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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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There are four things which we must forget; first, wrongs, Levity. 19. 18. 2. Benefits bestowed: Matth. 6. 3. 3. The pleasure taken in sin: Rom. 6. 21. 4. The progress already made in godliness. Philip: 3. 3. But many things there are, that we must ever remember; as first, the mercies of GOD, Psalm. 103. 2. 2. His Judgements, Psalm. 119. 52. 3. The day of death: Luke, 12. 19. 20. 4. The day of Judgement: Eccles. 11. 9. 5. The death of CHRIST▪ 2. Tim: 2. 8. 6. The vanity of this world, Psal: 1 19▪ 96. 7. The joys of heaven: 2. Cor. 4 •7. 18. 8 The torments of hell: 2. Thess: 1. 8. 9. 9. The confusion of the careless: Prou. •4 32. 10. The taking away of the godly: Isaiah, 57. 1. 2. 3. 11. The lives of the godly to follow them: Phil: 3. 17. and 12. The law of God, to keep it. I hear many complain of bad memories: they cannot carry away any thing of a sermon, they forget all they read of Gods word, or good books; Why? canst thou coming to an Interlude remember much of it, and of a sermon dost thou forget all? Art thou able to repeat many dainty dishes set before thee in thine own house, & not to record any one so much as tasted of in Gods house? If thine appetite were spiritual, thy memory would be more firm then it is? Old men have bad memories, yet never forget where treasure is laid. O but I would fain get a good memory. If I were a Physician, I might speak of many good means for that purpose, or an Orator, appoint images to place words in: but I am to speak now as a divine. I advise thee therefore to use 1. temperate diet: 2. attention: 3. delight: 4. meditation, or chewing of the cud, saying to thy soul when thou comest home, my soul, what hast thou been taught to day? 5. conference. 6 practise, Use memory, and have memory; 7. press not memory with overmuch at once. 8. write, but take heed that thy book be not more learned then thy breast; 9. bind thy self ever to remember somewhat, especially, that which doth most concern thee: 10. hoc age, do that only for which thou comest, let not thy mind be at home, when thou art at Church: 11. draw ever as much as thou canst remember into a short prayer: 12. teach others that which thou hast learned. 13. consider that the end of the word is the salvation of thy soul: 14. and lastly, change that good word into good works.