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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. 27. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wondrous works.
¶ Vers. 27. Make me to vnderstand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate in thy wonderous workes.
HE goeth on in his former petition, and considering that every man is a beast in his own understanding, like the owl that cannot behold the sun, and the Mole that wanteth sight; he desireth that God would partly by his spirit, partly ⟨p. 410⟩by his ministers, partly by afflictions, partly by study and labour, make him to have a right and sound understanding, not only of his statutes, but of the w•y of his statutes, that is, after what sort and order he may live and direct his life, according to those things which God hath commanded him in his Law. Learn here first, how hard a thing it is for man overweening himself in his own wisdom, to know Gods will, till God make us to know; we are fools, and slow of heart to believe all that is written in the Word, till CHRIST open our eyes. Luke, 24. we say with Nicodemus, how can these things be? John, 3. Secondly, it is not enough to understand the Word, but to know the way to walk in it, that by it we may be directed what to do, when, where, and how we ought to perform every action.
HE goeth on in his former petition, and considering that euerie man is a beast in his owne vnderstanding, like the owle that cannot beholde the sunne, and the Mole that wanteth sight; hee desireth that God would partly by his spirit, partly