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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.
Verse. 155. Salvation it far from the wicked▪ because they seek not thy statutes.
Verse. 155. Saluation it farre from the wicked▪ because they seeke not thy statutes.
HE said in the portion going before, they are far from thy law: here he saith, they seek▪ not thy statutes: in which words he expresseth his meaning more plainly. In the former place he saith, they were far from the law; here he confesseth they sought it not at all. His meaning of this verse is thus much: I see their manners are wicked, I know they cannot prosper in them, for thou art the judge of the world, therefore they have no interest to salvation. And why? there is no coherence between wickedness and salvation. If we were in truth persuaded of this, we would not solely in sin. For if we did surely believe that salvation pertaineth to none, but to them that keep a true faith, and therewith labour to join a good conscience, how durst we be so bold Idolaters, so profane swearers, so unreverent breakers of the Sabbath? If blasphemous mouths were throughly persuaded of this, would they not tremble and quake, that now mock and scoff at the ministry, and ministers of the word? we see then how piercing words these are. They that depart from God, by going to wizards, they that go far from his word by changing his holy Sabbath, which is as a day of medicine for the soul, into an hurtful day, the Lord will also depart from them, the Lord will be far from their salvation. All sins wherein men lie and continue, put them far from salvation. But who then shall be saved? even they that labour for faith and a good conscience. Who then shall be damned? they that are far from faith, and seek not Gods law.