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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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Fathers will nurture their children, and give them corrections when they abuse their loving kindness, and will make their children to seek unto them, and crave of them those things which they want: And shall the fathers of our flesh do thus? shall they nurture their children, and by discipline correct their sins and offences; and shall not we suffer the father of our spirits to deal thus with us? Seeing that we have offended the Lord, & not glorified him as we should, seeing we have been barren in goodness▪ & have not brought forth fruits of repentance worthy the Gospel▪ is it not now good for us, that the Lord should deal somewhat sharply with us? is it not meet that now the Lord should take his blessing from us, when we abuse them? is it not meet that the Lord should with hold his goodness when we are not thankful for it, and when the beholding of it doth do us much harm? If God shall now deal somewhat more strictly with us, it is to the intent that we might the better learn to do our duties: for surely now we are not in our nonage,1 but even come to years of discretion, we must not therefore look still to be dealt withal as young children: but we must fast, and we must pray, and use those good means which God hath appointed. We must knock and we shall find, we must be important with the widow and we shall obtain; we must seek earnestly, and then I dare be bold to say, that the graces of God which now seem in some sort to be withdrawn from us, shall be restored unto us in as great measure as ever they were before.
Fathers will nurture their children, and giue them corrections whē they abuse their louing kindnesse, and will make their children to seeke vnto them, and craue of them those things which they want: And shall the fathers of our fleshe doe thus? shall they nurture their children, and by discipline correct their sinnes and offences; and shall not wee suffer the father of our spirits to deale thus with vs? Seeing that we haue offēded the Lord, & not glorified him as we should, seeing we haue been barren in goodnesse▪ & haue not brought foorth fruites of repentance worthie the Gospell▪ is it not now good for vs, that the Lord should deale somewhat sharply with vs? is it not meete that now the Lord should take his blessing from vs, when we abuse them? is it not meete that the Lord should with hold his goodnesse when wee are not thankfull for it, and when the beholding of it doth doevs much harme? If God shall now deale somewhat more strictly with vs, it is to the intent that wee might the better learne to doe our duties: for surely now wee are not in our nonage,