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,…

Some think that righteousness is an inherent quality, & that through works we may be¹ perfectly righteous, as of old the Pelagians, & Puritans, and now Papists, and Family of love. But the testimonies of Scriptures which affirm that all our righteousness is as a stained cloth, and that we are not able to answer one of a thousand, &c. and also the sins of those who in the word are counted righteous, do prove the contrary: for Abraham sinned² ⟨p. 119⟩after he had been pronounced righteous, in distrusting Gods providence, in going in unto his maid, in lying himself, and causing his wife to sin: so Lot in departing from Abraham, to whom the covenant was made, and without a just cause, in being loth to depart from Sodom; in lying with his daughters: so David, Job, Zechariah, Noah, Peter, and the³ Publican sinned, who were all justified by saith as Abraham was, who believed in God.

Some think that righteousnes is an inherent qualitie, & that through works we may be¹ perfectly righteous, as of old the Pelagians, & Puritanes, and now Papists, and Family of loue. But the testimonies of Scriptures which affirm that al our righteousnes is as a stained cloath, and that we are not able to answere one of a thousand, &c. and also the sinnes of those who in the word are counted righteous, do proue the contrarie: for Abraham sinned² ⟨p. 119⟩after he had beene pronounced righteous, in distrusting Gods prouidence, in going in vnto his maide, in lying himselfe, and causing his wife to sinne: so Lot in departing from Abraham, to whom the couenant was made, and without a iust cause, in being loth to depart from Sodome; in lying with his daughters: so Dauid, Iob, Zacharie, Noe, Peter, and the³