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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
Part 3 › Sermon 5: OF HUMILITY. THE FIFTH SERMON.Part 3 › Sermon 5: OF HVMILITIE. THE FIFTH SERMON.
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Proverbs 18. 12. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty: and before glory goeth lowliness.
Prouerbs 18. 12. Before destruction the heart of man is hautie: and before glorie goeth lowlinesse.
This Scripture agreeth well with that of our Saviour Christ, Whosoever 1exalteth himself shall be brought low, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted, as also with the testimony o• the Apostles of Christ: God resisteth the proud▪ but giveth grace to the humble. Examples further to prove this are plentiful in the word, whether we look to the godly or to the wicked. And first we shall see how a haughty mind goeth before destruction, by Adam & Eve our first parents, who for that they could2 not content themselves of all creatures of the earth to be most excellent: but through an haughty aspiring mind desired to be like God the Creator in heaven, were cast down into a3 miserable estate, and did suffer both in themselves & their posterity the shame of so horrible sin. When the mighty men of the earth willing to have gotten the glory of all ages4 to come, by some noble enterprise, had in the pride of their hearts purposed to erect a tower to heaven, & so to have been accounted fathers of great renown: The Lord meeteth with them, & where they looked for most glory, there he recompenseth so arrogant attempts with most confusion. At what time proud Pharaoh thirsted most for the destruction of the Israelites, (promising unto himself the triumph of so great an overthrow) behold