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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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The Elders 1that rule well (saith he) let them be had in double honour, specially they which labour in the word and doctrine, as if he should say, let those Elders which are appointed to watch and look to the manners and behaviour of the children of God, if they execute this charge faithfully, be had in double honour: but above all, let the faithful Ministers, such as labour in the word, be honoured: for why? the other are overseers of your outward behaviour, but these have an other manner of office, they watch over your souls, which tendeth to the salvation both of body and soul.
The Elders 1that rule well (saith he) let them be had in double honour, specially they which labour in the word and doctrine, as if he should say, let those Elders which are appointed to watch and looke to the manners and behauior of the children of God, if they execute this charge faithfully, be had in double honour: but aboue all, let the faithfull Ministers, such as labour in the word, be honoured: for why? the other are ouerseers of your outward behauior, but these haue an other manner of office, they watch ouer your soules, which tendeth to the saluation both of body and soule.
- 11. Tim. 5. 17. The office of the Elders.
Moreover, it is requisite that they also fear the Minister, or else can they in no ease reverence and honour him: for where fear is not, all honour is absent, and so consequently all duty extinguished. And this fear must not be a feigned and counterfeited fear: but when he shall come before the Minister to ask him any question, he must consider that he cometh to talk with the messenger of the Lord, whom he ought to hear as well as if the Lord himself were present. For this is most certain, where a faithful Minister is that doth