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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.
The sense of the man of God is: If Lord, thou wilt deliver me, I shall obey thee more; if not, Lord give me strength to glorify thee by patience. Away then with the violence of flesh and blood, which maketh us to some out these and such like speeches: Who could away with such pangs as I suffer? who could suffer such pains as I am in? Surely even they that pray to God to profit by them, they have Gods spirit: as for the wicked they cannot profit thereby. If then we be delivered out of adversity, we must obey the word; if not, we must crave wisdom to see the will of God, constancy to abide in it, patience meekly and thankfully to suffer whatsoever the Lord shall lay upon us. I care not (saith the man of God) so much for my liberty, as I might thereby praise thy name, and obey thy commandments. This is an usual thing in the book of God, to pray for the Lords countenance: Psal. 4 6. Many say, who will show us any good? but Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. And Psal. 67. 1. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. And Psal. 80. 3. 7. 19 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, that we may be saved.
The sense of the man of God is: If Lord, thou wilt deliuer me, I shall obey thee more; if not, Lord giue me strength to glorifie thee by patience. Away then with the violence of flesh and blood, which maketh vs to some out these and such like speeches: Who could away with such pangs as I suffer? who could suffer such paines as I am in? Surely euen they that pray to God to profit by them, they haue Gods spirit: as for the wicked they cannot profit thereby. If then we be deliuered out of aduersitie, we must obey the word; if not, we must craue wisedome to see the will of God, constancie to abide in it, patience meekely and thankfully to suffer whatsoeuer the Lord shall lay vpon vs. I care not (saith the man of God) so much for my libertie, as I might thereby praise thy name, and obey thy commandements. This is an vsuall thing in the booke of God, to pray for the Lords countenance: Psal. 4 6. Many say, who will shew vs any good? but Lord, lift thou vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs. And