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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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2. Secondly, it bringeth men to the enjoyment of all good things; and that first in1 this life it procureth them the benefits following:
2. Secondly, it bringeth men to the enioyment of all good things; and that first in1 this life it procureth them the benefites following:
- 12 What good things Grace maketh us to enjoy.2 What good things Grace maketh vs to enioy.
Namely,
1. First, a good estimation: So that it may be well said, that the righteous is more excellent then his Neighbour; and that of all other, they are the most glorious people, that1 have the spirit of Grace and of glory dwelling in their hearts. For they are precious in Gods sight, as being his chief Treasure: precious in the eyes of his people: precious in the account of the Angels: yea, reverent in the sight of the very wicked, who esteem them to be honest men, & dare trust them before any other, many times with their goods, with their children, and their portions▪ yea, and with their souls also. For when they are in any extremity, lying upon their death-beds, or the like, oh then they cry out! Send for such a Preacher: send for this or that good man or woman: now their prayers and their speeches might do me good, which heretofore I have rejected, or lightly esteemed: and then none is to be compared to them, none to be sought unto in respect of them. And when they labour to disgrace and vilify them, by terming them Dissemblers and Hypocrites,