A02178:1789
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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Again, reading helpeth mens judgements, memories and affections, but especially it serveth for the confirmation of our faith: which may be proved by the example of the men of Beroea, Act. 17. 13. It serveth to discern the spirits of men, 1. Joh. 4. to make sounder confession of our faith, to stop the mouths of our adversaries, and to answer the temptations of Satan and the wicked.
Againe, reading helpeth mens iudgements, memories and affections, but especially it serueth for the confirmation of our faith: which may be prooued by the example of the men of Beroea, Act. 17. 13. It serueth to discerne the spirits of men, 1. Ioh. 4. to make soūder confession of our faith, to stop the mouthes of our aduersaries, and to answere the temptations of Sathan and the wicked.
But because men sin, not only in neglect of hearing and reading, but also in hearing and reading amiss: therefore the properties of reverent & faithful reading and hearing, are to be set down, which are these that follow: they be eight in number.
But because men sinne, not onely in neglect of hearing and reading, but also in hearing and reading amisse: therefore the properties of reuerent & faithfull reading and hearing, are to be set downe, which are these that follow: they be eight in number.
1. Diligence. 2. Wisdom. 3. Preparation. 4. Meditation. 5. Conference. 6. Faith. 7. Practise. 8. Prayer.