A02178:1569
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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and for that before they were not truly searched, purged, •eared and lanced, it cometh to pass, that the second relapse is more dangerous than the first impression.
and for that before they were not truely searched, purged, •eared and launced, it commeth to passe, that the second relapse is more dangerous than the first impression.
To come to our purpose, we must know that all griefs are either confused or distinct: and sure it is, that the mind is appalled either for some cause known to us as certain▪ o• for some thing unknown to us and uncertain. To them which are troubled with such blind griefs, whereof they can see no reason, as often it happeneth to Gods children in secret providence, who either never knew God, or else had but a general knowledge of him: I answer, that as I deny not Physic to be ministered, if it in part proceed from a natural cause: so I require the word especially to show the principal and original cause to ⟨p. 107⟩begin in the soul▪ And this I do the rather, because I would have wisdom both in considering the state of the body if need so require; & in looking chiefly to the soul, which1 so few think of. If a man troubled in conscience come to a Minister, it may be he will look all to the soul and nothing to the body: if he come to a Physician, he only considereth of the body and neglecteth the soul. For my part, I would never have the Physicians counsel severed, nor the Ministers labour neglected; because the soul and body dwelling together, it is convenient, that as the soul should be cured by the word, by prayer, by fasting, by threatening, or by comforting; so the body also should be brought into some temperature by Physic, by purging, by diet, by restoring, by music, and by such like means; providing always that it be done so in the fear of God, and wisdom of his spirit, as we think not by these ordinary means to smoother or smoke out our troubles; but as purposing to use them as preparatives, whereby both our souls and bodies may be made more capable of the spiritual means to follow after.