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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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Moreover, he must improve, rebuke, exhort, and stir up, first, himself to a great care of doing his duty faithfully; then must he also by all means spur forward the godly, gently1 & lovingly, exhorting to hold fast the profession of their hope, in the assurance of faith, making their election more surely known unto themselves, by their godly life: and the2 rather to bring them forward herein with willingness and great readiness, he ought to set before them the wonderful mercy of the Lord God, showed towards them, in that he hath out of all the world elected them to be heirs of his kingdom, where they shall •aigne for3 ever, in such unspeakable joys, as neither eye hath see•e, ear hath heard, neither hath at any time entered into the heart of man. He must not be ashamed to rebuke & reprove such as will not be obedient to the Gospel, but remain still wallowing in their sin: & if that wholesome admonitions will not serve, he must not spare to thunder out the just judgements of God against them, until he hath beaten them down to hell with the terrors thereof, and after true repentance, to raise them up even to the heavens, and daily strengthen them more and more: so that to the impenitent he must pronounce damnation because he is still under the law, and under the curse of the law, and that he shall be sure to be tormented everlastingly, if he do not repent: but the penitent that labour with a burdened conscience for sin, and are wounded with grief for the same, he shall comfort with blessed promises of the Gospel, declaring unto him, that he is not under the law, but under grace, and so build him into a lively faith in Jesus Christ.
Moreouer, he must improue, rebuke, exhort, and stirre vp, first, himselfe to a great care of doing his duty faithfully; then must he also by all meanes spurre forward the godly, gently1 & louingly, exhorting to hold fast the profession of their hope, in the assurance of faith, making their election more surely knowne vnto themselues, by their godly life: and the