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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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Although then the promises of God are not at all times by and by performed, nor his judgements presently executed; but the godly do often groan under miseries, and the ungodly wallow in their delights; yet the Lord after death will show, that he is righteous, when he will erect & magnify his justice before his glorious throne. This thing appeareth to be manifest, by that history Luke 16. of the rich man and Lazarus, who (that the Lord1 might make known his justice (died both together: but as their life was altogether divers, so their death did altogether differ. For the rich man lived delicately, and fared daintily; but Lazarus lying sore and hungry at his gate, found more courtesy at his dogs, which licked him, than at his hands which should have relieved him. Well, when they were both dead, it is said, that the rich man being in hell in torments, lifting up his eyes, and seeing ⟨p. 536⟩Lazarus a far oft in Abraham's bosom, cried, Father Abraham, send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool his tongue: but Abraham answered, Thou art far deceived and disappointed, my son, the places are far distant between thee and us, so that the inhabitants must keep their places. And my son, consider of the equity of Gods justice herein, for thou in thy life time didst live in health, in pleasure and prosperity, and didst not glorify God thereby, therefore it is meet and right with God, that thou shouldest now have pain and torments; and this man having poverty, sickness and misery, desired Gods glory: wherefore it standeth with the righteous promise of the Lord, that he should now receive joy & comfort. So Christ also teacheth us, though at the first, the Lord regardeth not all good at the […], yet he that rewardeth one, will reward all; and he that punisheth one, will surely in time punish all, either here or in some other; place either now or at some other time. We must then be content to have our lives hidden in Christ, that it may appear with Christ at his coming. Now as this doctrine seemeth profitable for comfort, so is it necessary also for terror. For if a man shall lie in sin, and yet through impunity, because neither the hand of God is upon him, nor the authority of the Magistrate taketh hold on him, shall not repent: and because as the wise man saith,