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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
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He gave some to be Apostles, some Evangelists, some Pastors, and some Doctors: And unto these he committed the ministry of the word, until the time that all the elect Saints of God were gathered together, and the body of Christ throug•ly builded up: which should not be before the end of the world.
He gaue some to be Apostles, some Euangelists, some Pastors, and some Doctors: And vnto these hee committed the ministerie of the word, vntill the time that all the elect Saints of God were gathered together, and the bodie of Christ throug•ly builded vp: which should not be before the end of the world.
By this we see that the Ministers are the porters of heaven, and that they have the keys of the kingdom of heaven, as the Apostles had. Of this kingdom our Saviour Christ speaketh, Matth. 23 13. where he reproveth the Scribes and Pharisees, saying: Woe be unto you Interpreters of the Law, for you have shut up the kingdom of heaven before men, for ye your selves go not in neither suffer ye them that would enter to come in. What these keys be, our Saviour Christ showeth, Luke the 11. the 52. saying: Woe be unto you Interpreters of the Law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge, ye enter not in your selves, and them that came in the forbade. Of this kingdom our Saviour also speaketh, Matth. 9. vers. 35. And Jesus went about all cities and towns▪ teaching in the Synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the kingdom. And in the 10. of Luke the 10. and 11. verses, our Saviour Christ biddeth his Disciples to go and preach: but if they will not receive you, go your ways out of the streets of those cities and towns, and say, Even the dust that eleaveth on us of your city, we wipe off against you: notwithstanding know this that the kingdom of God was come near unto you. And in