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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. 56. This I had because I kept thy precepts.
AS God doth punish sin by sin; so doth he reward goodness with goodness: as that, To him that hath it shall he given. Matth. 23. for the Lord crowneth his own gifts: so that if there be in us a love of Gods word, this beginning will God increase and bless, so that rivers of water shall flow from him, Joh. 7. and the little lump of leaven shall sower the whole.
AS God doth punish sinne by sinne; so doth he reward goodnesse with goodnesse: as that, To him that hath it shall he giuen. Matth. 23. for the Lord crowneth his owne gifts: so that if there be in vs a loue of Gods word, this beginning will God increase and blesse, so that riuers of water shall flow from him, Ioh. 7. and the little lumpe of leauen shall sower the whole.
If thou be wicked, God will punish one sin with another, as in Saul. So David, when he was not thankful for his sleep, he fell to adultery, which was punished with murder. But if we be thankful for that we have, we shall have more. This then is the cause that we have no more mercies, because we use not them well which we have: for if we could open our months wide, we should be filled,