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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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8 Being often troubled suddenly in his deepest meditations with distractions of mind, he tried whether they were of God or not, in this manner: If they did either bring some evil things past into his mind to humble him, or some good thing to comfort him, and make him thankful; or if they did instruct him in any thing to come, leaving an admonition in him to be circumspect, then he took them to be of God: but if they drew his mind from the things present, to rove and wander after other matters, he presently suspected it, and fell to prayer, to be established in his present calling, from whence his own1 corruptions and Satan went about to lead him.
8 Being often troubled suddenly in his deepest meditations with distractions of mind, he tryed whether they were of God or not, in this manner: If they did either bring some euill things past into his minde to humble him, or some good thing to comfort him, and make him thankefull; or if they did instruct him in any thing to come, leauing an admonition in him to be circumspect, then hee tooke them to be of God: but if they drewe his minde from the things present, to roue and wander after other matters, hee presently suspected it, and fell to prayer, to be established in his present calling, from whence his owne1 corruptions and Sathan went about to leade him.
- 1How to help our sudden failing of our memory in preaching the word.How to helpe our sudden failing of our memorie in preaching the word.
9 He had often in his public ministry and private conference, a sudden failing in memory, so as by no means he could recover himself in those things he purposed to speak: in which case he used this remedy, presently to groan in his hart, and to humble ⟨p. 24⟩