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The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: revised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as love the truth, and desire to know the power of godliness. By H.H.The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.
London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for William Welby, 1612London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for VVilliam VVelby, 1612
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10 Afflicted consciences must not dispute too much against themselves, for their own actions, for that being displeased with their own persons, they cannot be pleased with their own doings.
10 Afflicted consciences must not dispute too much against themselues, for their own actions, for that being displeased with their owne persons, they cannot be pleased with their owne doings.
11 He told in love, this observation and experience; when any came with a troubled1 conscience for sin, wisely to discern, whether they be meanly grieved with a general sight of their sin, or whether they be extremely thrown down, with the burden of particular sins; if so they be, then it is good at the first to show that no sin is so great, but in Christ it is pardonable, and that there is mercy with God that he might be feared: so2 on the other side showing the mercy to come from God, but so as they are nothing fit to3 receive mercy, unless they feel their particular and pricking sins. But if their sorrow be more confessed in general things, then it is good to humble them more and more, to4 give them a terror of Gods justice for particular sins: for experience doth teach, that this is the best way to obtain sound comfort, both to see our sin, and to be humbled to see our sin, because often, men will more readily acknowledge greater sin they have been in, than that less sin they presently lie in to be humbled, that being throughly thrown down, we may directly seek Christ, and keep no stay, until we have found ⟨p. 7⟩comfort in him, who then is most ready to free us from our sin, and to comfort us with his spirit, when we are most cast down with our sins, and most fear them.