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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First of all, if there be nothing in man but the nature of man; if nothing but that may1 be attained by the art and industry of a man; then surely in that man is not the spirit of God: for the spirit is from God, it is from above, it is above nature: and therefore the Apostle doth set the spirit of God against the spirit of the world, when he saith: We have received the spirit, not of the world, but of God. 1. Cor. 2. 14.
First of all, if there bee nothing in man but the nature of man; if nothing but that may1 be attained by the art and industrie of a man; then surely in that man is not the spirit of God: for the spirit is from God, it is from aboue, it is aboue nature: and therefore the Apostle doth set the spirit of God against the spirit of the world, when he saith: We haue receiued the spirit, not of the world, but of God. 1. Cor. 2. 14.
- 1A spiritual man is endued with supernatural gifts.A spirituall man is indued with supernaturall gifts.
Besides, the spirit of God is eternal, and endureth for ever: but all the doings and devices of men they perish, and in time they have an end. Therefore though a man have wisdom with great knowledge, though in wit and skill he pass and excel the common sort of men: yet, if from above he hath not been enlightened; if from heaven his wisdom hath not been sanctified, his knowledge shall decay, his wisdom shall wither like grass; he hath not as yet tasted of the spirit of God, that endureth for ever. And therefore saith Saint Paul: We teach the mysteries of God, which none, no not the Princes, and the men of this world, which are above others most excellent, are able to understand.