A17410:111
The rules of a holy life. Or A treatise containing the holy order of…
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.
London: printed by George for Ralph Rounthwaite, 1619
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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.
5. Without declining or going back. 1Job comforts himself against the aspersion of hypocrisy by this, that his foot had held on his steps, and Gods ways he had kept, and not declined, nor had he gone back from Gods Commandments, Job 23. 11, 12. Though he had not made such Progress as he desired, yet this was his comfort, he had not backeslided by Apostasy.
5. Without declining or going backe. 1Iob comforts himselfe against the aspersion of hypocrifie by this, that his foot had held on his steps, and Gods waies he had kept, and not declined, nor had hee gone backe from Gods Commandements, Iob 23. 11, 12. Though hee had not made such Progresse as he desired, yet this was his comfort, he had not backeslided by Apostasie.
- 15. Without declining.
And thus of the third thing also required in the manner of well-doing, which is Constancy.
4.1 The fourth thing ⟨p. 69⟩required is fear: thus Pro. 28. 14