A17410:137
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. Some refer these words to Justice, either Distributive, or Commutative, and that either in ⟨p. 79⟩the case of a private person, or of a Magistrate. A private man must neither stand too much upon his right, nor yet suffer his innocency to be too much wronged. A Magistrate must not be too severe in a self-conceited Justice, nor yet too remiss in sparing or favouring wickedness.
1. Some referre these words to Iustice, eyther Distributiue, or Commutatiue, and that eyther in ⟨p. 79⟩the case of a priuate person, or of a Magistrate. A priuate man must neyther stand too much vpon his right, nor yet suffer his innocency to be too much wronged. A Magistrate must not be too seuere in a selfe-conceited Iustice, nor yet too remisse in sparing or fauouring wickednes.
2. Some think it restrains curiosity and carelessness, as if the sense were, Be not curious to pry or search into secret things, that are not revealed: for he that will be searching into Gods majesty, may be oppressed by his glory: nor ⟨p. 80⟩yet be so careless, as not to take notice of the truth revealed.
2. Some thinke it restraines curiosity and carelesnes, as if the sence were, Be not curious to pry or search into secret things, that are not reuealed: for hee that will bee searching into Gods maiesty, may be oppressed by his glory: nor ⟨p. 80⟩yet be so carelesse, as not to take notice of the truth reuealed.