresoever he become, and all other good gifts of God in him be bound together by that, that he hath them in truth, that he delighteth in them indeed;3 how shall he be infected with hollowness and hypocrisy, what show of holiness soever appear in him?
1The same may be said of the other parts of the Christian armour, that I haue said of the shooes of peace, of the shield of faith, and of the breast-plate of righteousnes. For if there be not some cleere and sound knowledge of the word of God (which as a sword may cut the bands of sinne asunder like a cord) how shall a Christian be able to discerne the deceitfulnes of sinne, but be led by it and taken with it, as with a baite? How can he choose, although he be zealous and desirous to doe well, but to be led into many errours, and so §Ggoe without the sweete life, which in Christianitie is to be found, if hee haue not well learned and digested this in the depth of his heart, it is written, to the contrarie?2 So if he be not girded, as it were, with sinceritie, that hee may be adorned with it wheresoeuer he become, and all other good gifts of God in him be bound together by that, that hee hath them in truth, that hee delighteth in them indeed;