A02178:3084
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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But it may be, that their civill conversation, and outward courtesy, doth much slake our1 hatred against their superstition and heresies. But what? is this such a thing to blear our eyes? hath not the like kind of life been pretended in the Pope, in the Turk, and in other kind of heretics? But we must know, that we are espoused unto Jesus Christ, and that two manner of ways: first, by pure means; then by single and pure hearts rightly using those means, by whose Gospel preached seeing we through him are washed and purified, to be presented a bride blameless before God, shall we think that presumptuous sin shall prevail against us?
But it may be, that their ciuill conuersation, and outward courtesie, doth much slake our1 hatred against their superstition and heresies. But what? is this such a thing to bleere our eyes? hath not the like kinde of life beene pretended in the Pope, in the Turke, and in other kinde of heretikes? But we must know, that we are espoused vnto Iesus Christ, and that two manner of waies: first, by pure meanes; then by single and pure hearts rightly vsing those meanes, by whose Gospell preached seeing we through him are washed and purified, to be presented a bride blamelesse before God, shall we thinke that presumptuous sinne shall preuaile against vs?
- 1Civill conversation of heretics.Ciuill conuersation of heretikes.
It may be we shall fail in some particular things, but it shall not break the whole course of our life: we may sin of human frailty, but we shall not sin of devilish hypocrisy;1 temptations may give us a foil, but they shall not finally overcome us; sin may dwell in us, but it shall not reign over us. Now when a man will be overwise and over righteous, not contenting himself with those ways, which the Lord in his word hath set down, he cannot be sound, because his religion being corrupt, his life cannot be uncorrupt.