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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.
True it is, there are many weaknesses and infirmities in Gods ••i••ren, as•r•th and anger; yet by how much they be the more and the greater, the more and the oftener they1 are to watch over themselves. Shall they then give place and […] themselves in anger? Some man will say, we are full of corruption, we cannot but often f•ll. We answer, we must be the more wary of our selves: for it is one thing to be tempted, and another thing to nourish and foster a temptation: for if a man being p•o•o••• to anger, and let the Sun go down in his wrath, can fall asleep in his anger, and can be angry still when he awaketh again, the spirit of God there hath not the chief rule, but iniquity hath dominion over him. Wherefore when temptation ariseth, let us learn by prayer to prevent the raging of it. As thus: Lord, I will not thus much trust myself, that I can match with sin, Lord I have corruption in me, but cleanse thou me from my sin, and let it not utterly prevail against me.
True it is, there are many weakenesses and infirmities in Gods ••i••ren, as•r•th and anger; yet by how much they be the more and the greater, the more and the oftner they1 are to watch ouer themselues. Shall they then giue place and 〈…〉 themselues in anger? Some man will say, wee are full of corruption, wee cannot but often f•ll. Wee answere, we must be the more watie of our selues: for it is one thing to be tempted, and another thing to nourish and foster a temptation: for if a man being p•o•o to anger, and let the Sun goe downe in his wrath, can fall asleepe in his anger, and can be angrie still when he awaketh againe, the spirit of God there hath not the chiefe rule, but iniquitie hath dominion ouer him. Wherefore when temptation ariseth, let vs learne by prayer to preuent the raging of it. As thus: Lord, I will not thus much trust myselfe, that I can match with sinne, Lord I haue corruption in me, but cleanse thou me from my sinne, and let it not vtterly preuaile against me.