The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of…

Name: The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of…
Author: Nicholas Byfield

The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of our lives, prescribed in the Scripture concerning our carriage: towards God, towards men, towards our selves. With general rules of preparation, that concern either the helps, or the manner of a holy conversation. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of our liues, prescribed in the Scripture concerning our carriage: towards God, towards men, towards our selues. With generall rules of preparation, that concerne either the helps, or the maner of a holy conuersation. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622London: printed by George for Ralph Rounthwaite, 1619

[48], 323, [1] p. · 33k words · STC 4233.5 · ESTC S122202

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Chapter 4

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[ Earlier:103–118 of 628

:103p. 64

Now to be constant in well-doing,¹ is to do good duties,

Now to bee constant in well-doing,¹ is to doe good duties,

1And he is constant, that doth good duties,

:104p. 64

1. Without weariness: ¹It is required as a thing necessary to the manner of well-doing, that we be not weary of it, and that we faint not, Gal. 6. 9. This we must strive for by prayer.

1. Without wearinesse: ¹It is required as a thing necessary to the manner of well-doing, that we be not weary of it, and that wee faint not, Gal. 6. 9. This we must striue for by prayer.

11. Without weariness.1. Without wearines.

:105p. 65–66

2. Without discouragement: ¹

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