A17410:159
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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31 Thou must give thy self, soul and body, to God, seriously, and from thy heart, devoting and promising to spend thy days in his service, and then he will reveal himself unto thee, Rom. 12. 1, 2.
31 Thou must giue thy selfe, soule and body, to God, seriously, and from thy heart, deuoting and promising to spend thy daies in his seruice, and then hee will reueale himselfe vnto thee, Rom. 12. 1, 2.
- 13. Thou must give thy self to God.3. Thou must giue thy selfe to God.
4 Thou must wait upon his Ordinances, and ⟨p. 93⟩watch, how the Lord speaks unto thee, either by his Word, or by his Spirit. For in them he shows himself to men, and converseth with them.
4 Thou must waite vpon his Ordinances, and ⟨p. 93⟩watch, how the Lord speakes vnto thee, either by his Word, or by his Spirit. For in them hee shewes himselfe to men, and conuerseth with them.