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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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Elijah (whose zeal as much pleased the Lord, as the coldness of Ely displeased him) was of a fervent spirit; for when the Lord asked him where he had been, he answered: I have been zealous for the Lord God of Hosts sake, and when he complained, that he could find none which had not bowed unto Baal, the Lord vouchsafeth to comfort him, and telleth him, there be 7000. which never bowed their knees to him. Well, because he continued zealous in beating down Idolatry, the Lord came down visibly with a fiery Chariot, and fetched Elijah from earth to heaven.
Elias (whose zeale as much pleased the Lord, as the coldnes of Elie displeased him) was of a feruent spirit; for when the Lord asked him where he had been, he answered: I haue beene zealous for the Lord God of Hosts sake, and when he complained, that he could finde none which had not bowed vnto Baal, the Lord vouchsafeth to comfort him, and telleth him, there be 7000. which neuer bowed their knees to him. Well, because he continued zealous in beating downe Idolatrie, the Lord came downe visibly with a firie Chariot, and fetched Eliah from earth to heauen.
We need not here speak of the great zeal of Moses, Phinehas, and other of the servants of ⟨p. 549⟩God. We see and know the cause of this love in the man of God, was the pureness of the word. We heard in the first verse, that the judgements of the Lord were righteous, we have heard in the second verse, that the testimonies of the Lord contained a special righteousness, we shall hear in the sixth verse, that the righteousness of the Lord is an everlasting righteousness, we may see in the seventh verse, that it made him delight in trouble, and in the eight verse, that the righteousness of the Lord is everlasting. Wherefore doth he this? as we have already said to strengthen his Faith: for after he had said, that the rivers of tears through zeal and grief burst out of his eyes, he addeth and rehearseth these things. What shall we say, they are vain repetitions? Nay, we know the holy Ghost reproveth1