A02178:1848
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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we read, how he being in the fishes belly three days and three nights, at the commandment of the Lord was cast out upon the dry land. Matth. 27. 52. it is said, that the graves did open themselves, and many bodies of the Saints that slept arose: 56. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. What shall we say of these things; Did the fire, contrary to it nature, cease to burn the bodies in it at the presence of an Angel, & will it not restore the bodies, being burnt, at the power of God & presence of Christ? Did the Lyons spare the body from devouring, and shall they not deliver again the bodies having devoured them? Can the Whale deliver Jonah after three days, and will not the sea surrender her dead? Did the dead arise before their time, to show Christ his passion, & shall they not arise at their time to appear at his glorious coming? Cannot that God, that made Angels to appear in humane shape, make men appear out of the earth in their own shape? And why did the Angels from heaven, the dead bodies from earth, so suddenly receive that estate, and so suddenly lay it down, but to show, that their time of perfection was not yet come?
we reade, how he being in the fishes bellie three daies and three nights, at the commaundement of the Lord was cast out vpon the drie land. Matth. 27. 52. it is said, that the graues did open themselues, and many bodies of the Saints that slept arose: 56. And came out of the graues after his resurrection, and went into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many. What shall we say of these things; Did the fire, contrarie to it nature, cease to burne the bodies in it at the presence of an Angell, & will it not restore the bodies, being burnt, at the power of God & presence of Christ? Did the Lyons spare the body from deuouring, and shall they not deliuer againe the bodies hauing deuoured them? Can the Whale deliuer Ionah after three daies, and will not the sea surrender her dead? Did the dead arise before their time, to shew Christ his passion, & shall they not arise at their time to appeare at his glorious comming? Cannot that God, that made Angels to appeare in humane shape, make men appeare out of the earth in their owne shape? And why did the Angels from heauen, the dead bodies from earth, so suddenly receiue that estate, and so suddenly lay it downe, but to shew, that their time of perfection was not yet come?