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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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And here let all men beware in time of that secret and dangerous corruption1 of nature, that a man should be touched with the word, and his own conscience tell him, that the power of God in his will revealed by Gods minister, hath surely stricken him: and yet (such is our pride) closely will not only at that time hide all tokens of repentance, and bury all remorse of conscience; but also under hope of having sorrow for sin at a beck, and when he lust, he will refer it forsooth, because he will not be thought by his present repentance, that the word came so near him; he is loath to give the minister of2 God that honour that he should wound him; he is ashamed to shame himself, as guilty of such a sin▪ Who so thus deferreth in the haughtiness of his heart (seeing repentance is not at our call) let him fear that his heart shall be hardened for the contempt of the loving3 patience of the Lord, which day by day leadeth us to repentance.
And here let all men beware in time of that secret and dangerous corruption1 of nature, that a man should be touched with the word, and his owne conscience tell him, that the power of God in his will reuealed by Gods minister, hath surely stricken him: and yet (such is our pride) closely will not onely at that time hide all tokens of repentance, and burie all remorse of conscience; but also vnder hope of hauing sorrow for sinne at a becke, and when he lust, he will referre it forsooth, because hee will not be thought by his present repentance, that the word came so neere him; hee is loath to giue the minister of2 God that honour that he should wound him; hee is ashamed to shame himselfe, as guiltie of such a sin▪ Who so thus deferreth in the haughtines of his heart (seeing repētance is not at our call) let him feare that his heart shall bee hardened for the contempt of the louing3