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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.
THE holy Ghost speaking in the Scripture of foolish sons, (as that he that be•etteth such a one, getteth himself sorrow, and that the father of a fool hath no joy) meaneth it not so much of natural idiots, and such as are destitute of common reason (although it is true, that this is a lamentable judgement of God, and a heaviness to the parents of such a child) as of wicked children, such as are either ignorant in the word, not knowing how to order one right step to the kingdom of God: or else having some knowledge of God, ungodlily abuse it, to maintain their carnal lust and appetite. For this1 cause as it would grieve parents to have natural fools to their children, or such as either through some imperfection of nature are dismembered, or deformed, and misfigured in the parts of the body: so much more should it grieve them to have such children, as either for want of knowledge and heavenly wisdom, cannot walk in the fear of God: or abusing the knowledge given them, prostitute themselves to all sin and wickedness.
THE holie Ghost speaking in the Scripture of foolish sonnes, (as that he that be•etteth such a one, getteth himselfe sorrowe, and that the father of a foole hath no ioy) meaneth it not so much of naturall idiots, and such as are destitute of common reason (although it is true, that this is a lamentable iudgement of God, and a heauines to the parents of such a childe) as of wicked children, such as are either ignorant in the word, not knowing how to order one right step to the kingdome of God: or else hauing some knowledge of God, vngodlily abuse it, to maintaine their carnall lust and appetite. For this1 cause as it would grieue parents to haue naturall fooles to their children, or such as either through some imperfection of nature are dismembred, or deformed, and misfigured in the parts of the bodie: so much more should it grieue them to haue such children, as either for want of knowledge and heauenly wisedome, cannot walke in the feare of God: or abusing the knowledge giuen them, prostitute themselues to all sinne and wickednesse.
- 1Foolish children.