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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. 42. So shall I make answer to my blasphemers, for I trust in thy word.
¶ Vers. 42. So shall I make answere to my blasphemers, for I trust in thy word.
Many adversaries had this holy Prophet, they came about him like bees, they laid to his charge things which he never did, and especially because he made his boast of God, and trusted to his word, they oftentimes reproached him for it: and when he was driven to any extremity they beganue to say, where is now his God? Thus became he the shame of men, and th• contempt of the people. All they that saw him had him in derision: they made mows, and nod•ea their heads saying; He trusted in God, let him deliver him: let him save him, seeing he loveth him. Psal. 22. 6. 7. 8. In this he was a type of our blessed Saviour who was taunted in the like sort upon the c•osse. Matth. 27. 39. 40. 41: 42. 43. What now doth this man of God labour for to confute, and put to silence these his blasphemers? Surely the performance of Gods loving kindness and salvation, the which it pleased him to make promise of. This, if we pray for in all our troubles, as the prophet here doth in his: this if we stay our selves upon, as David ever did; though our enemies he never so many, never so mighty, never so malicious, we shall in the end have such assured victory, that we shall not only answer our adversaries; but they with shame shall answer themselves and say, we fools thought his confidence folly, but now we see that he is the Lords beloved, and blessed are they that trust in him▪
MAny aduersaries had this holy Prophet, they came about him like bees, they layde to his charge things which hee neuer did, and especially because hee made his boast of God, and trusted to his word, they oftentimes reproached him for it: and when he was driuen to any extremitie they beganue to say, where is now his God? Thus became hee the shame of men, and th contempt of the people. All they that sawe him had him inderision: they made mowes, and nodea their heads saying; Hee trusted in God, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing hee loueth him.