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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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Seeing then we are given to love our selves▪ and to make […] a gain, or rather love the word for gain, pleasure, and vain glory, we shall see how great a thing it is, to love the word for it own sake, that is, because it is the word of God▪ But many will urge the use of lawful things and say, Why may I not eat this mea•e? may I not wear this fashion? may I not put on such apparel? they be lawful the•• natures▪ I answer, that1 they be indeed lawful in themselves, and while the••• are nakedly considered, and as they are unclothed of other circumstances; yet we are to a […], with meditating on things convenient, least we turn the liberty of the Spirit to a […] of the flesh. See here how we love pleasures more than the word. Some are godly so long as they can get gain by their godliness, who quickly can be cold, when they have gotten greater preferment in the Church of God. They forget that which we must remember, that we must grow in zeal, in love, in affection, and indiligence, as we ••rease in outward things, that we may show our selves not so much to seek after profit as after a better life, not vain pleasure, but pleasure of the mind, not carnal glory out the hope of Gods kingdom.
Seeing then we are giuen to loue our selues▪ and to make 〈…〉 a gaine, or rather loue the word for gaine, pleasure, and vaine glorie, wee shall see how great a thing it is, to loue the word for it owne sake, that is, because it is the word of God▪ But many will vrge the vse of lawfull things and say, Why may I not eate this mea•e? may I not weare this fashion? may I not put on such apparell? they bee lawfull the•• natures▪ I answere, that1