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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.
The truth of this doctrine, will yet more clearly shine forth, if we consider, what the1 ⟨p. 391⟩master, the service, and the reward of sinful persons are. As for their master, it is Satan: For he is the God of this world, and the Prince that ruleth in the children of disobedience: of2 whom all unbelievers are held in captivity, and still employed according to his will and3 pleasure. Now he is a more cruel and savage tyrant, then ever Pharaoh was: though he were very fierce against the Israelites, & exercised great tyranny over them, yet Satan putteth his vassals to carry heavier burdens, and to toil out themselves in baser works, then ever the taskmasters of Egypt imposed on the poor Israelites. For all impenitent sinners are in thraldom to every brutish lust: they must defile their bodies, and corrupt their4 souls, and consciences, and pollute all their works and ways, when, and in what manner soever the Devil will have them; they must converse with every lewd and sinful companion: they must run up and down, like drudges to follow every vain and base delight, to pursue every mean and trifling commodity: and to hunt after every promotion and dignity that offers it self unto their view.
The truth of this doctrine, will yet more clearely shine forth, if we consider, what the1 ⟨p. 391⟩maister, the seruice, and the reward of sinfull persons are. As for their maister, it is Sathan: For he is the God of this world, and the Prince that ruleth in the children of disobedience: of2 whom all vnbeleeuers are held in captiuitie, and still imployed according to his will and3