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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
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More plain and notable for this purpose is that, in the sixth to the Hebrews, for there the1 Apostle saith, That some may taste of the holy Ghost, and thereby be made to taste of the good word of God, to be enlightened to receive heavenly gifts, yea, and to taste of the power of the life to come. And what then? surely the Apostle saith, That if such fall, it is impossible they should be renewed: giving us to understand, that even they which have received the holy Ghost, that have been enlightened, that have received heavenly gifts, and have tasted of the power of the life to come, even such may fall away, and the spirit may be quenched in such.
More plaine and notable for this purpose is that, in the sixt to the Hebrues, for there the1 Apostle saith, That some may taste of the holy Ghost, and thereby be made to taste of the good word of God, to be inlightened to receiue heauenly gifts, yea, and to taste of the power of the life to come. And what then? surely the Apostle saith, That if such fall, it is impossible they should be renewed: giuing vs to vnderstand, that euen they which haue receiued the holy Ghost, that haue been inlightened, that haue receiued heauenly gifts, and haue tasted of the power of the life to come, euen such may fall away, and the spirit may be quenched in such.
There is a second kind of working of the spirit, which is a more thorough & effectual1 working, which can never be taken away from them that have received it. This the Apostle Peter describeth when he saith, That the chosen of God, are begotten again of the immortal seed of the word. This is not a bare receiving, or a light tasting of the word: but it is a deep taste of the same, whereby we are begotten and borne again. The Apostle S. John setteth down another note of it, saying, That they that are thus borne again, cannot sin: that is, they cannot make an occupation of sin, they cannot fall flat away by sin: and why? Even because the seed of God abideth in them, even that seed, wherewith they were begotten to a lively hope of life, even that seed doth abide, and will abide unto the end. Who so is begotten again by this seed, and hath this seed abiding in him, the spirit hath wrought that in him, which shall not be taken from him: and therefore our Saviour Christ saith, The word that I speak, is spirit and life. And in another place he saith, That none shall take his sheep from him, for the father is mightier than all: and therefore in another place he saith, That it is impossible that the elect should be seduced.