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,…

Great cause there is then why we should fear, it is an act of the everlasting Parliament,¹ that we must once die, Hebrews 9. and Job saith that our life is but short, and do we not hear that all of all kinds are gone this way, all wise men, all men of pleasure, no Patriarchs escaped it; no Prophet was exempted, our ears can testify this, do we not daily miss our friends? when Gods wrath hath taken them away, and the grave hath buried them in silence. Do we not daily in coming to the congregation, pass over the graves of men, sufficient monuments of the execution of the general day? Do we not use as a general proverb, as sure as death, and yet the servants of God complain, that we know not the wrath of God. Surely we do not know this for all that, which Moses Psalm 90. ⟨p. 196⟩proves by two reasons: first, he prays to be taught in it; and if it were already exactly known, then should this prayer be superfluous: again, he argueth of the effect, that for so much as there follows no fear, therefore there is no knowledge of the wrath of God, for the want of fear sends a want of faith herein: and were we persuaded that Gods wrath were such a thing, we would fear; and therefore we fear not, because we are not so persuaded of the wrath of God in it. In natural things we will not easily run into things feared, nor fear those things which we think not to be evil; and therefore because we fear the fire will burn, the water will drown, we are hardly brought to run into the fire or into the water: much more should we so do in things supernatural, if we did truly fear them, wherefore though we know in some part the wrath of God, yet we are not come to the perfect knowledge of it required at our hands.

Great cause there is then why we should feare, it is an act of the euerlasting Parliament,¹ that we must once die, Hebrues 9. and Iob saith that our life is but short, and doe wee not heare that all of all kindes are gone this way, all wise men, all men of pleasure, no Patriarkes escaped it; no Prophet was exempted, our eares can testifie this, doe wee not daily misse our friends? when Gods wrath hath taken them away, and the graue hath buried them in silence. Doe we not daily in comming to the congregation, passe ouer the graues of men, sufficient monuments of the execution of the generall day? Doe wee not vse as a generall prouerbe, as sure as death, and yet the seruants of God complaine, that wee know not the wrath of God. Surely wee doe not know this for all that, which Moses