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,…

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 ⟨p. 523⟩in mercy. Of the first the man of God speaketh when he saith, Enter not into judgement, ²&c. the judgement in righteousness: of the second the Prophet Jeremiah speaketh, Correct me, O Lord, yet in judgement. that is, in the judgement of mercy and fatherly correction. And because we fail for the most part, either in our outward actions or inward affections, we had need to pray, that the Lord would deal with us according to his merciful judgement. True it is, that the Saints of God do say, O God of my righteousness, O God of my salvation: but that is to be understood in respect of men, and not in respect of God: but they that come with their case to be judged and pleaded before God, must needs say▪ Lord be merciful to thy servants. We must never draw near then in prayer before the Lord, without this clause, that the Lord would accept us, in Christ hi• obedience, and that we doubt not of mercy, when the Lord judgeth us in his Christ.

Iudgements as we haue often fore shewed, is taken either for executing the threatnings¹ of the Lord denounced in wrath and in desert: or else for the performance of his promises, made in compassion and of mercie. His meaning briefly is: be mercifull in iudging me, as thou art wont to iudge thy seruants, let me haue iudgement in mercie, and enter not into the iudgement of my sinnes, for no flesh then shall be saued, and deale with me, as with thy deare seruant. If we be guiltie of our owne crosses, we must acknowledge our sinnes, as the iust causes thereof, for neuer any of the children of God obtained mercie without this. We are then in trouble to looke to the promises of God, if we by faith can finde the like testimonie of a good conscience: but when we see our sinnes to be the cause of our troubles, or that it is the Lord his hand of iustice vpon vs, we cannot in truth vse this prayer of the Prophet. There is a iudgement in righteousnesse, and there is a iudgement