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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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The self same must also stay us, when we are in the like temptations, when we shall be counted as precise fools, and unquiet spirits, because we weep and lament for the sins of others; or when we, seeing the wicked live in such pleasures, begin to marvel how it cometh to pass, that the godly are so ill dealt withal, and when the godly live with tears, and the ungodly pass their time in joy.
The selfe same must also stay vs, when we are in the like temptations, when we shall be counted as precise fooles, and vnquiet spirits, because we weepe and lament for the sinnes of others; or when we, seeing the wicked liue in such pleasures, begin to maruell how it commeth to passe, that the godly are so ill dealt withall, and when the godly liue with teares, and the vngodly passe their time in ioy.
Wherefore the man of God raiseth up himself with this meditation: howsoever those1 things seem to be confounded & cast together, yet thou ô Lord, art God, and governest all: thou art a righteous God, and thy judgements are righteous; yea every word of thy word ô Lord is righteous and true; thy promises which in time thou shalt perform, will not fall away; nor thy judgements which thou wilt one day execute, shall not fail. Behold how we also must strengthen our faith in the like assaults. This was a notable example of faith, which so yielded to the due obedience of the word of God, for our instruction: when we are in such distress, our eyes must not be set on any visible or earthly things, but only on things invisible and heavenly, even on the word of God, on his promises, which he will perform; on his justice, which he will execute: we must I say have our eyes lifted up further than the scope of heaven, and the circuits of the Sun; we must look to heaven, where Gods promises shall be fully performed and accomplished; we must look to hell, where his judgements shall be finished & fully executed. For though both Gods promises may on earth be performed, and his vengeance may here be executed; yet all his promises are not showed to any, nor many of them showed to all, but there may be some wanting of them; and the wicked may have a great torment of mind, and hell of conscience,