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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.
So much sincerity as there is, so much blessedness there will be: and according to the degree of our hypocrisy, will be the measure of our misery. It is not in the action done, or in the words spoken, that blessedness consists, but in the quality of them, that all be done and spoken soundly and sincerely: this is required Psalm 15. that he that will be a member of the Church militant on earth, and of the Church triumphant in heaven, must walk uprightly, and speak the truth from his heart. And again in another Psalm, a question is made to the same effect, Who shall dwell in the mountain 1of the Lord, and who shall stand in his holy place? and the answer is: He that hath innocent hands, and a pure heart, which hath not lift up his mind to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. In which words we have a description of a sound hearted man.
So much sincerity as there is, so much blessednesse there will be: and according to the degree of our hypocrisie, will bee the measure of our miserie. It is not in the action done, or in the wordes spoken, that blessednesse consists, but in the qualitie of them, that all bee done and spoken soundly and sincerely: this is required Psalme 15. that he that will be a member of the Church militant on earth, and of the Church triumphant in heauen, must walke vprightly, and speake the truth from his heart. And againe in another Psalme, a question is made to the same effect, Who shall dwell in the mountaine 1of the Lord, and who shall stand in his holy place? and the answere is: Hee that hath innocent hands, and a pure heart, which hath not lift vp his minde to vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully. In which wordes we haue a description of a sound hearted man.