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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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We must first see this in judgement, and after be ashamed of our selves. We marvel why we go on in love and affection so little; why we pray so much, and obtain so little; we think, we persuade our selves, to have asked much of the Lord; yea, but not aright. For we must so crave of the Lord to look upon us, that if he should look from us, we should hold our selves to be most miserable. The young Ravens crave of the Lord when they are ⟨p. 522⟩hungry, the Lyons yell and roar for food, and both the croaking of the Ravens, and yelling of the Lyons is satisfied with meat. If the Lord so dealeth with these, which are more inferior creatures than man, much more wil• he do it to us, if we with like affection shall crave it. If the Lord then look not on us, and be merciful unto us, we are gone, and then we are to show our longing to his mercy, and to ease our hearts with prayer, according to the example prescribed unto us of the Prophet.
We must first see this in iudgement, and after be ashamed of our selues. Wee maruell why we go on in loue and affection so little; why we pray so much, and obtaine so little; we thinke, we perswade our selues, to haue asked much of the Lord; yea, but not aright. For we must so craue of the Lord to looke vpon vs, that if he should looke from vs, we should hold our selues to be most miserable. The yoong Rauens craue of the Lord whē they are ⟨p. 522⟩hungrie, the Lyons yell and roare for foode, and both the croking of the Rauens, and yelling of the Lyons is satisfied with meate. If the Lord so dealeth with these, which are more inferiour creatures than man, much more wil• he do it to vs, if we with like affection shall craue it. If the Lord then looke not on vs, and be mercifull vnto vs, we are gone, and then we are to shew our longing to his mercie, and to ease our hearts with prayer, according to the example prescribed vnto vs of the Prophet.