A17410:462
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.
Thirdly,1 Liberality: We must open our hands wide, ⟨p. 234⟩Deut. 15. 8. we must be rich in those good works, 1. Tim. 6. 18. we must no• give sparingly, 2. Cor. 9. 6. we must give to our power, and sometimes beyond our power: 2. Cor. 8. 2. we should desire to answer the expectation had of our bounty, especially the expectation of our teachers that know us and our estates, 2. Cor. 8. 24. we should strive to abound in this grace also, as well as in other graces of the Spirit, 2. Cor. 8. 9. we should give to seven, and also to eight, Eccles. 11. 2. we must make good measure, yea and pressed ⟨p. 235⟩down, Luke 6. 8.
Thirdly,1 Liberalitie: We must open our hands wide, ⟨p. 234⟩Deut. 15. 8. wee must bee rich in those good workes, 1. Tim. 6. 18. we must no• giue sparingly,