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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. 19. I am a stranger upon earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
Vers. 19. I am a stranger vpon earth: hide not thy commandements from me.
I Am a stranger upon earth: He setteth down another reason why he would be instructed in the law of the Lord, because he is but here a stranger, that is, that he had not here any long abiding place, but continued here for a while. And this do all the men of God profess, Heb. 11. vers. 14. that they looked for another city: and therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God: so in another place David saith, I am a stranger as all my fathers were. If this were the affliction of Gods children in times past, it must be in us now, if we with them will be partakers of the same promises in the kingdom of heaven. We see then where we must make the beginning of all godliness and good religion, even in denying this world, and acknowledging our selves to be but pilgrims in the same. When a son is sent beyond ⟨p. 406⟩the seas to learn the tongues, &c. and hath his time appointed him how long he hath to tarry, the consideration of that time, if he be any thing toward, will move him to take pains, that when he returneth home, he may please his father: So let us then often set our times before us, let us in time learn knowledge, and apply our hearts speedily thereto. Again, if we be strangers, we have few friends and many enemies, and therefore it standeth us in hand to be careful of the law of God, which may teach us that good path, in which if we walk, we shall well please God, and so be guarded and defended against our enemies. We have our own corruption to strive with, the vanities of the world, the evil examples of wicked men to provoke us to do the like, their malicious practises against us, and the great enemy of mankind the devil: and with principalities and powers in heavenly things. If we do well and wisely consider of these enemies, we shall soon see what need we have to be instructed in the law of God, that we may be able to resist them.