A02178:166
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.
Desire.
1 HE said, God looketh to the desires, not to the deeds of his children: and if we purpose to do good, howsoever we find ignorance, what, where, and when to do good, God will direct us in occasion, place and time, and in mercy will pardon our weakness, though we fail in the circumstances.
1 HE said, God looketh to the desires, not to the deeds of his children: and if we purpose to doe good, howsoeuer we finde ignorance, what, where, and when to doe good, God will direct vs in occasion, place and time, and in mercie will pardon our weakenes, though we faile in the circumstances.
Dispraise.
1 When any told a thing that sounded to the dispraise of a man, he (as not credulous in such matters) would make show to the carnal plainti•e, that he was as one not hearing, and would fence off the matter a long time by causing him to repeat often his matter.