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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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HE showeth by a second argument, that God is his portion, in that he prayeth to God: for that which we love, we desire to commune and talk with. Then by this we may likewise try our selves: for if we have this delight to pray, and if we be sorry when we cannot do it, then do we further show that the Lord is our portion, or else not. Again, we see that it is not enough to make a determinatio, unless we further pray that the Lord would assist us in our purpose. This is the cause that we cannot make such determination, nor have such good purposes, because we are not often in prayer. The devil will be most busy to tempt, when we have determined; and we our selves are ready to be secure: therefore even then we have most need to pray.
HE sheweth by a second argument, that God is his portion, in that he prayeth to God: for that which we loue, we desire to commune and talke with. Then by this we may likewise trie our selues: for if we haue this delight to pray, and if we be sorie when we cannot doe it, then doe we further shew that the Lord is our portion, or else not. Againe, we see that it is not enough to make a determinatio, vnlesse we further pray that the Lord would assist vs in our purpose. This is the cause that we cannot make such determination, nor haue such good purposes, because we are not often in prayer. The diuell will be most busie to tempt, when we haue determined; and we our selues are readie to be secure: therefore euen then we haue most need to pray.
With my whole heart. He showeth that he is not an hypocrite: And then shall we know that we are not, when our hearts are set before God, and we pour them out before him, as much as we have uttered in words before men. This maketh the children of God to sigh when they pray, because they have to do with God: and this maketh the hypocrites ⟨p. 427⟩that they cannot see themselves, because they know not that they have to deal with God. And when the children of God cannot come to show their hearts to God, then if they sigh and groan for want of a heart; this is a testimony that we pray in the Spirit,