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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.
The Treatise of Counsels I found most distracted and corrupted. Of many hundreds I selected these few, and have reduced them into this alphabetical order, desiring so to dispose them, as that every counsel might be set under one special head or argument, whereunto it seemed to have most reference. As for example, all of affections I couched under that title AFFECTIONS, and all of afflictions, under that title, and so of the rest. Of these Counsels I may avouch (Christian Reader) that thou shalt find more experienced knowledge, and more sound refreshing for thy soul in some one of them, than in some one whole Sermon, full of humane eloquence, and affectation of stile, which so many nice ears do so much admire, and yet still be learning and come but to a poor and mean taste and knowledge of the truth.
The Treatise of Counsels I found most distracted and corrupted. Of many hundreds I selected these few, and haue reduced them into this alphabeticall order, desiring so to dispose them, as that euery counsell might be set vnder one speciall head or argument, whereunto it seemed to haue most reference. As for example, all of affections I couched vnder that title AFFECTIONS, and all of afflictions, vnder that title, and so of the rest. Of these Counsels I may anouch (Christian Reader) that thou shalt finde more experienced knowledge, and more sound refreshing for thy soule in some one of them, than in some one whole Sermon, full of humane eloquence, and affectation of stile, which so many nice eares doe so much admire, and yet still be learning and come but to a poore and meane taste and knowledge of the truth.
When this volume was finished and past the press, in reviewing the whole, for the correction of some verbal faults: I see and must confess we have offended by our negligence, not only in the words, but also in the matter: yet so as I trust the loving and Christian readers, will accept our endeavour without offence. In the Counsels ye have often this addition, he thought this, or he said that: here I must request thee (Christian reader) not to judge any such speeches to proceed from any pride or singularity: for that such observations (as I suppose) were collected and taken by *