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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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Use. Is David afflicted? who then can judge of Gods love or hatred by outward things, Eccles: 9. David in his trouble thought he was cast out of Gods favour, but he was deceived: Davids enemies thought, that God had forsaken him, but they were deceived: and even Gods children do oftentimes think the proud, and rich, and Epicures blessed, but they also are deceived. To gee on, is David afflicted: 1, Suspect thine estate, if thou ever art at ease in this world. It is the greatest misery never to taste of any misery. 2, Be patient to endure crosses, since the most godly have been thus crossed: 3, If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the wicked and the sinners appear, 1. Pet: 4. 18.
Vse. Is Dauid afflicted? who then can iudge of Gods loue or hatred by outward things, Eccles: 9. Dauid in his trouble thought he was cast out of Gods fauour, but hee was deceiued: Dauids enemies thought, that God had forsaken him, but they were deceiued: and euen Gods children doe oftentimes thinke the proude, and rich, and Epicures blessed, but they also are deceiued. To gee on, is Dauid afflicted: 1, Suspect thine estate, if thou euer art at ease in this world. It is the greatest misery neuer to taste of any misery. 2, Be patient to endure crosses, since the most godly haue beene thus crossed: 3, If the righteous scarcely be saued, where shall the wicked and the sinners appeare, 1. Pet: 4. 18.
I had perished.) 2, Note that David was ready to sink under this burden, to faint under this cross, to be swallowed up of these waves, and to perish in this trouble of his. Thus God woundeth, but he healeth again: casteth down, but setteth up again: killeth, but reviveth again: and afflicteth, but comforteth again. We, before troubles come, are like unto Peter, we think we can walk upon the Sea, but it pleaseth the Lord to send one dangerous storm or other, that we may say with the same Apostle, Help master I perish. But why was David thus ready to perish? he saw the Sea, but not the Whale: the Egyptian, but not the salvation: the water, but not Christs power walking on the water. He was impatient of delay, looked too much to man, trusted over much in himself, and thought more of them that were against him, then God and his Angels that were on his side. And is not this our case when there is but a thin curtain drawn for a while betwixt God and us? O let him that is exercised with troubles but ask his own heart of this point.