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,…

Now before we show the reason of it, how cometh it to pass that few care for the word, fewer for the Sacraments, and fewest for discipline, yet all show themselves friends to prayer; yea and Heretics, which in the other things will depart from us, will acknowledge this thing? This is God his goodness, that none do forsake this. That by prayer is meant all parts of God his worship, it is manifest Matth. 24. 13. where our Saviour Christ saith: But he that endureth unto the end, he shall be saved. Now the means to avoid these judgements come after, The Gospel of the kingdom must be preached to all nations. John 3. Christ by the preaching of the Gospel must be lift up, that who so hearkeneth to the word, should be saved. These are joined both together, Rom. 10. where it is s•id, Whosoever calleth on the name of the Lord, he shall be saved▪ and a little after, But how shall they call on him, on whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe, unless they do hear? So that as faith saveth, so faith cometh by the word of God. And Eccles▪ 4. 17. and 5 1▪ When then enterest into the house of God, look unto thy feet, &c. In which place the holy Ghost first teacheth men to hear, & then to pray, because as they came into the Temple to pray, so also to hear. Likewise Psal. 95. first the Prophet saith, O come let us worship and kneel done exhorting to prayer, and after, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, making mention of the word, because these must be joined together▪ That the Ministers of God are joined to come to the one, and to the other, the Scriptures show, as Deut. 33. where the Levites duty is first to teach Jacob, & then to offer incense, that is, to pray, as Psalm 141. and