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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.
Falling into sin.
Falling into sinne.
1▪ IF any doubt concerning this question, (whether the child of God might fall often into one and the same sin) these cautions and distinctions are to be observed.1
1▪ IF any doubt concerning this question, (whether the childe of God might fall often into one and the same sinne) these cautions and distinctions are to be obserued.1
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First, whether the party be generally called, or specially touched: if he be but1 generally called, as all common Christians professing the Gospel, it were an easy matter to slip in that state. Secondly, if the party be effectually called, it is to be enquired, whether he be but a babe in Christ or no, or whether he be come to some good growth2 in Christ: for that if he be but a novice, he may twice fall so. Thirdly, we must observe,3 if he be now grown to some good age in Christ, whether the sin committed be a thing known unto him, or if he know it not to be a sin, he may doubtless slip into it.