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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now that Faith may be the more strengthened, we must join there unto patience. For1 that we may be faithful, it is needful to wait on Gods leisure, in tarrying by patience, to have our prayers granted, according to those promises, wherein by Faith we believed. We see, the man of God his Faith was not here cut off at the first brunt, as being discouraged or ready to break his faith, for he saith, I wai•e on thy word. Likewise he saith, Psal. 135. I have waited on the Lord, my soul hath waited, and I have trusted in his word 6. My soul waiteth on the Lord, more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning. 7. Let Israel wait on the Lord, &c. Behold, after he made mention of the mercy of the Lord, he speaketh three times of his patience in waiting on him; so that we see this to be the property of Gods children, first undoubtedly to take hold of his promises, and then to support their faith by patience, in waiting for the accomplishment of his promises.
Now that Faith may be the more strengthened, we must ioyne there unto patience. For1 that we may be faithfull, it is needfull to waite on Gods leisure, in tarying by patience, to haue our prayers graunted, according to those promises, wherein by Faith wee belieued. We see, the man of God his Faith was not here cut off at the first brunt, as being discouraged or ready to breake his faith, for he saith, I wai•e on thy word. Likewise he saith, Psal. 135. I haue waited on the Lord, my soule hath waited, and I haue trusted in his word 6. My soule waiteth on the Lord, more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning. 7. Let Israel waite on the Lord, &c. Behold, after he made mention of the mercie of the Lord, he speaketh three times of his patience in wayting on him; so that we see this to bee the propertie of Gods children, first vndoubtedly to take hold of his promises, and then to support their faith by patience, in wayting for the accomplishment of his promises.
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