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,…

And I shall live: That is, what do men desire but life? that I may live therefore in godly pleasure, Lord teach me to understand thy testimonies. See the man of God doth rest his life in this understanding of the word. They then that are ignorant are dead in sin, ⟨p. 557⟩Ephes 2. They sit in the shadow of death, Luk▪ 1. they are bound in the chains of •••••, as Paul witnesseth of the widows that live delicately. For as we call him a man of death, on whom not the Judge, but the law, or not the law but the fact hath already given judgement: so they are subject to the spiritual death, on whom not God but his word, or not the word, but the sin hath pronounced guilty. What is then life? surely this was life, the estate wherein Adam lived before he fell, his other life afterward, which now is common to us, is a death, and we in him are all dead. For when there was no sin, there was no shame: when there was no shame, there was no trouble, when no trouble, no death. Wherefore sin bringeth in shame, trouble, and death, and hath left us dead spiritually, by cutting us off from God. For as a civill life is when we are obedient to the civill laws; so we live in God, when we live according to his law. And as he is dead civilly, that by transgressing the laws of the realm, hath cut off himself from the common people: so we are spiritually dead, when sin hath cut us off from God.

And I shall liue: That is, what doe men desire but life? that I may liue therefore in godly pleasure, Lord teach me to vnderstand thy testimonies. See the man of God doth rest his life in this vnderstanding of the word. They then that are ignorant are dead in sin, ⟨p. 557⟩Ephes 2. They sit in the shadow of death, Luk▪ 1. they are bound in the chaines of •••••, as Paul witnesseth of the widowes that liue delicately. For as we cal him a man of death, on whom not the Iudge, but the law, or not the lawe but the fact hath already giuen iudgement: so they are subiect to the spirituall death, on whom not God but his word, or not the word, but the sinne hath pronounced guiltie. What is then life? surely this was life, the estate wherein Adam liued before hee fell, his other life afterward, which now is common to vs, is a death, and wee in him are all dead. For when there was no sinne, there was no shame: when there was no shame, there was no trouble, when no trouble, no death. Wherfore sinne bringeth in shame, trouble, and death, and hath left vs dead spiritually, by cutting vs off from God. For as a ciuill life is when wee are obedient to the ciuill lawes; so we liue in God, when wee liue according to his lawe. And as he is dead ciuilly, that by transgressing the lawes of the realme, hath cut off himselfe from the common people: so we are spiritually dead, when sinne hath cut vs off from God.