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,…

And to return from whence we digressed, to the examination of our hearts, in sin¹ to come: let us observe that in Gods children there is such a jealousy, as they tremble at the very first motions, and quake at the least occasion of sin, although because vice will sit in ^*residence very near unto virtue, there may be in them sometime too much scrupulousness. This fear causeth the dearest of the Saints of God to reason on this sort: O Lord, I see how many excellent in gifts, and constant in profession for a long time, whose end hath not answered their beginnings, whose deaths were not like to their lives. This is true, whether we look into the word or into the world: and it is a thing that may much humble us. For though we may remember what we have been, and know what we are; yet who can tell what may come unto him hereafter.

And to returne from whence we digressed, to the examination of our hearts, in sinne¹ to come: let vs obserue that in Gods children there is such a iealousie, as they tremble at the very first motions, and quake at the least occasion of sinne, although because vice will sit in ^*residēce very neere vnto vertue, there may be in them sometime too much scrupulousnes. This feare causeth the dearest of the Saints of God to reason on this sort: O Lord, I see how many excellent in gifts, and constant in profession for a long time, whose ende hath not answered their beginnings, whose deaths were not like to their liues. This is true, whether we looke into the word or into the world: and it is a thing that may much humble vs. For though we may remember what we haue beene, and know what we are; yet who can tell what may come vnto him hereafter.

1. 1Return to sins to come.Returne to sins to come.
2. *Or in resemblance The godly jealousy of Gods children.Or in resemblance The godly iealousie of Gods children.