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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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But now whether for remission of our sins, whether for omission of certain duties, whether for our barrenness in spiritual graces, whether for our humbling or trial of our faith, or neglecting of the inward means, or for the setting forth of the glory of God, it1 hath pleased him a little to frown upon us, and to withdraw his smiling countenance from us: He which found us when we sought not him, even he doth now leave us to the intent that we might now learn to seek after him: God he gave us those things which were profitable for us, before we knocked, to the intent that receiving them at his hand we might hereafter learn to knock for them: for we must know that our clothes must not always be put upon our backs, the tears must not be always put into our mouths: we must not always be fed with milk, and be young children; wherefore seeing that there is an infancy and a nonage and a time of discretion, as it is in Hebr. 5 and seeing the Lord hath a long time fed us with milk as babes, we must not now murmur if he feed us with stronger meat as men.
But now whether for remission of our sinnes, whether for omission of certaine duties, whether for our barrennesse in spirituall graces, whether for our humbling or triall of our faith, or neglecting of the inward meanes, or for the setting foorth of the glorie of God, it1 hath pleased him a little to frowne vpon vs, and to withdrawe his smiling countenance from vs: He which found vs when we sought not him, euen hee doth now leaue vs to the intent that we might now learne to seeke after him: God hee gaue vs those things which were profitable for vs, before we knocked, to the intent that receiuing them at his hand we might hereafter learne to knocke for them: for we must know that our cloathes must not alwaies be put vpon our backes, the teares must not be alwaies put into our mouthes: wee must not alwaies be fed with milke, and be young children; wherefore seeing that there is an infancie and a nonage and a time of discretion, as it is in Hebr. 5 and seeing the Lord hath a long time fed vs with milke as babes, we must not now murmure if he feed vs with stronger meate as men.