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,…

they say the work of sanctification is perfect in this life, we say it is begun here, and continued, but ended in the life to come. For as our wisdom is not perfect in this world, unless it be by imputation of Christ his wisdom, but still groweth by degrees, and we are not perfect at the first in faith covering the imputation of Christ his righteousness unto us, and we grow from faith to faith: so our wisdom is not here so perfect when we are renewed, but stained with many blemishes. And as we see in the natural birth children are not at the first old men, but from infancy they grow to childhood, from childhood to their nonage, from nonage to perfect age and old age: even so in the spiritual birth we grow from strength to strength, from measure to measure, until we come to perfection. Our wisdom is often captivated, our faith is often weak, our righteousness is often defiled, our holiness is often corrupted. Now as in the cross of Christ our sins are discharged, as in the fullness of Christ we have wisedomeas in his resurrection we have righteousness, and by the working of his Spirit he communicateth to us his holiness: so also in his coming again we stead fastly look for the fullness of our redemption in him, who was borne for us, who lived for us, who died for us, who rose for us, who ascended for us, who liveth in us, who will come again to redeem us, delivering our souls from sin, from grief, and reproach, our bodies from sickness, pain, and trouble, wiping away all tears from our eyes, and setting us free from death, misery and corruption: for whom we all cry in our afflictions, Come Lord Jesus, who shalt change our vile bodies, and make them like to thy glorious body, at such time looking for the accomplishment hereof, as he shall come from heaven with his Angels, to gather ⟨p. 372⟩together the elect and the reprobates, the one to receive the sentence of salvation, the other to receive sentence of condemnation. We are now new creatures by faith in Christ, by hope of our redemption through him, but we shall be so in effect; we are here renewed in righteousness, in holiness, in wisdom, but in part: yet we have remnants of sin, as they that neither through the grace of God sin to death, neither by reason of our own corruption are altogether free from sin.

they say the worke of sanctification is perfit in this life, wee say it is begun here, and continued, but ended in the life to come. For as our wisedome is not perfit in this world, vnlesse it bee by imputation of Christ his wisedome, but still groweth by degrees, and we are not perfit at the first in faith couering the imputation of Christ his righteousnes vnto vs, and we grow from faith to faith: so our wisedome is not here so perfit when wee are renewed, but stained with many blemishes. And as wee see in the naturall birth children are not at the first old men, but from infācie they grow to childhood, from childhood to their nonage, from nonage to perfit age and old age: euen so in the spirtuall birth we grow from strength to strength, from measure to measure, vntill wee come to perfection. Our wisedom is often captiuated, our faith is often weake, our righteousnes is often defiled, our holinesse is often corrupted. Now as in the crosse of Christ our sins are discharged, as in the fulnes of Christ we haue wisedomeas in his resurrection we haue righteousnes, and by the working of his Spirit he communicateth to vs his holinesse: so also in his comming againe we sted fastly looke for the fulnes of our redemptiō in him, who was borne for vs, who liued for vs, who died for vs, who rose for vs, who ascended for vs, who liueth in vs, who will come againe to redeeme vs, deliuering our soules from sinne, from griefe, and reproch, our bodies from sicknes, paine, and trouble, wiping away all teares from our eyes, and setting vs free from death, miserie and corruption: for whom wee all crie in our afflictions, Come Lord Iesus, who shalt change our vile bodies, and make them like to thy glorious bodie, at such time looking for the accomplishment hereof, as hee shall come from heauen with his Angels, to gather