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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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But if the mind be troubled, who dare meet with the wrath of the Lord of hosts? who can put to silence the voice of desperation? who will steppe out and make agreement with the hells to spare us? who dare make a covenant with the devil, that he would lay no claim unto us? if then a good conscience helpeth all evils, and all other benefits in this life, in themselves cannot help a troubled conscience; we see it true in proof, which here is in proverb, The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity: but a wounded spirit who can bear it?
But if the minde be troubled, who dare meete with the wrath of the Lord of hostes? who can put to silence the voyce of desperation? who will steppe out and make agreement with the helles to spare vs? who dare make a couenant with the diuell, that hee would lay no claime vnto vs? if then a good conscience helpeth all euils, and all other benefites in this life, in themselues cannot helpe a troubled conscience; we see it true in proofe, which here is in prouerbe, The spirit of a man will sustaine his infirmity: but a wounded spirit who can beare it?
Again, in all other afflictions we may have some comfort against sin; this is ever accompanied with the accusation of sin. A man may be sick, reproached, impoverished, imprisoned, and banished; and yet in all these have a clear conscience; his own ⟨p. 98⟩heart telling him that there is no special cause of these cro••es in him, but that he may •uffer them for the trial of his faith, or for righteousness sake and well doing. But when the spirit is wounded, there is still a guiltiness of sin, and when a mans spirit is trou•led, he suspecteth all his ways, he feareth all his sins, he knows not what sin to begin with; it breeds such hurlyburlies in him, that when it is day he wisheth for night; when it is night he would have it day: his meat doth not nourish him, his dreams are fearful to him, his sleep oft times forsaketh him: if he speaketh, he is little eased: if he keepeth silence, he boileth in disquietness of heart; the light doth not comfort him, the darkness doth terrify him.