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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
A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helps enabling & the reasons persuading unto it the impediments hindering the practise of it, and the best means to remove them whereunto are added divers prayers and a treatise of carnal security by John Douname Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Gods Word.A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kingstone and William Stansby for Ed, 1622
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.
§. Sect. 3 Divers reasons proving the necessity of the daily exercise of a godly life.
§. Sect. 3 Diuers reasons proouing the necessity of the daily exercise of a godly life.
Secondly, this daily practice of all Christian duties, in the whole course of our lives, and in every particular action of them, may be enforced with these reasons; first, because the Lord hath created and redeemed, and doth continually preserve us to this end, that we should spend our whole lives in his service, by performing the duties of holiness and righteousness; and not some part only, reserving the rest for the service of the world, and the satisfying of our carnal lusts. Secondly, he giveth unto us the continual wages of his blessings and benefits for the present, and hath promised to give unto us the everlasting reward of heavenly happiness in the life to come, not that we should do our own wills and works, much less of his professed enemies, but that we approve our selves and our service unto him in all things, who hath given unto us this rich wages; and chiefly respect his glory in whatsoever we do, either in his immediate service, or in performing the duties which he hath commanded us towards our neighbours and our own persons; seeing we are bought at an high 1price, that we might no longer be our own, but his, and glorify him both in our souls and body, by offering unto him that service which he requireth. Thirdly, seeing it is the best wisdom to employ all and every of our actions to the best purpose, and no time is so well employed as in Gods service, whether we respect God our chief Goodness, to whose glory all