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,…

That are in the earth. See he maketh mention of the Saints here on earth, and speaketh no of the Saints which are in heaven, from whom as we are severed in body, so are we also in the soul▪ and we have no dealing with them, either in soul or body. Wherefore it is •••d of the Prophet, Abraham knoweth not us. True it is, that the Lord maketh his Angels ministers unto us, and therefore sending them to do any thing, he maketh it known unto them. Howbeit we read no such thing of the Saints that are dead, who as they know nothing of us or our estate, which only is known to the Lord, and are not used as ministers of the Lord; so they cannot hear or help us, as some foolishly have imagined. The Saints which are dead may be in some respect remembered, but in no case worshipped: remembered, I say, not for their power to be prayed unto, but for their virtues to be imitated. Wherefore in Heb. 11 the holy Ghost setteth down a register & catalogue of the Saints, that seeing we are compassed with so great a cloud of witnesses, we must cast away every thing that presseth down, and sin that hangeth so fast on, that we may run with patience the race that is set before us. Here we see these are set before, that we might so far follow them, as they follow Christ, and in this respect they are called witnesses: but to honour them as God, or to appoint holy days unto them, or for them, it is not lawful. But behold when it was painful to the belly gods of Rome to remember the good life of the Saints to follow them, than which nothing is more grievous to them, the devil to draw them from this, invented a more easy way for flesh and blood, and taught them an easier lesson, by appointing in the stead of this holy and painful imitation, a carnal and voluptuous rabble of holidays unto the Saints, and that (as they said) for the better remembrance of them: and thus that transformed Angel of light knoweth how to transform pure religion. In like manner, when it was an hard thing to preach Christ crucified, because it would call them to a sight, feeling and forsaking of their sins, and so they were made more unquiet; the devil found out an easier way, and for sooth would have Christ painted upon the cross in their Church windows:

That are in the earth. See hee maketh mention of the Saints here on earth, and speaketh no of the Saints which are in heauen, from whom as we are seuered in body, so are we also in the soule▪ and wee haue no dealing with them, either in soule or bodie. Wherefore it is d of the Prophet, Abraham knoweth not vs. True it is, that the Lord maketh his Angels ministers vnto vs, and therfore sending them to doe any thing, he maketh it known vnto them. Howbeit wee reade no such thing of the Saints that are dead, who as they know nothing of vs or our estate, which onely is knowne to the Lord, and are not vsed as ministers of the Lord; so they cānot heare or helpe vs, as some foolishly haue imagined. The Saints which are dead may be in some respect remembred, but in no case worshipped: remēbred, I say, not for their power to be prayed vnto, but for their vertues to bee imitated. Wherefore in