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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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Wherefore here also are two things to be observed: the first is, that we fear no more to do ill before men, then we do by our selves. For we be given to be loth to be accounted1 ill, and yet make no such conscience to be ill: we see thieves, whores, and ill-do•rs are loth to be so accounted, and yet in the mean season, if they can do this secretly, they make no care of it. We outwardly are careful to maintain our credit, and to travail with our selves, yet secretly we can commit sin greedily. What is this but to be painted sepulchres, and dishes clean without, but foul within? Wherefore we are to beware of this, and so much the rather, because the Lord hath plagued them that in outward show have ⟨p. 543⟩borne a great countenance of religion, whose lives privily were filthy, whose cases and visors when the Lord hath taken from them, and hath revealed their corruptions, they have appeared hypocrites.
Wherefore here also are two things to be obserued: the first is, that we feare no more to do ill before men, then we do by our selues. For wee be giuen to be loth to be accounted1 ill, and yet make no such conscience to be ill: we see theeues, whores, and ill-do•rs are loth to bee so accounted, and yet in the meane season, if they can doe this secretly, they make no care of it. We outwardly are carefull to maintaine our credit, and to trauaile with our selues, yet secretly wee can commit sinne greedily. What is this but to be painted sepulchers, and dishes cleane without, but foule within? Wherefore wee are to beware of this, and so much the rather, because the Lord hath plagued them that in outward shewe haue ⟨p. 543⟩borne a great countenance of religion, whose liues priuily were filthie, whose cases and vizards when the Lord hath taken from them, and hath reuealed their corruptions, they haue appeared hypocrites.
- 1Two observations.