A02178:1740
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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and shall we be negligent to attire our souls, seeing we are to appear before God and his Angels? Do we outwardly profess this day to be a more solemn time than any other day of the week: and shall we in inward practise deny the same? Wherefore in this holy preparing of our selves, we are to imitate the wisdom of worldly men, who having a suite to the Prince, or some noble personage,1 which hath not that happy success and issue, which was hoped for, by and by begin to call themselves to account, to consider with themselves in what circumstance they failed, whereby less circumspectly, and less advisedly they attempted their enterprise, accusing themselves of folly, and unconsiderate dealing in their cause, whereby, a• woeful experience teacheth them, their request fell to the ground. Unto these men herein we must not be unlike, when in dealing with the Lord we profit not so much by hearing, reading, praying, or any other public exercise, as we should: neither must we stick to reason with our selves, and to contemn our selves as faulty, either in omitting something to be done, or committing something to be undone, before we address our selves to our public duties.
and shall we be negligent to attire our soules, seeing we are to appeare before God and his Angels? Doe we outwardly professe this day to be a more solemne time than any other day of the weeke: and shall we in inward practise denie the same? Wherefore in this holy preparing of our selues, we are to imitate the wisedome of worldly men, who hauing a suite to the Prince, or some noble personage,1 which hath not that happie successe and issue, which was hoped for, by and by beginne to call themselues to account, to consider with themselues in what circumstance they failed, whereby lesse circumspectly, and lesse aduisedly they attempted their enterprise, accusing themselues of folly, and vnconsiderate dealing in their cause, whereby, a• wofull experience teacheth them, their request fell to the ground. Vnto these men herein we must not be vnlike, when in dealing with the Lord we profit not so much by hearing, reading, praying, or any other publike exercise, as we should: neither must we sticke to reason with our selues, and to contemne our selues as faultie, either in omitting something to be done, or committing something to be vndone, before we addresse our selues to our publike duties.