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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
If the man of God here so resisted the devil and wicked men, which are as the instruments of Satan, breathing for our destruction; we must also fight against them after his example, although his soul fainted, his eyes failed, his flesh parched, his natural powers melted. This we may also see, how the Saints of God mourned in their prayer. Away then with this common saying, which proceeds from inconstancy: I have borne injuries long, I have taken much at his hand, and put up many wrongs, should I suffer him still to abuse me, and let my self be undone? Surely even to the failing of our eyes the Prophet showeth us, we must maintain a good cause, and seeing the Lord hath the issues of all things in his hand, and helpeth desperate cases, he will undoubtedly help us, if we leave not our case. Then we see, though he had devoured many evils, yet he executed judgement and justice: so we must swallow up many injuries, and yet neither depart from the Lord, nor cease from our cause.
If the man of God here so resisted the diuell and wicked men, which are as the instruments of Sathan, breathing for our destruction; we must also fight against them after his example, although his soule fainted, his eyes failed, his flesh parched, his naturall powers melted. This we may also see, how the Saints of God mourned in their prayer. Away then with this common saying, which proceedes from inconstancie: I haue borne iniuries long, I haue taken much at his hand, and put vp many wrongs, should I suffer him still to abuse mee, and let my selfe be vndone? Surely euen to the failing of our eyes the Prophet sheweth vs, wee must maintaine a good cause, and seeing the Lord hath the issues of all things in his hand, and helpeth desperate cases, he will vndoubtedly helpe vs, if we leaue not our case. Then we see, though he had deuoured many euils, yet he executed iudgement and iustice: so we must swallow vp many iniuries, and yet neither depart from the Lord, nor cease from our cause.
And though we would cry in our prayers, to be heard to the clouds, and send forth1 loud shrikes, though we would roar as a cannon gun, yet what is it that seasoneth our prayers; even the mourning of our hearts, the failing of our eyes, and when we pray with unspeakable sighs, which cannot be expressed. For they be not loud, eloquent, and well set prayers, which are acceptable to the Lord, but our staying our selves on the Lord, and our continuing in well doing, and our maintaining of a good cause to the utmost; so that a man might sooner pull the eyes out of our heads, and the heart out of our