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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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Again, 1. Cor. 14. 1. that which our common translation hath, Follow after love, & covet gifts, but especially prophecy: the natural Text hath, be zealous after the more excellent gifts▪ And Rom. 12. Be fervent to the spirit, that is, let Gods spirit enkindle in you a fire, which may cause you to flame with a zeal of Gods glory, and with a love of mankind.
Againe, 1. Cor. 14. 1. that which our common translation hath, Follow after loue, & couet gifts, but especially prophecie: the naturall Text hath, bee zealous after the more excellent gifts▪ And Rom. 12. Be feruent to the spirit, that is, let Gods spirit inkindle in you a fire, which may cause you to flame with a zeale of Gods glorie, and with a loue of mankinde.
Now there are divers kinds of zeal: there is a zeal of the world, there is a zeal of the1 flesh; there is a zeal of false religion; there is a zeal of heresy, and there is a zeal of the true word of God. First, we see the zeal of the world maketh men to labour day and2 night to get a transitory thing. The zeal of the flesh tormenteth mens minds early and3 late for a momentary pleasure. The zeal of heresy maketh men travail and compass4 Sea and Land, for the maintaining and increasing of these opinion. Thus we see every man is eaten with some kind of zeal. The drunkard is consumed with drunkenness, the whoremonger is spent with his whoredom, the Heretic is eaten with heresies: oh how ought this to make us ashamed, who are so little eaten, spent, & consumed, with the zeal of the word! And so much the rather, because godly zeal leaveth in us an advantage, and a recompense, which the worldly and carnally zealous men have not. For when they have spent all the strength of their bodies, and powers of their mind, they have no gain, nor comfort left, but torment of conscience; and when they are outwardly spent, they are inwardly never the better: whereas the godly being consumed for a good thing, and eaten up with the zeal of Gods glory, have this notable privilege and profit, that howsoever their outward man perisheth and decayeth, yet their inward man is still refreshed and nourished to everlasting life. Oh what a benefit it is to be eaten with the love and zeal of a good thing.