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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. 85. The proud have digged pits for me, which is not after thy law.
Vers. 85. The proude haue digged pits for me, which is not after thy law.
This showed first that he prayed against their evil cause: secondly, that he suffered unjustly: first, because he suffered for the truth: secondly, because he behaved himself godly in his cause, not using unlawful means. And we must look that we have these things before we pray this prayer: first, that our cause be good: secondly, that it be rightly handled: therefore heretics and wicked men cannot make this prayer. David was long in this trouble, and yet he provoked them not with evil words, but laboured to overcome their ⟨p. 442⟩evil with goodness, as Psalm. 33. So when we do them no evil, when we have laboured to do them good, and prayed, and fasted for them in patience and long suffering; then, i• it be against Gods enemies and their evil causes, we may pray this prayer.
THis shewed first that he prayed against their euill cause: secondly, that he suffered vniustly: first, because he suffered for the truth: secōdly, because he behaued himself godly in his cause, not vsing vnlawful means. And we must look that we haue these things before we pray this prayer: first, that our cause be good: secondly, that it be rightly handled: therefore heretikes and wicked men cannot make this prayer. Dauid was long in this trouble, and yet he prouoked them not with euill words, but laboured to ouercome their