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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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Yet in the mean time we must remember, that we do all duties of love, and obedience1 to them, as in admonishing them, in praying for them, and mourning for them: and then if nothing will serve, but we must either cleave to them and forsake God, or forsake them and cl••ue to God; we must separate our selves from their corruptions, knowing always, that we must obey the first Table before the second, and piety must go before charity, and we must serve God before we serve man, and nature must give place to godliness.
Yet in the meane time we must remember, that we doe all duties of loue, and obedience1 to them, as in admonishing them, in praying for them, and mourning for them: and then if nothing will serue, but we must either cleaue to them and forsake God, or forsake them and cl••ue to God; we must separate our selues from their corruptions, knowing alwaies, that we must obey the first Table before the second, and pietie must goe before charitie, and we must serue God before we serue man, and nature must giue place to godlinesse.
- 1Duties of love even to Gods children.Duties of loue euen to Gods children.
The fifth rule is, that we must be stricter to our selves, than to any others in some things,1 and we must offer more liberty to others than to our selves: If we complain of sin, let us be at most defiance with our own corruptions; so when we fight against the corruptions of others, we shall not fight against their persons, but against their sins.