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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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This examination doth then rightly proceed, when it reacheth to the errors of this life, and to the sins of our youth; because many men (even from their childhood, by a civill righteous life) having escaped gross sins, wherewith the world could never charge them, have notwithstanding carried the burden of their secret sins done in their youth, David (Psal. 25. 7.) prayeth the Lord, not to remember the sins of his youth: Job (23. 6.1 the man of God) confesseth that the Lord writing bitter things against him, made him to possess the iniquities of his youth. What, shall we think, that David or Job were given to notorious wickedness in their youth? No, they knew they were subject to youthful wantonness and unstayednesse of their affections; which though it did not burst out, yet it made them less careful to glorify God; which looseness, the way to lewdness; which weakness, the way to strange vanities; which wantonness, the way to open wickedness, is even in the best of Gods children in the days of their youth: which being afterwards in the time of their regeneration, brought (as it were) to judgement, and laid before their consciences, doth cause them to repent.
This examination doth then rightly proceed, when it reacheth to the errors of this life, and to the sinnes of our youth; because many men (euen from their childhood, by a ciuill righteous life) hauing escaped grosse sinnes, wherewith the world could neuer charge them, haue notwithstanding caried the burthen of their secret sinnes done in their youth, Dauid (Psal. 25. 7.) prayeth the Lord, not to remember the sinnes of his youth: Iob (23. 6.1 the man of God) confesseth that the Lord writing bitter things against him, made him to possesse the iniquities of his youth. What, shall we thinke, that Dauid or Iob were giuen to notorious wickednesse in their youth? No, they knew they were subiect to youthfull wantonnesse and vnstayednesse of their affections; which though it did not burst out, yet it made them lesse carefull to glorifice God; which loosenesse, the way to leudnesse; which weakenesse, the way to strange vanities; which wantonnesse, the way to open wickednes, is euen in the best of Gods children in the daies of their youth: which being afterwards in the time of their regeneration, brought (as it were) to iudgement, and laid before their consciences, doth cause them to repent.