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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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• vers. 7. I will praise thee with an upright heart when I shall learn the judgements of thy righteousness.
• vers. 7. I will praise thee with an vpright heart when I shall learne the iudgements of thy righteousnes.
But what David, wilt thou give unto God, when he shall direct thy heart so to keep his law, that having respect to all his commandments, thou needest not to be ashamed? I will praise thee (saith he) with an upright heart: and thus as I take it, is the connection of this verse with the former. The meaning is, that when it shall please the Lord throughly to teach him his will, which he calleth here the judgements of his righteousness, because it containeth in it perfect righteousness, then will be magnify and praise the name of God alone, and that with a sound and sincere heart void of hypocrisy and counterfeiting.
BVt what Dauid, wilt thou giue vnto God, when he shall direct thy heart so to keepe his lawe, that hauing respect to all his commandements, thou needest not to be ashamed? I will praise thee (saith he) with an vpright heart: and thus as I take it, is the connexion of this verse with the former. The meaning is, that when it shall please the Lord throughly to teach him his will, which he calleth here the iudgements of his righteousnesse, because it containeth in it perfect righteousnesse, then will be magnifie and praise the name of God alone, and that with a sound and sincere heart voyd of hypocrisie and counterfaiting.
Learn we here 1. what David especially desired to learn, namely, the word and will of God: he would ever be a scholar in this school, and sought daily to ascend to the highest form, that learning to know, he might remember, remembering might believe, believing might delight, delighting might admire, admiring might adore, adoring might practise, & practising might continue in the way of Gods statutes. This learning is the old and true learning indeed, and he is best learned in this art, who turneth Gods word into good works. Too much of other learning will make thee mad upon thine own wisdom, yea thy wisdom, and thy knowledge may make thee to rebel; but this will make thee wise unto salvation. Other wise men are ashamed, they are afraid and taken: Lee, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom is in them?