A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties

Now amongst those innumerable books which are set forth by learned and godly men, we must use singular care to choose such as are most profitable for our edification. As those first and before others, which are sufficient to inform our judgements in the main points of Christian Religion, the knowledge whereof is necessary to salvation. Of which we may have plentiful choice, both those which handle all these points more briefly and compendiously; as Doctor Nowels Catechism, Master Bezaes Confession, questions & answers, Doctor Hall, Doctor Burges, and Master Balls Catechisms, A brief method of Catechizing, The way to true blessedness, and many others; and such as handle the same points more fully and largely: as Virel's Catechism, Bastingius, The sum of sacred Divinity, A treatise of Christian Religion, Ursinus Catechism, Calvins Institutions, and the Works of our reverend Countryman Master Perkins, who hath excellently handled the most points of Christian Religion, in his learned and religious writings. And having thoroughly informed our judgements, by reading and studying some of these, or others ⟨p. 637⟩of like nature, which by the light of our own judgements, or help of others directions, we think fittest for us, we may then also profitably peruse other writings, which may further and direct us in the duties of piety and of a godly life. As Master Rogers his seven Treatises; or if they seem too long for our little leisure, the abridgement of them, the which is so exactly done, that in my judgement it fully compriseth in it the whole sum and substance of them all, with the addition of many other particular points and proofs: Or another entitled, Directions to a godly life, gathered out of the same 7. Treatises. Besides, other books in our own language, which as excellently as in any other, handle both learnedly and religiously, many special parts of Christianity, and particular discourses, tending to piety, which are most persuasive, pithy and profitable, to further us in all the duties of a godly life. Amongst which, I cannot but commend unto thee (Christian Reader) that plain and familiar exposition of the ten Commandments, with all other works of the same Authors.