A02178:1638
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.
We will come now to the Commandments: and first, for the first commandment,1 which requireth all spiritual service of you that is due unto the Lord, that you steadfastly belie•e in him, love him with all your hearts, and with fear and reverence to call upon his Name, in all things giving thanks, as to him which is the author & giver of every good and perfect gift unto you. You must make the profit of this commandment, that if you will look in truth of heart, to be faithful, loving, and dutiful one to the other, these graces must spring from the other, as being the fountain and well-spring of all life and truth unto them▪ For contrariwise, if you be unmindful of God, he will not suffer you to find the benefits of thes• ▪ one by the other.
We will come now to the Commaundements: and first, for the first commandement,1 which requireth all spirituall seruice of you that is due vnto the Lorde, that you stedfastly belie•e in him, loue him with all your hearts, and with feare and reuerence to call vpon his Name, in all things giuing thanks, as to him which is the author & giuer of euery good and perfect gift vnto you. You must make the profite of this commandement, that if you will looke in truth of heart, to be faithfull, louing, and dutifull one to the other, these graces must spring from the other, as being the fountaine and well-spring of all life and truth vnto them▪ For contrariwise, if you be vnmindfull of God, hee will not suffer you to finde the benefits of thes• ▪ one by the other.
- 1The fifth commandment.The fift commandement.