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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
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But some will say: How? is God better served on the Sabbath, than on any other1 day? I answer, not that we put religion in that day, as it is a day, more than in any other: but that on that day we are freer from distractions, and set at more liberty to the worshipping of God, than we are on the other six days, wherein we are bound to our ordinary and lawful calling. Wherefore as we put on holiness in the creatures of water, bread and wine in the Sacraments; but acknowledge all inward grace to proceed from God his blessing and institution: so we promise unto our selves on the Lord his day a greater blessing, not for any thing in the day it self, but by reason of God his own ordinance, and promise of a blessing to the same. And as we deny not a blessing from the Lord on private prayer, reading and conference, but acknowledge a greater blessing to be due2 even by the Lord his own promise, to these exercises public in comparison of the other: so we deny not the grace of God to be upon those hours redeemed from our outward callings, and consecrated to the Lord: but confess a more special blessing from God to belong to that whole day, which the Lord hath taken up to himself alone, and that for his own promise sake unto all them, which come with simple hearts to obey his holy commandment.
But some will say: How? is God better serued on the Sabbath, than on any other1 day? I answer, not that we put religon in that day, as it is a day, more than in any other: but that on that day we are freer from distractions, and set at more libertie to the worshipping of God, than we are on the other sixe daies, wherein we are bound to our ordinarie and lawfull calling. Wherefore as we put on holinesse in the creatures of water, bread and wine in the Sacraments; but acknowledge all inward grace to proceede from God his blessing and institution: so we promise vnto our selues on the Lord his day a greater blessing, not for any thing in the day it selfe, but by reason of God his owne ordinance, and promise of a blessing to the same. And as we denie not a blessing from the Lord on priuate prayer, reading and conference, but acknowledge a greater blessing to be due2