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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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Now whatsoever exhortation is to be drawn from hence, it will little avail us, unless we believe that there is no one thing here in this Psalm, but in some measure it is to be performed of every Christian. For politic men cannot profit by such things, because they do not think that it containeth any general doctrine, but rather that it is a particular doctrine. But seeing this Psalm is the type and image of a regenerate man, and no one treatise so fully and wholly (though peradventure some whole book may do it) expresseth the same; and yet so, that neither the man of God as with a trumpet doth blow forth his own praise, nor womanishly painteth fourth his own miseries by moans and complaints; but advanceth Gods glory, and putteth us in mind, what graces of God should be in us, and humbleth himself and showeth us what infirmities reign in us. What then (will some say) mean these speeches? My soul fainteth, mine eyes failed, mine heart breaketh, 1my soul cleaveth to the ground; my soul melteth, mine eyes gush out with rivers of water. What (say they) appertaineth it to us, that he saith: Seven times a day do I praise thee, I prevented the morning light and cried: mine eyes prevented the night watches: I opened my mouth ⟨p. 538⟩and panted: how sweet are thy promises to my mouth; yea more than honey unto my mouth: I am like a bottle in the smoke, I have remembered thy name in the night: the law of thy […] better unto me, than thousands of gold and silver; I have had as great delight in thy •estim••i•s as in all manner of riches; I love thy commandments above gold, yea above most fine gold: • r• •oyce at thy word, as one that findeth a great spoil: These were extraordinary things, and we have not to deal with them. To answer these we may see the same doctrine in other persons, and in other places of the book of God. Job. 33. Elihu there declareth, that the Lord speaketh divers times unto men, but they see it not; if they profit not by the word, he sendeth them afflictions; if they profit not thereby, he will send one among a thousand to show his mercies unto them.