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,…

there is a man that hath fulfilled the law: to him I cleave, he hath fulfilled it for me, and hath given the fulfilling of it unto me; I have nothing to do with thee, I have another law which striketh thee down, even the law of liberty, which through Christ hath set me free. For my conscience which henceforth serveth the law of grace, is a glorious Prince to triumph over thee. If sin come and would have thee by the throat,¹ send it to Christ, and say; as much as thou mayst do against him, so much right thou shalt have against me. For I am in him, and he in me: wherefore (O sin) I am righteous through my Christ, which is become sin, to free me which have been a condemned sinner. If death creep upon thee and attempt to devour thee, say unto it; Christ hath overcome thee, and opened unto me the gates of everlasting life: thou wouldest have killed him with the sting of sin, but the same being of no force, thy purpose (O death) hath failed, and he being my life, is become thy death. If Satan summon thee to answer for thy debts, send him also to Christ, and say; that the wife is not suable, but the husband: enter thine action against Christ mine husband, and he will make thee sufficient answer: who then shall condemn us? or what judge shall daunt us? sith God is our Judge and acquiteth us? and Christ was condemned, and justifieth us? he is our judge, that willeth not the death of a sinner; he is our man of law, who to excuse us, suffered himself to be accused for us. O gluttonous hell, where is thy defence? O cruel sin, where is thy tyrannous power? O ravening death, where is thy bloody sting? O roaring lion, why doest thou fret and fume? Christ my Law fighteth against thee, O law, & is my liberty; Christ fighteth against thee, O sin, and is my righteousness: Christ fighteth against thee O devil, & is my Saviour: Christ fighteth against thee O death, and is my life. Thou didst desire to pave my way to the burning lake of the damned: but contrary to thy will, thou art constrained to lift up the ladder whereby I must ascend into the new Jerusalem.

there is a man that hath fulfilled the law: to him I cleaue, he hath fulfilled it for me, and hath giuen the fulfilling of it vnto me; I haue nothing to do with thee, I haue another law which striketh thee downe, euen the law of libertie, which through Christ hath set me free. For my conscience which henceforth serueth the law of grace, is a glorious Prince to triumph ouer thee. If sinne come and would haue thee by the throte,¹