A02178:1766
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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& are they not afraid of thieves, when for their worldly affections they can travail early and late? Because herein the terror of their own consciences will preach more forcibly to them, than I can speak, I will leave them to that practise of the man of God, which is used Nehem. 12,
& are they not afraid of theeues, when for their worldly affections they can trauaile early and late? Because herein the terror of their owne consciences will preach more forcibly to them, than I can speake, I will leaue them to that practise of the man of God, which is vsed Nehem. 12,
And thus having spoken of the works of our callings, now we are to speak of the1 works of our pleasures. Concerning the lawful recreations of this life, which Christianity doth permit and not forbid (for of unlawful pleasures being always out of season, and especially on the Sabbath, we have nothing to say) whether they may have place and time on the Lords day or no, here is the question. In this part of the treatise, I say, we do not ⟨p. 168⟩speak of profane & idle pleasures, but of them which bring some further use after they be used, & which are permitted by the word of God, so measure in them may be used, and they be sanctified unto us by the word and by prayer. And yet even for these we dare not give the time consecrated to God, unto playing and pleasures. Neither are we curiously to frame any exquisite division in this matter, but first we will consider of the feasts and banquets accustomed on this day, and afterward of other recreations and exercises at that time frequented and used, which though in their time, place and persons they are not unlawful, yet at this time on the Lords day we deny them to be lawful. As for feasts, we may2