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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. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandem •t is exceeding large.
¶ Vers. 96. I haue seene an end of all perfection: but thy commandem •t is exceeding large.
IN his precedent meditation he considered Gods testimonies, here he breaketh out into a commendation of them, and by the consumption of things upon earth, observes the consummation of the word of God. Where note first that the most perfect earthly things are but imperfect, they shall have an end. The goodliest cities sevelled with the earth1 the mightiest Empires divided into Dukedoms, the ancientest buildings come to the ground, and the greatest Monarchs have not long left their inheritance to their children▪ where is Solomon with all his royalty? Absalom with all his beauty? Dives with all his wealth? Haman with all his honour? Sampson with all his strength? Ahithophel with all his wisdom? yea or David with all his victories? they are gone, and so gone, that man must say, as David once said, surely every man, nay every thing, in his best estate is vanity: van••tis of vanities, all is vanity: We that now live, nay the greatest that now live, what shall become of us, ours, them & theirs, but an hundred years hence, which yet is the age of some one man?
IN his precedent meditation he considered Gods testimonies, here he breaketh out into acommendation of them, and by the consumption of things vpon earth, obserues the consummation of the word of God. Where note first that the most perfect earthly things are but imperfect, they shal haue an end. The goodliest cities seuelled with the earth1 the mightiest Empires deuided into Dukedomes, the auncientest buyldings come to the ground, and the greatest Monarches haue not long left their inheritāce to their children where is Salomon with all his royaltie? Absolon with all his beauty? Diues with all his wealth? Haman with all his honour? Sampson with all his strength? Achitophel with all his wisedome? yea or Dauid with all his victories? they are gone, and so gone, that man must say, as Dauid once said, surely euery man, nay euery thing, in his best estate is vaniti: vantis of vanities, all is vanity: We that now liue, nay the greatest that now liue, what shal become of vs, ours, them & theirs, but an hundred yeares hence, which yet is the age of some one man?