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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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This is then the wisdom of God his spirit in his children, which men call preciseness,1 to set a wary and heedy watch over every affection that we think, over every word which we speak, over every deed we do, least we be deceived, and through deceit be hardened, and so iniquity get the dominion over us. Thus we see the Prophet desireth the gift of perseverance, acknowledging, that to continue is Gods gift, as well as to begin. And in that he desireth special mercy to persevere, he declareth that many begin well; but afterward iniquity getteth the upper hand, and they fall away: so that it is a peculiar mercy of God to preserve his to the end. And in praying as well here for the […] affections, as he did before for the direction of his judgment, he giveth us to understand, that if we purpose to persevere, we must no less look to our affections, than to our judgement This then is a double grace of God on whomsoever▪ first to have our judgement enlightened, and then to have our affections touched.
This is then the wisedome of God his spirit in his children, which men call precisenes,1 to set a warie and heedy watch ouer euery affection that we thinke, ouer euery word which we speake, ouer euery deede we doe, least wee be deceiued, and through deceite bee hardened, and so iniquitie get the dominion ouer vs. Thus we see the Prophet desireth the gift of perseuerance, acknowledging, that to continue is Gods gift, as well as to begin. And in that he desireth speciall mercy to perseuere, he declareth that many begin well; but afterward iniquitie getteth the vpper hand, and they fall away: so that it is a peculi•r mercy of God to preserue his to the end. And in praying as well here for the 〈…〉 affections, as he did before for the direction of his iudgmēt, he giueth vs to vnderstand, that if we purpose to perseuere, we must no lesse looke to our affections, than to our iudgement This then is a double grace of God on whomsoeuer▪ first to haue our iudgement enlightened, and then to haue our affections touched.
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