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,…

This is then the thing wherein we differ much from heretics, for though they give as¹ great and glorious titles to Gods righteousness as we d•; yet they will not with us acknowledge that Gods word is truth. For as we see many men, that will come, and are driven to subscribe to these general speeches. That the righteousness of the Lord is everlasting, so they will easily be brought to discredit the word, whereunto they will not stand. For the Turk cleaveth to his dreams, the Pope to his traditions, the heretics to their revelations, the heathen to their fantasies, the worldlings to their policies.

This is then the thing wherein we differ much from heretikes, for though they giue as¹ great and glorious titles to Gods righteousnes as we d•; yet they will not with vs acknowledge that Gods word is truth. For as we see many men, that will come, and are driuen to subscribe to these generall speeches. That the righteousnes of the Lord is euerlasting, so they will easily be brought to discredit the word, whereunto they will not stand. For the Turke cleaueth to his dreames, the Pope to his traditions, the heretikes to their reuelations, the heathen to their fantasies, the worldlings to their policies.

1. 1How Christians differ much from heretics.How Christians differ much from heretikes.

Thy word is truth 1. As there is one sure and never changing righteousness: so I will not clime up to heaven to seek for it there, I will not go down to the low places of the earth to seek it out there, neither will I descend into hell for it, but I will look for it in thy word, according to that,