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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.
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Thirdly, that by faith we fly unto Christ, seeking to have his righteousness imputed unto us, and our sins not imputed, but clean forgiven us. So was the Publican, and Abraham: so is Christ sent a Mediator unto us, when we are wounded, by the sword of the word. Now, although being thus justified in Christ, there do yet sin remain in us: for all that it must not reign in our mortal bodies: but we must do the work of our father Abraham, walking in uprightness of heart before the Lord, as it was required of Abraham: 1in which sense David saith, In whose spirit there is no guile: as if he should say, his sins did still remain, if he walked not uprightly. This uprightness of heart may be tried by four special notes: first, that we love all good things as well as one, and hate all sins as well as one, and that both in our selves and others: so that although we cannot perform all, yet we will have respect unto all the Commandments, Psalm. 119. 6. Whereof Saint James giveth a reason when he saith, that he that commanded the one, commanded the other: whereby2 he discovereth the hypocrisy of those, which had religion in respect of persons, and such is the religion of Papists, and of the Family of love.
Thirdly, that by faith we flie vnto Christ, seeking to haue his righteousnes imputed vnto vs, and our sinnes not imputed, but cleane forgiuen vs. So was the Publican, and Abraham: so is Christ sent a Mediatour vnto vs, when we are wounded, by the sword of the word. Now, although being thus iustified in Christ, there doe yet sinne remaine in vs: for all that it must not raigne in our mortall bodies: but we must doe the worke of our father Abraham, walking in vprightnes of heart before the Lord, as it was required of Abraham: 1in which sense Dauid saith, In whose spirit there is no guile: as if he should say, his sinnes did still remaine, if he walked not vprightly. This vprightnes of heart may be tried by foure speciall notes: first, that we loue all good things as well as one, and hate all sinnes as well as one, and that both in our selues and others: so that although we cannot performe all, yet we will haue respect vnto all the Commandements,