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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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The want of seeing the monstrous ugliness of this palpable darkness maketh us dull in prayer for the light of Gods spirit. Wherefore we must desire that that may be stricken into our consciences which we have in judgement, that is, that we may see how amiable,1 glorious, and heavenly a thing it is to be enlightened with Gods light, and how horrible a thing it is to be plunged in the darkness of the soul; how sweet, excellent, and beautiful a thing it is to believe and love the word, and how loathsome and palpable is mistrust and ignorance.
The want of seeing the monstrous vglines of this palpable darkenesse maketh vs dull in prayer for the light of Gods spirit. Wherefore we must desire that that may be stricken into our consciences which we haue in iudgement, that is, that we may see how amiable,1 glorious, and heauenly a thing it is to be enlightned with Gods light, and how horrible a thing it is to be plunged in the darkenes of the soule; how sweete, excellent, and beautifull a thing it is to beleeue and loue the word, and how loathsome and palpable is mistrust and ignorance.
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We must then be persuaded, that though we are not in prison, we walk in the night and in the darkness, whilst we are in ignorance, yet the Lord will▪ give us in time to suspect our hearts of ignorance, and work in us both a desire and a delight to love and live after the word, and that we shall find the truth of this verse in ourselves, to say with the Prophet, Thy word is a lantern to my feet, and alight to my paths.
We must then be perswaded, that though we are not in prison, we walke in the night and in the darkenes, whilest we are in ignorance, yet the Lord wil▪ giue vs in time to suspect our hearts of ignorance, and worke in vs both a desire and a delight to loue and liue after the word, and that we shall find the truth of this verse in ourselues, to say with the Prophet, Thy word is a lanterne to my fecte, and alight to my paths.