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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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Note we then here that the means to avoid shame before men, and confusion before God and men, is a reverend respect to all Gods commandments. I say unto all. For he that offendeth in any one is guilty of all. Dead flies (saith Solomon) cause to stink & putrefy 1the ointment of the Ap•th••arie: so doth a little f•llie him that is in estimation for wisdom and for glory. A little hole if it be not stopped will sink a ship: a little spot if it be not taken out will defile a garment: and a little sin, if it be not washed away by that blood of2 Christ, which was shed for the least sin, will endanger the soul. We must have a respect to all, or else we have true respect to none. Adams one sin made him so ashamed, that he could not without blushing behold himself, much less durst he come into the presence of God. Davids one sin made him so ashamed, that for a long time he could not look up. What shall we say then of the sinners of our time, who imagine mischief upon their beds? who drink up iniquity like unto water, who eat up Gods people, as it were bread, who delight when they do evil, to whom it is a pastime to commit sin: whose foreheads are brass, faces iron, and countenances as that of the whorish woman, impudent and past shame? Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? Nay they were not ashamed, neither could they have any shame, saith the Lord by the Prophet Jeremiah, chapter. 6. 15.
Note we then here that the meanes to auoide shame before men, and confusion before God and men, is a reuerend respect to all Gods commaundements. I say vnto all. For he that offendeth in any one is guilty of all. Dead flies (saith Salomon) cause to stincke & putrifie 1the oyntment of the Ap•th••arie: so doth a little f•llie him that is in estimation for wisedome and for glorie. A little hole if it be not stopped will sincke a shippe: a little spot if it bee not taken out will defile a garment: and a little sinne, if it be not washed away by that blood of