A02178:1559
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In the time of a plague we shall see some will be so bold, that without any lawful calling1 or godly warrant, they will rush into places infected; and then falling sick, their conscience pricks them for their tempting of God by an unadvised boldness, in the hour of their death.
In the time of a plague we shall see some will be so bold, that without any lawfull calling1 or godly warrant, they will rush into places infected; and then falling sicke, their conscience prickes them for their tempting of God by an vnaduised boldnes, in the houre of their death.
- 1Boldness in plague.Boldnes in plague.
Others plunged as deeply in a quite contrary extremity, are too fearful when they do but hear of the sickness; and for very fear have been brought to deaths door, only by imagining themselves to have been infected, when they have been most free, who oftentimes have even died, and that without any natural cause that ever could be known, but only through immoderate fear, and the judgement of God coming upon them for their infidelity and unbelief. Thus it is with us in Christianity, in that as well the oppressing our selves with too much fear to be overcome, as the carnal security, in not fearing to be overcome, may bring sin upon us: God his children must labour for a measure, and that must be sought for in the word, which will teach them how they shall neither decline on the right hand, nor on the left; but will guide them in the narrow way, showing in every thing what is virtue, what is vice; what is the mean, what is the extreme.1
Others plunged as deepely in a quite contrarie extremitie, are too fearefull when they doe but heare of the sicknesse; and for very feare haue beene brought to deaths doore, only by imagining thēselues to haue been infected, when they haue been most free, who oftentimes haue euen died, and that without any naturall cause that euer could be knowne, but onely through immoderate feare, and the iudgement of God comming vpon them for their infidelitie and vnbeleefe. Thus it is with vs in Christianitie, in that as well the oppressing our selues with too much feare to be ouercome, as the carnall securitie, in not fearing to be ouercome, may bring sinne vpon vs: God his children must labour for a measure, and that must be sought for in the word, which will teach them how they shall neither decline on the right hand, nor on the left; but will guide them in the narrow way, shewing in euery thing what is vertue, what is vice; what is the meane, what is the extreame.