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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.
As thou usest to do to them that love thy name, &c. The words in their proper tongue signify thus much: According to thy in lgements, which thou do•st execute to them that love thy name, according to that in the fourth verse of the seventh portion. I remember thy judgements of old o Lord, and have been comforted. His meaning therefore in these former words, is not fully expressed▪ Here we may learn, the necessary use of this word, and how needful a thing it is, and how special a gift it is of God his wisdom, rightly to discern and distinguish the words.
As thou vs•st to doe to them that loue thy name, &c. The words in their proper tongue signifie thus much: According to thy in lgements, which thou do•st execute to them that loue thy name, according to that in the fourth verse of the seuenth portion. I remember thy iudgements of old o Lord, and haue bene comforted. His meaning therefore in these former words, is not fully expressed▪ Here we may learne, the necessarie vse of this word, and how needfu•l a thing it is, and how speciall a gift it is of God his wisedome, rightly to discerne and distinguish the words.
Judgements as we have often fore showed, is taken either for executing the threatenings1 of the Lord denounced in wrath and in desert: or else for the performance of his promises, made in compassion and of mercy. His meaning briefly is: be merciful in judging me, as thou art wont to judge thy servants, let me have judgement in mercy, and enter not into the judgement of my sins, for no flesh then shall be saved, and deal with me, as with thy dear servant. If we be guilty of our own crosses, we must acknowledge our sins, as the just causes thereof, for never any of the children of God obtained mercy without this. We are then in trouble to look to the promises of God, if we by faith can find the like testimony of a good conscience: but when we see our sins to be the cause of our troubles, or that it is the Lord his hand of justice upon us, we cannot in truth use this prayer of the Prophet. There is a judgement in righteousness, and there is a judgement