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,…

Moreover, seeing all the promises of God in the Gospel are commended unto us under the title & tenor of restoring sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, strength to the lame, health to the sick, and life to the dead; it is manifest, not only that there is no disease of the soul which Christ cannot heal▪ but also that we must first find our selves blind, deaf, dumb, lame, sick & dead, before he will meddle with us; because they that are whole need not the Physician, and he came to call sinners, not the righteous to repentance. Now, to do this in wisdom, by neither pressing the conscience too severely, nor releasing the conscience more unadvisedly, it shall be a safe way, to use the well tempered speech of the Apostle to the sorcerer: Repent, that if it be possible, thy sin may be forgiven thee. Where he doth not wholly discourage him, because it may be his sin may be pardoned; neither yet too boldly encourage him, in that without repentance, he showeth it to be altogether impossible to be pardoned.

Moreouer, seeing all the promises of God in the Gospell are commended vnto vs vnder the title & tenour of restoring sight to the blinde, hearing to the deafe, strength to the lame, health to the sicke, and life to the dead; it is manifest, not onely that there is no disease of the soule which Christ cannot heale▪ but also that we must first finde our selues blind, deafe, dumbe, lame, sick & dead, before he will meddle with vs; because they that are whole neede not the Physition, and he came to call sinners, not the righteous to repentance. Now, to doe this in wisedome, by neither pressing the conscience too seuerely, nor releasing the conscience more vnaduisedly, it shall be a safe way, to vse the well tempered speech of the Apostle to the sorcerer: Repent, that if it be possible, thy sinne may be forgiuen thee. Where he doth not wholy discourage him, because it may be his sinne may be pardoned; neither yet too boldly incourage him, in that without repentance, he sheweth it to be altogether impossible to be pardoned.

And that we be not too preposterous in our consolation, let us be warned by the blasphemous speech of that detestable Arian, who of late years was put to death at Norwich. This hellish heretic, a little before he should be executed, afforded a few whorish tears,