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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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The trial by desertion serveth for two purposes: for other whiles the Lord useth it for the manifestation of some hidden sin, that the godly may be deepelier humbled, and •rave more earnestly the pardon of that and other sins. For as the beggar is always mending and piecing his garment, where he finds a breach: so the penitent & believing hart must always be exercised in repairing it self where it finds a want.
The triall by desertion serueth for two purposes: for other whiles the Lord vseth it for the manifestation of some hidden sinne, that the godly may be deepelier humbled, and •raue more earnestly the pardon of that and other sins. For as the beggar is alwaies mending and peecing his garment, where he findes a breach: so the penitent & beleeuing hart must alwaies be exercised in repairing it selfe where it findes a want.
Again, oft times this trial serves to quicken and revive the hidden graces of the heart, that men may be thankful for them, and feel an increase of them in the heart. The good husband man cuts the branches of the Vine, not that he hath a purpose to destroy them, but1 to make them bear more fruit. In the Canticles when Christ left his spouse, then she riseth out of her bed, she opens the door, her hands drop myrrh on the bar of the door: then further she seeks and calls for him, and praiseth him more then ever before. David testifieth the like of himself: In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved, &c. but thou didst hide thy face & I was troubled. Then cried I to thee, O Lord, & prayed to my Lord. Lastly, men that live in the Church, being for a time left of God, become so impenitent as that they must be given up to Satan: yet for no other cause, but that the flesh may be killed, and the spirit made alive in the day of the Lord.
Againe, oft times this triall serues to quicken and reuiue the hidden graces of the heart, that men may be thankfull for them, and feele an increase of them in the heart. The good husbād man cuts the braunches of the Vine, not that he hath a purpose to destroy thē, but