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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.
Certain it is, that the wicked do desire1 the help and the favour of God: but look to the cause, and that will show a difference between them and the godly. The wicked do only seek help, because of some extremity which they suffer; they only desire to be in the favour of God, because they2 would be freed from grief: and therefore it is common with them to say; Oh that I were out of this pain! Oh that this my sorrow were taken from me! By which speeches they show, that so they might be at rest, or live at their ease, they would little weigh of the help or favour of God. But the godly find such sweetness in the favour of God, that for the desire thereof, they can be content to forgo all the pleasures of this life, yea they can be content to suffer much, and endure the cross patiently, so that at the last they may assuredly enjoy Gods favour. Not the godly only, but the wicked also, are grieved when they3 have sinned: but the wicked do therefore sorrow, because their sin hath, or will bring some punishment upon them: and the godly sorrow, because they have offended God, ⟨p. 247⟩and given him occasion to draw his favour from them, therefore his correction do they bear patiently: but the remembrance of their sin, that toucheth them still at the very quick. Then in their joy, and in their sorrow, may appear a second difference.
Certaine it is, that the wicked doe desire1 the helpe and the fauour of God: but looke to the cause, and that will shew a difference betweene them and the godly. The wicked doe onely seeke helpe, because of some extremitie which they suffer; they onely desire to be in the fauour of God, because they2 would be freed from griefe: and therefore it is common with them to say; Oh that I were out of this paine! Oh that this my sorrow were taken from me! By which speeches they shew, that so they might be at rest, or liue at their ease, they would little weigh of the helpe or fauour of God. But the godly finde such sweetnes in the fauour of God, that for the desire thereof, they can be content to forgoe all the pleasures of this life, yea they can be content to suffer much, and endure the crosse patiently, so that at the last they may assuredly enioy Gods fauour. Not the godly onely, but the wicked also, are grieued when they