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,…

And certainly, if the inward man be sound, you shall observe it by the outward gesture of the body. The people were desirous to hear Christs Sermon, their eyes were bent and fixed upon him, Luk: 4. 6. David would express his love to Gods Ark, he danced before the Ark of Gods Covenant. If we love Gods Word, and love it in truth, our hands will be as ready to turn over the leaves of that blessed book, as our hearts are desirous of the understanding of it, that in this longing desire, taking it into our hands, we may in the end have such fast hold of it, that we will not forgo it for all the world. We cannot employ our hands in a better work, especially when we have freedom from our callings, then to take up the book of God, and peruse it over.

And certainly, if the inward man be sound, you shall obserue it by the outward gesture of the bodie. The people were desirous to heare Christs Sermon, their eyes were bent and fixed vpon him, Luk: 4. 6. Dauid would expresse his loue to Gods Arke, he da•nced before the Arke of Gods Couenant. If wee loue Gods Worde, and loue it in truth, our hands will be as ready to turne ouer the leaues of that blessed booke, as our hearts are desirous of the vnderstanding of it, that in this longing desire, taking it into our hands, we may in the ende haue such fast holde of it, that wee will not forgoe it for all the worlde. We cannot employ our hands in a better worke, especially when we haue freedome from our callings, then to take vp the booke of God, and peruse it ouer.

Augustine took it up, and was converted by that one sentence, Rom: 13. 14. The night is past, the day is at hand, &c. Ursine took it up and was comforted by this one sentence, None can take them out of my Fathers hands, John, 10 29. Chrysostom took it up, and was assured that in his zeal he should not want, because David had said, The earth is the Lords, and all that therein is. Bil•ey took it up, as it is in the book of Martyrs, and was much quieted by that saying of Saint Paul, This is a true saying, and by all means worthy to be received, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. And such was the love of one Gregory Crow, of whom we may read in the said book, that suffering shipwreck, he cast away his money, and kept his Testament in his bosom, and after many days floating on the Sea, upon a mast, being taken up by a certain passenger, his first care was for that book of his, fearing least it should have been wet with the Sea. If he had looked for a Crucifix as he looked for Gods book, surely the whole world should have been acquainted with it.