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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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Several men, subject to several sins, have their several checks in their consciences: some are overcome with wrath, and yet after the moody fit they can tell that the wrath of man doth not accomplish the righteousness of God: some are subject to lust, and afterwards ⟨p. 102⟩they say, it profiteth them nothing: some are given to a continual course of vanity,1 who notwithstanding can say, that mans life hath another end: some slip deeply into worldliness, & yet they be often weakened with most terrible checks of conscience. Well, blessed are they, whose hearts be truly grieved; and let them beware that make dalliance with sin: for either hardness of heart will overtake them, or a troubled conscience will confound them. Wherefore it comes to pass, that many spending their bodies on lust, lament that ever they so abused their strength: many given too much to the pleasure of this life, had grief come upon them, to remember how they have spent Gods graces, lavished his good gifts, and misspent their time; or else, if they have not this grief, they fall into voluptuousness, and draw such a thick skin upon their hearts, as will cause the strongest denouncings of Gods judgements to rebound, be they driven on never so hard. And sure, it is the sin of this world, that men being controlled in their consciences, whilst they are a praying, and feel a secret charge laid against them, to beware of guile in buying and selling; either have these checks less and less, and so they grow to be profane; or else afterward they are wonderfully wounded, that they have been •o worldly, so greedily pursuing earthly things; so coldly procuring heavenly things. Thus even our privy thoughts (not profited by) are breeders of farther trouble.
Seuerall men, subiect to seuerall sinnes, haue their seuerall checkes in their consciences: some are ouercome with wrath, and yet after the moodie fit they can tell that the wrath of man doth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God: some are subiect to lust, and afterwards ⟨p. 102⟩they say, it profiteth them nothing: some are giuen to a continuall course of vanitie,1