A02178:1870
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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but when it comes before God, to live or to die by our righteousness, then we must let go the old Testament, and take care for the blood of the New Testament, which is given us by the ministry of Faith. For our action of eating and drinking, as the Church hath retained it, there is a commandment given, that we lift up our hearts unto the Lord, and we must be as Eagles flying up to heaven, by having careful meditation at that time of things invisible, of setting before us the suffering of CHRIST, in breaking of the body▪ in shedding of the blood of CHRIST, which being ruminated, is the sending up of our Faith, by the working of the HOLY GHOST.
but when it comes before God, to liue or to die by our righteousnes, then wee must let goe the olde Testament, and take care for the blood of the New Testament, which is giuen vs by the ministerie of Faith. For our action of eating and drinking, as the Church hath retained it, there is a commandement giuen, that we lift vp our hearts vnto the Lord, and we must be as Eagles flying vp to heauen, by hauing carefull meditation at that time of things inuisible, of setting before vs the suffering of CHRIST, in breaking of the bodie▪ in shedding of the blood of CHRIST, which being ruminated, is the sending vp of our Faith, by the working of the HOLY GHOST.
The principal end, is the remembrance of the death of CHRIST, which he did commend1 to us, at his last parting from us, which ought much to stick in our minds, because the last words of a friend, ready to depart, do oft leave both impressions and affections in us. Indeed, when we read of his death, it doth somewhat move us; when we hear of it, it2 moves us more; to meditate of it, moves us in a third degree; but besides all these, to have as it were before our eyes a visible Crucifying of Christ, doth move us most of all. This in wisdom he used, that we might not forget him, as before, GOD the Father after the great deluge drowning the whole world, for a remembrance of the work of delivering us from water, he left us a Rainbow. And when he had supernaturally fed the Israelites with Manna from heaven, he would have a pot full of it reserved in the Ark of remembrance, for a memorial of so great a work. We being delivered by the blood of Christ from the floods of our sins, have received Baptism to keep us in remembrance thereof. We being nourished with the Manna of Christ his body, are commanded to use this mystery, to continue an holy remembrance of the same.