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,…

Lo, here is then a remedy, in the sense of these words: Thou art not, O Lord, as man, who upon new occasions, maketh new laws; and upon evil disorders, maketh new orders: but thy righteousness is everlasting, which was with thee from the beginning, which to this time hath b•n revealed, and shall be ever hereafter; therefore I will not yield to this temptation: for though I suffer for thy trueth, yet it is the truth; neither can all the subtleties of Satan, or violence of man make it mutable. O rare gift of God to believe and acknowledge our immutable righteousness, and not to depend on mens devises or shifts, whereby they deceive themselves, as being too shadowish, fading and momentany. They are, layeth the Prophet, plausible, but there is no solidity in them; they ebb and they flow: but thy righteousness (O Lord) is everlasting. Now whereas the devil himself, the Turk and Pope with other heretics cannot deny, but will confess and grant, that there is one only righteousness, constant and everlasting, that herein Christians differ from them, in that they say with the Prophet, Thy Law is truth. Thou hast set down an exact rule of all righteousness wholly in thy Law, concerning all things that thou commandest; and as I believe therefore thy righteousness to be everlasting, so I look for it in thy word; because that righteousness which is all one with thee, is made known and revealed to us, in thy written word.

Loe, here is then a remedie, in the sense of these words: Thou art not, O Lord, as man, who vpon new occasions, maketh new lawes; and vpon euill disorders, maketh new orders: but thy righteousnesse is euerlasting, which was with thee from the beginning, which to this time hath b•n reuealed, and shall be euer hereafter; therefore I will not yeeld to this temptation: for though I suffer for thy trueth, yet it is the truth; neither can all the subtilties of Sathan, or violence of man make it mutable. O rare gift of God to beleeue and acknowledge our immutable righteousnesse, and not to depend on mens deuises or shifts, whereby they deceiue themselues, as being too shadowish, fading and momentany. They are, laith the Prophet, plausible, but there is no solid•tie in them; they ebbe and they flow: but thy righteousnesse (O Lord) is euerlasting. Now whereas the diuell himselfe, the Turke and Pope with other heretikes cannot denie, but will confesse and graunt, that there is one only righteousnes, constant and euerlasting, that herein Christians differ from them, in that they say with the Prophet, Thy Law is truth. Thou hast set downe an exact rule of all righteousnes wholy in thy Law, concerning al things that thou commandest; and as I beleeue therefore thy righteousnes to be euerlasting, so I looke for it in thy word; because that righteousnes which is all one with thee, is made knowne and reuealed to vs, in thy written word.