A17410:234
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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Rules, that concern the preservation of our love to God.
Rules, that concerne the preseruation of our loue to God.
Hitherto of the Rules that concern the manifestation of our love to God: The rest of the Rules serve to teach us, how to preserve in us this ⟨p. 122⟩love to God. 1Now that we may continue in our love to God, we must observe these Rules.
HItherto of the Rules that concerne the manifestation of our loue to God: The rest of the Rules serue to teach vs, how to preserue in vs this ⟨p. 122⟩loue to God. 1Now that wee may continue in our loue to God, wee must obserue these Rules.
- 1What we must do to preserve the love of God in us.What wee must do to preserue the loue of God in vs.
1 We must separate our selves from all others to be his, Leu. 20. 26. avoiding fellowship with the servants of a strange God, that might any way entice us from the love of God; yea, we should so much alienate our hearts from all Idols, that we should not make mention of their names, and therefore daily confirm our hearts in that purpose to cleave to God alone,