A17410:403
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.
The rules that concern all men, may be cast into two heads, as they belong either to righteousness, or to mercy.
The rules that concerne all men, may bee cast into two heads, as they belong either to righteousnesse, or to mercy.
The rules which we are to observe in company, concern either, 1. Religion, or 2. The sins, and faults of others: or 3. Our own inoffensive behaviour towards all men.
The rules which we are to obserue in company, concerne either, 1. Religion, or 2. The sinnes, and faults of others: or 3. Our owne inoffensiue behauiour towards all men.