A02178:1527
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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But let us come nearer; and whether we behold the Papists, or the Family of Love, or the common ••rt of Christians, we shall see they will pass quietly through many afflictions, whether for that they have a spirit of slum bring and nu••ess• cast upon them, or whether because they have brawned themselves through some senseless blockishness, as men hewen ou• of hard Oaks, or graven out of marble stones • know not: But yet1 when the Lord shall let loose the cord of their consciences, and sh•ll set before their faces their sins committed; see what fearful ends they have, whilst some of them by hanging themselves, some by casting themselves into the water▪ some by cutting their own throats, have rid themselves out of these intolerable gr•s. Now wherein is the difference that some die so senslesly, and some dispatch themselves so violently? Surely the one feeling no sin, depart like brutish Swine; the other surcharged with sin, die like harking dogs.
But let vs come neerer; and whether wee behold the Papists, or the Familie of Loue, or the common ••rt of Christians, wee shall see they will passe quietly through manie afflictions, whether for that they haue a spirite of slum bring and nu••ess• cast vpon them, or whether because they haue brawned themselues through some senslesse blockishnesse, as men hewen ou• of harde O•kes, or grauen out of marble stones • knowe not: But yet1 when the Lord shall let loose the co•rd of their consciences, and sh•ll set before their faces their sinnes committed; see what fearefull edes they haue, whilest some of them by hanging themselues, some by casting thēselues into the water some by cutting their owne throates, haue ridde themselues out of these intolerable grs. Now wherein is the difference that some die so senslesly, and some dispatch themselues so violenlie? Surely the one feeling no sinne, depart like brutish Swine; the other surcharged with sinne, die like harking dogges.