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 will say, they are come out of the world to live in monkery, they have their shavings, pilgrimages, whipping of their own bodies, voluntary and monastical vows, traditions, and such like. But come to the other rabble, who are worse than the beasts of Egypt, forsaking the sweet land of Canaan, and they will deny all means, and brag they never so much of effects, yet in pure effects they be most barren hypocrites. If they were as wise as Solomon, or as holy as David, or as zealous as Paul, yet they might frequent the Temple, and think it a blessing to be in Zion, and rejoice in the company of Christians. But to leave these, let us learn as much as we cast off the traditions of the Pharisees, so much to put on the sweet yoke of Christ, and let us carefully use the word, and with the word join prayer, and to prayer add practise, using the sacraments, and by them grow in faith, that by faith we may increase in repentance, and with the cause marrying the effect, and from the fruit never divorce the means, because God is neither pleased with our fruitless ceremonies, if we rest in the means, neither with our holy hypocrisy, if we refuse his ordinance. This rule the Apostle saith, is both for the preachers, and for the people: for preachers, because he opposed this rule against the rule of certain false teachers: for the people, in that he nameth them here the Israel of God.

they will say, they are come out of the world to liue in monkerie, they haue their shauings, pilgrimages, whipping of their owne bodies, voluntarie and monasticall vowes, traditions, and such like. But come to the other rabble, who are worse than the beasts of Egypt, forsaking the sweete land of Canaan, and they will denie all meanes, and brag they neuer so much of effects, yet in pure effects they be most barren hypocrites. If they were as wise as Salomon, or as holy as Dauid, or as zealous as Paul, yet they might frequent the Temple, and thinke it a blessing to be in Sion, and reioyce in the companie of Christians. But to leaue these, let vs learne as much as we cast off the traditions of the Pharisies, so much to put on the sweete yoke of Christ, and let vs carefully vse the word, and with the word ioyne prayer, and to prayer adde practise, vsing the sacraments, and by them grow in faith, that by faith we may increase in repentance, and with the cause marrying the effect, and from the fruite neuer diuorce the meanes, because God is neither pleased with our fruitlesse ceremonies, if we rest in the meanes, neither with our holy hypocrisie, if we refuse his ordinance. This rule the Apostle saith, is both for the preachers, and for the people: for preachers, because he opposed this rule against the rule of certaine false teachers: for the people, in that he nameth them here the Israel of God.