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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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How we should thus walk before the Lord we are taught of the holy Ghost, Micah. 6. 6. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow my self before the hi• God? shall I com• before him with burnt offerings i• he hath showed thee ò man what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee; surely to do justly, and to love mercy, and to humble thy self, to walk with thy God, that is, that thou shouldest set him i• thy sight, believing that he doth guide and govern thee. Besides the Apostle teacheth us, •. Cor. 3. 18. that we all behold as in a mirror the glory of the Lord with open face, and are changed into the same image. For when we behold the Lord in his promises of reconciliation, that he is at peace with us; of sanctification, that he will renew us; of safeguard and providence, that for our good he will watch over us, and that he is at our right hand with his Angels, and on the other hand with his creatures; then we behold him as our redeemer, as our teacher, as our provident father, and as judge of heaven and earth, so we shall with Steven see Christ: and thus beholding God in his word and works, we may be said to walk before the Lord. Whereupon we may easily conjecture, how requisite a thing it is often to hear, read, and meditate of the word of God, to be frequent in prayer, whereby we may attain to a clearer sight of God his promises, which are all yea and Amen in Jesus Christ. Whosoever then setteth God before him, first as a God of glorious majesty, who will not justify the obstinate sinner; then as a father of gracious mercy, who comforteth the repenting sinner, and in every particular thing is persuaded that God seeth him as a judge and a Lord of the spirits, and God of glory and power; it can not be but this will shake from him all drowsy security, and chase away all vain imaginations, as the bright Sun beams break the dark and misty clouds. And because there is no dealing betwixt God and man, but by a Mediator, we must set God before us in Christ, and Christ in God, that we may behold his justice under his mercy, and his mercy under his justice. And being thus persuaded, that we are beloved of God in his beloved, we shall do all in his name, which is the end of all happiness. This one lesson of Divinity will teach us the use of many, and will stand in steed of a thousand, both to comfort and instruct us: