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,…

And therefore we had need to look for Christ to come a Redeemer, who will clean rid us from our pride, who will rid us from our unthankfulness from our unbelief, and from whatsoever thing may hinder the glory of God or our salvation, who will rid us from all sickness, poverty, soreness, and calamity in our bodies, that what freedom we now hold by faith, we shall then have in fruition and most absolute possession, which, when it draweth near, must cause us to lift up our heads and rejoice. Being thus made new by faith in Christ, we must not stay, but testify this faith to others by effects, in becoming no more like unto the world, but putting on a new conversation, after the likeness of him that hath so called us. It is to no end to say thou art a Christian, if thou art not there with all a new creature, as the Apostle proveth, 2. Cor. 5. 27. These effects are partly in the soul, and partly in the body: in the soul we must be renewed in our understanding, in our memories, and in our affections.

And therefore we had neede to looke for Christ to come a Redeemer, who will cleane rid vs from our pride, who will rid vs from our vnthankfulnes from our vnbeliefe, and from whatsoeuer thing may hinder the glory of God or our saluation, who will rid vs from all sicknes, pouertie, sorenes, and calamity in our bodies, that what freedome we now hold by faith, we shall then haue in fruition and most absolute possession, which, when it draweth neere, must cause vs to lift vp our heads and reioyce. Being thus made new by faith in Christ, we must not stay, but testifie this faith to others by effects, in becomming no more like vnto the world, but putting on a new couersation, after the likenes of him that hath so called vs. It is to no ende to say thou art a Christian, if thou art not there with all a new creature, as the Apostle proueth, 2. Cor. 5. 27. These effects are partly in the soule, and partly in the body: in the soule we must be renewed in our vnderstanding, in our memories, and in our affections.

As our understanding sometime hath been darkened concerning the things of Jesus Christ: so from hence forth we must covet to understand nothing more than Christ Jesus, and him crucifie••• as our memories have bin as fresh in retaining, as our understandings in receiving earthly things; so now forgetting the things of this life, we must chiefly remember those things which perish not with memory, but are heavenly, spiritual, and eternal: as we were wont to love, hate, like, and mislike for our selves, now we must love, and hate, like, and mislike for the glory of God. We are therefore to pray, that the Lord would frame in us new hearts, that as we have been carnally minded, we may be spiritually minded; and as we must have new hearts, so also must we labour for new affections. Our love, as I said, which was mingled with self-love, must be taken up for the Lord his behoof; our anger, which was in the defence of our own cause, must now be bestowed in the maintenance of God his glory, and what power soever is within us, it must be spent on the Lord his behalf. And yet we must go further in this work of regeneration, offering to the Lord our bodies, as we have offered our souls, that as we have given our members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity; so now we give our members servants unto righteousness in holiness, from hence-forth having new eyes, new ears, new tongues, new hands, and new feet.