A02178:1670
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
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So then, that which was first to Adam, is now the last to us, to wit, the beholding of God in his creatures, and the praising of him for the same. In the Psalm 92. which was appointed to be sung of the Church on the Sabbath, is set down as the chiefest use thereof, the singing of Gods mercy, the showing of his righteous judgements, in rewarding the godly, though afflicted, in punishing the ungodly, though here they be advanced, as also in learning to know God in his worship and in his works.
So then, that which was first to Adam, is now the last to vs, to wit, the beholding of God in his creatures, and the praising of him for the same. In the Psalme 92. which was appointed to be sung of the Church on the Sabbath, is set downe as the chiefest vse thereof, the singing of Gods mercie, the shewing of his righteous iudgements, in rewarding the godlie, though afflicted, in punishing the vngodlie, though here they be aduaunced, as also in learning to know God in his worship and in his workes.
Again, Psal: 95. we shall not see any ceremonial use of the Sabbath: but that it should be used in praying to God, in praising of God, and hearing of his Word. This is confirmed, Exod. 31. 13. Speak unto the children of Israel and say, Notwithstanding keep my Sabbaths; for it is a sign between me & you in your generation, that ye may know, that I the Lord do sanctify you. As also Deuteron. 5. 12. Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. And Ezekiel, 20. vers. 12. I gave them my Sabbaths to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. In which places, as the reason is adjoined of keeping the Sabbath: So we must understand, that where it is called a