A17410:532
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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Secondly,1 Dissimulation: our love must be without feigning, in deed, and in truth, not in show, or in words, Rom. 12. 9. 1. John 3. 18.
Secondly,1 Dissimulatition: our loue must be without faining, in deede, and in truth, not in shew, or in words, Rom. 12. 9. 1. Iohn 3. 18.
- 12. Dissimulation.
Thirdly, Conceitedness. 1This is a vice, that extremely vexeth others, and alienateth affection: we must not be wise in our selves, but rather in lowliness of mind esteem another better then our ⟨p. 281⟩selves, and show it both by making our selves equal to them of the lower sort, and by going before others in giving Honour and Praise, Rom. 12. 10, 16. Phil 2. 4. Pro. 12. 15.
Thirdly, Conceitednesse. 1This is a vice, that extreamely vexeth others, and alienateth affection: wee must not be vvise in our selues, but rather in lowlinesse of minde esteeme another better then our