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,…

but he is armed, he hath his sword whet and his bow bent against us, as a man prepared for the battle? So that if we be far off, then he hath his bow to fetch us; if we be near, then he hath his sword to strike us. But what speak we of a sword, or of a bow, when he hath not only these, but powers & whole armies of his creatures against us, as of fire, of hail, of thunderbolts, yea of the least and vilest creatures, as of lice and flies, to come on us? So that if the sword find us not, his thunder-bolt shall meet us; when the hail doth not make an end of us, the fire will consume us; if the fire would not burn, the mallet would bruise us: further than all this, he hath his chariots and thousand of chariots in the whirl-wind, and his pillars of fire to terrify us: and which is more, he hath his thousands and twenty thousands of Angels to make a spoil of all at his beck: so great is the wrath of the Almighty, his power will not fail, all his works will assist him, and when one hath done his duty, another will follow: so that we shall surely be weary of suffering, before he be weary of afflicting, or weak in punishing. But to pass over the speaking of his strength: let us look to our own weakness, we are but as potters vessels, if we hit but one against another, we break, we fall into shards at every knock: and if the Lord lift up his rod against us, we shall be brought to dust; if a little rod will not serve to do it, he will take a crow of iron and fling at us. To be short, the Lion cometh before him, the Unicorn serves him: Behemoth is taken with his sword, Leviathan cannot stand before him. And the difference between the power of God, and the power of Princes is as great: Princes can only seize on the body, and all their wrath can go no further than this life: but the Lord attacheth as well the soul as the body, and his anger is as hot and hotter in the life to come, as it is in this life.

but he is armed, he hath his sword whet and his bow bent against vs, as a man prepared for the battell? So that if we be farre off, then he hath his bow to fetch vs; if we be neere, then he hath his sword to strike vs. But what speake we of a sword, or of a bow, when he hath not onely these, but powers & whole armies of his creatures against vs, as of fire, of haile, of thunderbolts, yea of the least and vilest creatures, as of lice and flies, to come on vs? So that if the sword finde vs not, his thunder-bolt shal meete vs; when the hayle doth not make an end of vs, the fire will consume vs; if the fire would not burne, the mallet would b•uise vs: further than all this, he hath his chariots and thousand of chariots in the whirle-winde, and his pillars of fire to terrifie vs: and which is more, he hath his thousands and twentie thousands of Angels to make a spoyle of all at his becke: so great is the wrath of the Almightie, his power will not faile, all his works will assist him, and when one hath done his dutie, another will follow: so that we shall surely be wearie of suffering, before he be weary of afflicting, or weake in punishing. But to passe ouer the speaking of his strength: let vs looke to our owne weakenes, we are but as potters vessels, if we hit but one against another, we breake, we fall into shards at euery knocke: and if the Lord lift vp his rod against vs, we shall be brought to dust; if a little rod will not serue to doe it, he will take a crow of iron and fling at vs. To be short, the Lion commeth before him, the Vnicorne serues him: Behemoth is taken with his sword, Leuiathan cannot stand before him. And the difference betweene the power of God, and the power of Princes is as great: Princes can only seaze on the bodie, and all their wrath can goe no further than this life: but the Lord attacheth as well the soule as the body, and his anger is as hot and hotter in the life to come, as it is in this life.