A02178:2622
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.
Hypocrites, cannot abide that any should •ubbe upon their galled backs, as it were, or1 come near them, to touch their gouty, and festered, and corrupted consciences, but they will wince and kick, and lay about them, and cry out on those that are such judgers, and such busy-bodies (as they term them) and so reject all wholesome reproofs, and carry a bitter heart against the reprovers. Only those that are sound-har•ed, can submit themselves, in the lowliness of their minds, and meekness of their spirits, to bear admonitions when they need it, (be he a superior or an inferior, that administereth the same) and labour to make a right use hereof, and to love the party the better, that will deal so mercifully and faithfully with their souls.
Hypocrites, cannot abide that anie should •ubbe vpon their galled backes, as it were, or1 come neare them, to touch their gouty, and festered, and corrupted consciences, but they will wince and kicke, and lay about them, and crie out on those that are such judgers, and such busie-bodies (as they terme them) and so reiect all wholesome reproofes, and carrie a bitter heart against the reprouers. Only those that are sound-har•ed, can submit thēselues, in the lowlines of their mindes, and meeknesse of their spirits, to beare admonitions when they need it, (be hee a superiour or an inferiour, that administreth the same) and labour to make a right vse hereof, and to loue the partie the better, that will deale so mercifully and faithfully with their soules.
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Indeed Gods best children may sometimes fail herein, and begin to bustle, and take