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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.
O Lords forsake me not over long▪ ) God had begun a good work in him, his desire is that he would finish the same: and therefore he prayeth, that howsoever, by the corruption of his own heart, the malice of Satan, or the pleasures of the world, he should perhaps fail in keeping that vow, which he had formerly made: and therefore, for a time be left to himself, and forsaken of God, yet it would please him not to forsake him over long: but that though he fell, he might rise again, being taken up by Gods own hand. Saul was forsaken, a•d forsaken utterly: David fearing the like desertion, desireth that he might not be forsaken for ever.
O Lords forsake mee not ouer long▪ ) God had begunne a good worke in him, his desire is that hee would finish the same: and therefore he prayeth, that howsoeuer, by the corruption of his owne heart, the malice of Sathan, or the pleasures of the world, hee should perhaps faile in keeping that vowe, which hee had formerly made: and therefore, for a time be left to himselfe, and forsaken of God, yet it would please him not to forsake him ouer long: but that though he fell, he might rise againe, being taken vp by Gods owne hand. Saul was forsaken, a•d forsaken vtterly: Dauid fearing the like desertion, desireth that hee might not be forsaken for euer.
True it is indeed, that for the correction of some sin, the trial of their faith, the exercise1 of their patience, the manifestation of his glory, and for their own better knowledge of themselves, GOD seemeth to withdraw himself from his servants: And as a Nurse dealeth with young children, to leave them to themselves, and to hide her self at some Pillar, or under some curtain, that they taking some falls, may both see their own weakness, and know how much they are beholding to her for preserving them2