A02178:3501
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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The second observation is, that we look to the privy corruptions of nature lurking in1 our hearts, which contain such a bottomless pit of corruption, that it is the special grace of Gods spirit, to gauge them to the depth. We must therefore learn to search our hearts, for it is the fearful judgement of God, when we make no conscience of sin secretly, to have our sin break forth publicly. As when we have no care to pilfer secretly, we shall be brought to steal openly by the secret wrath of God: whereby also secret lusts, malice & 2hatred, nourished in the heart and affections are permitted to break out in time even into our outward actions. This is a plague to them, who rather would seem to be, than in truth desire to be godly. Covetous men have this property, that they rather would be rich than be accounted rich: such ought our affections to be, that we should indeed rather be godly, than desire to be so accounted of. Let us labour to do well secretly, howsoever for a while it be hidden from the world, that God which seeth our doing in secret, will reward it openly, and in his good time will give us grace to do well publicly.
The second obseruation is, that we looke to the priuie corruptions of nature lurking in1 our hearts, which containe such a bottomlesse pit of corruption, that it is the special grace of Gods spirit, to gage them to the depth. Wee must therefore learne to search our hearts, for it is the fearefull iudgement of God, when we make no conscience of sinne secretly, to haue our sin breake forth publikely. As when we haue no care to pilfer secretly, we shall be brought to steale openly by the secret wrath of God: whereby also secret lusts, malice & 2hatred, nourished in the heart and affections are permitted to breake out in time euen into our outward actions. This is a plague to them, who rather would seeme to be, than in truth desire to be godly. Couetous men haue this propertie, that they rather would be rich than be accounted rich: such ought our affections to be, that we should indeede rather be godly, than desire to bee so accounted of. Let vs labour to doe well secretly, howsoeuer for a while it be hidden from the world, that God which seeth our doing in secret, will reward it openly, and in his good time will giue vs grace to doe well publikely.