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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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This doctrine may be manifested by familiar examples. If a man shall steal things of great weight, or some great sum of money, which deserveth hanging, and the cutting off of life, we will abhor him: but when it cometh out that they may •eale less things, as wood, and corn, and that not of necessity, but even of greediness of mind, thinking it not to be subject to so high a punishment, they will make no conscience of it. But if Adam was cast out of Paradise for the biting of an apple, we must not think any thing that the word commandeth or forbiddeth to be little, or that the doing or not doing is but a trifling sin, least that through the just judgements of God, we falling by little and little by degrees, fall into great & monstrous sins. And as this is in life, so is it much more in the worship of God. It is a great fault that we will make a scruple in matters of small importance, and will not stick to be dissolute in things of greater weight. Indeed it must needs be confessed, that our grand zeal must be in great things, and yet we must not lightly esteem of any thing in the glorious word of God.
This doctrine may be manifested by familiar examples. If a man shall steale things of great weight, or some great summe of money, which deserueth hanging, and the cutting off of life, we will abhorre him: but when it cōmeth out that they may •eale lesse things, as wood, and corne, and that not of necessitie, but euen of greedinesse of minde, thinking it not to be subiect to so high a punishment, they will make no conscience of it. But if Adam was cast out of Paradise for the biting of an apple, wee must not thinke any thing that the word commaundeth or forbiddeth to be little, or that the doing or not doing is but a trifling sinne, least that through the iust iudgements of God, we falling by little and little by degrees, fall into great & monstrous sinnes. And as this is in life, so is it much more in the worship of God. It is a great fault that wee will make a scruple in matters of small importance, and will not sticke to be dissolute in things of greater weight. Indeed it must needs be confessed, that our grand zeale must be in great things, and yet wee must not lightly esteeme of any thing in the glorious word of God.