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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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though we can howl loftily with the wolf, and deal cunningly with the Grecians, when as the Lord will never suffer a good cause to be maintained by evil means? Some of us seek the word, but in seeking it we rest in our own good meaning, not humbling our selves before the Lord; but our wisdom herein must come from the spirit. For we can no more by the eye of reason, see the light of the word, then Howlets look upon the bright Sun. Wherefore the Lord will have us in all controversies with our adversaries, to depend on him, and to know, that the cause must not depend on our own shoulders, then must we by faith in the bloodshedding of Christ, believe that our sins, neither new nor old, shall hinder the helping hand of the Lord. We must trust on Gods providence and promises, and stay our selves by prayer on his wisdom, if we look to be wiser than our adversaries.
though we can howle loftily with the wolfe, and deale cunningly with the Grecians, when as the Lord will neuer suffer a good cause to be maintained by euill meanes? Some of vs seeke the word, but in seeking it we rest in our owne good meaning, not humbling our selues before the Lord; but our wisdome herein must come from the spirit. For we can no more by the eie of reason, see the light of the word, then Howlets looke vpon the bright Sunne. Wherefore the Lord will haue vs in all controuersies with our aduersaries, to depend on him, and to know, that the cause must not depend on our owne shoulders, then must we by faith in the bloodshedding of Christ, beleeue that our sinnes, neither new nor old, shall hinder the helping hand of the Lord. We must trust on Gods prouidence and promises, and stay our selues by prayer on his wisedome, if we look to be wiser than our aduersaries.
An excellent example hereof we have to prove, that secret sins not repented of, may1 hinder the Lords dealing with us against our enemies. We read that after that filthy incest mentioned in Judg. 17. which made the Levite (whose wife was abused) to cut her in twelve pieces, and send her through all the parts of Israel; there was war between the Beniamites and Israel, and the Beniamites being but few in number, and maintaining an evil cause, in two battles overcame the Israelites, until at length they humbled themselves with prayer and fasting, and repented of that evil which was amongst them: so that in the third assault, the Lord gave his people strength mightily to prevail against their enemies. So we may have a good cause, and use good means, and yet for want of reconciling our selves to God for some sin new or old, we may suffer the overthrow. If then our cause be