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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. 104. By thy precepts I have gotten understanding: therefore I hate all the ways of falsehood.
Vers. 104. By thy precepts I haue gotten vnderstanding: therefore I hate all the wayes of falsehood.
AS in the beginning of this part, the Prophet of God protesteth his love to the word; so now in the end he showeth his hatred to the contrary. This then as we have partly set down before, & more largely by Gods grace shall show hereafter, is a true token of love to the word, when we either hate falsehood in religion, or corruption in manners. We are then1 to look into our hearts to see, if we hate Popery and heresy, if there be in us an hatred against blaspheming of the name of God, against adultery, false dealing, and such like. For we cannot love the true worship, but we must hate heresy; we cannot love Gods name, and yet not hate the abusers of it; we cannot love chastity and true dealing, but we must hate adultery, and unrighteousness. But if we feel our selves to be indifferent persons, and come what come may, we care not greatly, undoubtedly we are of no religion. For if thou doest not hate an Atheist, thou lovest not God; if thou hatest not heresy, thou doest2 not love Gods law; if thou hatest not adultery, thou art not truly chaste; if thou hatest not false dealing, thou art unrighteous. We see heretics never hate one another, because none of them love the trueth: for the Papists can be content with the Family of love, and the Family of love with them. Wherefore we see, that many do falsely pretend religion, chastity, and true dealing.
AS in the beginning of this part, the Prophet of God protesteth his loue to the word; so now in the end he sheweth his hatred to the contrarie. This then as we haue partly set down before, & more largely by Gods grace shall shew hereafter, is a true token of loue to the word, whē we either hate falsehood in religion, or corruptiō in manners. We are then