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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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Thou hast (saith David) trodden down in times past, thou wilt tread down again. 2. Pet. 2. 4. If God spared not his Angels that had sinned, but cast them down into hell, nor the old world, nor Sodom. &c. Thus our Saviour Christ, and with him his Apostles, teach by precepts and confirm by examples, and so must all the godly Ministers approve and teach this doctrine, that the godly may have their faith established in Gods promises, and to leave the wicked excuse less against the day of judgement. They have left us a president to follow, whereby we must be awaked from slum bring, that Gods children may stoop, and the rest be committed to the righteous judgement of God. We see how we may profit by examining several judgements for several sins, hath not God appointed in his word, and1 executed from heaven a several punishment for several sins? Doth God say that Idolaters, Heretics, and profane professors should be swept away with plagues and wars, and hath he not swept away the Egyptians in the red sea, Exod. 14? Did the Lord threaten the breach of the Sabbath with death? And did he not strike the man, that did but in that day gather sticks, Numb. 15? Whose sin though men spared on earth, yet the Lord punished it from heaven. Nehemiah taught his people this doctrine, saying, Did not the wrath of God fall on our fathers for our example? Yet there is to be noted, that evermore the Lord hath done, and doth fatherly correct and admonish, before he utterly sweepeth away. Shall we think that the Lord is altered? His long suffering did not presently punish, neither after he had threatened, but he gave term to repent: he hath dealt so graciously with countries, nations, and people, that he hath not so trodden them down, as they have trodden down his glory, but by benefits hath allured them, by chastisements driven them, and by examples persuaded them to repent before his plague came. The Lord hath appointed for disobedient children death, Deut. 21. 18. If any man hath a son stubborn and disobedient, which will not hearken unto the voice of his Father, nor the voice of his Mother, and they have chastened him, and he would not obey them, and after complaint made to the Elders of the City, all the men of the City shall stone him with stones unto death. And