A02178:1863
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The subject of Examination is our selves and not others, as the Apostle saith, Let every one examine himself: As every one looketh to the preparing of his own meat, so must1 every one look to the sanctifying of his own heart; for this spiritual meat is better than the heavenly Manna; if we spoil it not through our own malignity And because if there be but one Publican in the Church we look to him, and our eye cannot easily go from him; therefore the Apostle would have our examination reflexed on our selves, as the Sun-beams in the air.
The subiect of Examination is our selues and not others, as the Apostle saith, Let euery one examine himselfe: As euery one looketh to the preparing of his owne meate, so must1 euery one looke to the sanctifying of his owne heart; for this spirituall meate is better than the heauenly Manna; if we spoyle it not through our owne malignitie And because if there bee but one Publican in the Church wee looke to him, and our eye cannot easilie goe from him; therefore the Apostle would haue our examination reflexed on our selues, as the Sunne-beames in the ayre.
- 1The subject of examination is our selves.The subiect of examination is our selues.
Touching the manner of examination we must consider the nature and use of the word. The Word in it proper tongue is taken from the Gold-smiths shop, and it is a trying, as it were of metals, and therefore the learned would have us try our selves by the rules of Gold-smiths; and this is not by the sound or Echo that it maketh, (for in the best it is deceivable) ⟨p. 190⟩but setting aside this, they come to the touchstone and furnace (which are two things of proof to try withal) and they match with the touchstone the word, and compare