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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Our tongues have in time past either in praying ignorantly, vainly, and superstitiously, or in not praying at all, in abusing the name of God, in unreverent, uncharitable, unchaste, untrue speeches set themselves against the Lord and his people; now they are to be the spokesmen of our hearts in understanding, in truth, in sincerity praying to the Lord, they must be the most glorious advancers of God his glory, they must be dipped and seasoned ⟨p. 373⟩with salt, with grace, with reverence, with meekness, chastity, and truth, as the unfeigned witnesses of a renewed mind.
Our tongues haue in time past either in praying ignorantly, vainly, and superstitiously, or in not praying at all, in abusing the name of God, in vnreuerent, vncharitable, vnchast, vntrue speeches set themselues against the Lord and his people; now they are to bee the spokesmen of our hearts in vnderstanding, in truth, in sinceritie praying to the Lord, they must be the most glorious aduancers of God his glory, they must be dipped and seasoned ⟨p. 373⟩with salt, with grace, with reuerence, with meekenes, chastitie, and truth, as the vn•eined witnesses of a renewed minde.
Our hands having been lift up to false gods, being full of blood, violence, concupiscence, bribery, deceit, and false dealing, are now to be stretched out to the true God, and to show forth his power in relieving the needy, in giving of alms, in helping the afflicted, in punishing all filthiness, bribery, and falsehood unto the uttermost.
Our hands hauing been lift vp to false gods, being full of blood, violence, concupiscence, briberie, deceit, and false dealing, are now to bee stretched out to the true God, and to shewe forth his power in relieuing the needie, in giuing of almes, in helping the afflicted, in punishing all filthines, briberie, and falsehood vnto the vttermost.