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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
Part 2 › THE MARKS OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN.Part 2 › THE MARKES OF A RIGHTEOVS MAN.
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.
THE MARKS OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN.
THE MARKES OF A RIGHTEOVS MAN.
The righteous man hath three privileges. First, that he shall never1 perish, though he be oftentimes afflicted: yea if there be a number of2 them, the Lord will spare the habitation of their place for their sake. Secondly, if the Lord be minded to bring destruction upon a land o• 3country: he will first deliver the righteous either by death, or by conveying them to some other place: as here he doth L•t and is the children of Israel, when Pharaoh was overthrown. Thirdly, the Lord will4 not so much punish for the wicked, as favour for the go•ly sake; and if they fall into the same temporal punishments, even thereby shall the righteous be brought nearer to heaven, but the godless shall be thrown down to hell, even as with the same flail is beaten ch•ff•to be burnt, and pure corn to be preserved.
THe righteous man hath three priuiledges. First, that he shall neuer1 perish, though he be oftentimes afflicted: yea if there be a number of