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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. 106. I have sworn and will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgements.
Vers. 106. I haue sworne and will performe it, that I will keepe thy righteous iudgements.
Now as his faith was the first argument he used: so the second was his conscience, his1 love, & his affection to the word, which he showeth by his oath: & that we may know it to be no wandering motion of his mind, carrying him away, but a thing well considered of, and constant, he protesteth that he will keep his oath. Wherein he declareth, that many men have sometimes motions to good, but they either die presently, or else2 they be so cold, that they quickly fall away. But as we may see, he was no such light-headed man. We have here to learn, that this is a judgement of God, why many do not profit in the word, because they cannot, (being void both of grief, for their natural blindness, as also of the clear sight and faith in Gods word) say in trueth, Thy word is a lantern to my feet, &c. Now if these things be in us, we must pray that we may be moved with a purpose to continue in them, and purposing we must beware we break it not, but be constant.
NOw as his faith was the first argument he vsed: so the second was his conscience, his1 loue, & his affection to the word, which he sheweth by his oath: & that we may know it to be no wandring motion of his minde, carrying him away, but a thing well considered of, and constant, he protesteth that he will keepe his oath. Wherein he declareth, that many men haue sometimes motions to good, but they either die presently, or else2 they be so cold, that they quickely fall away. But as we may see, he was no such light-headed man. We haue here to learne, that this is a iudgement of God, why many doe not profit in the word, because they cannot, (being void both of griefe, for their natural blindnesse, as also of the cleere sight and faith in Gods word) say in trueth, Thy word is a lantorne to my feet, &c. Now if these things be in vs, we must pray that we may be moued with a purpose to continue in them, and purposing we must beware we breake it not, but be constant.