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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
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.
Death.
1 AS we must think of life as being content to die, so we must think of death as being content to live: And they are as well to be liked of, that measurably fear1 death, as they who joy so much at it; because they that moderately fear death, have this in them more than the other (which is also allowable by grace and nature) that they tremble at Gods judgements.
1 AS we must thinke of life as being content to die, so we must thinke of death as being content to liue: And they are as well to be liked of, that measurably feare1 death, as they who ioy so much at it; because they that moderately feare death, haue this in them more than the other (which is also allowable by grace and nature) that they tremble at Gods iudgements.
- 1A measurable fear of death commandable.A measurable feare of death commandable.
2. He said, be never durst desire to die, howsoever his continual crosses did afford him small desire to live: therefore he feared and forewarned men of these kinds of wishes, because1