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,…

Again, if this be the •ulnes of our rejoicing in the day of Christ, that he is made of God unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, and that through him we are as fully & more assuredly perfect, as ever Adam was in his creation, and we cannot have this wisdom, unless the Spirit telleth us, how we are cleared thereby from our ignorance, we cannot rejoice in this righteousness, unless the spirit assureth us, that by it we are acquitted from our guiltiness; we can have no comfort in that holiness, until we know by God his spirit, it answereth for our impureness and profaneness, and so severeth us and putteth us apart to the works of sanctification, we cannot triumph in our redemption, until the comfortable spirit of God stay our impatient spirits by an undoubted expectation for the glorious appearing thereof; without this spirit all things are death, but with this all things are life. This bringeth knowledge in the things whereof we are ignorant; this brings to our remembrance the things which we have known and forgotten; this assures us of things wherein we have been wavering; this joineth us to God, and uniteth us to Christ; when we go astray, we come home by the spirit; when by it we are renewed, and by the same we are established, come life, come death, come honour, come dishonour, prosperity, adversity, wealth or woe, the one shall not too much lift us up, the other shall not too much cast us down. If the Lord giveth us an healthful body, credit, riches, and authority, we are hereby resolved to glorify God by these things, to redeem the time, and so to possess them as though we possessed them not: if the Lord denieth us these things, and sendeth sickness, discredit, poverty, and obscurity, the Lord will send a recompense of inward things, and wanting bodily health, he will give the salvation of our souls; in stead of outward credit, we shall have credit with God, and be well thought of among his children; and if wanting worldly riches, we be enriched with heavenly things, we have lost nothing, having changed dross and dung for gold. Without this, wit becometh subtlety, wisdom worldly policy, authority is armed to tyranny, dignity breeds ambition, riches engenders covetousness Physic is made unfaithfulness, Law proveth craftiness, Divinity degenerates into heresy:

Againe, if this be the •ulnes of our reioycing in the day of Christ, that he is made of God vnto vs wisedome, and righteousnes, and sanctification, and redemption, and that through him we are as fully & more assuredly perfect, as euer Adam was in his creation, and we cannot haue this wisedome, vnlesse the Spirit telleth vs, how we are cleered thereby from our ignorance, we cannot reioyce in this righteousnes, vnlesse the spirit assureth vs, that by it we are acquited from our guiltines; we can haue no comfort in that holines, vntill we know by God his spirit, it answereth for our impurenes and prophanenes, and so seuereth vs and putteth vs apart to the works of sanctification, we cannot triumph in our redemption, vntill the comfortable spirit of God stay our impatient spirits by an vndoubted expectation for the glorious appearing thereof; without this spirit all things are death, but with this all things are life. This bringeth knowledge in the things whereof we are ignorant; this brings to our remembrance the things which we haue knowne and forgotten; this assures vs of things wherein we haue been wauering; this ioyneth vs to God, and vniteth vs to Christ; when we goe astray, we come home by the spirit; when by it we are renewed, and by the same we are established, come life, come death, come honour, come dishonour, prosperitie, aduersitie, wealth or woe, the one shall not too much lift vs vp, the other shall not too much cast vs downe. If the Lord giueth vs an healthfull bodie, credit, riches, and authoritie, we are hereby resolued to glorifie God by these things, to redeeme the time, and so to possesse them as though we possessed them not: if the Lord denieth vs these things, and sendeth sicknes, discredit, pouertie, and obscuritie, the Lord will send a recompence of inward things, and wanting bodily health, he will giue the saluation of our soules; in stead of outward credit, we shall haue credit with God, and be well thought of among his children; and if wanting worldly riches, we be enriched with heauenly things, we haue lost nothing, hauing changed drosse and dung for gold. Without this, wit becommeth subtiltie, wisedome worldly policie, authoritie is armed to tyrānie, dignitie breedes ambition, riches engēders couetousnes Physicke is made vnfaithfulnes, Law proueth craftines, Diuinitie degenerates into heresie: