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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
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The providence of the Lord being so rich, and his hand so wide and large, we must not be afraid of so small a loss of worldly goods. We know that Zedekiah being a Prince, Jere. 37. when the fear of God was gone from him, feared that the very common people would mock him, so that he could not obey the Prophet. Again, we know that Jeremiah being the Prophet, having this reverent fear of God seasoning his heart, was nothing dismayed, with all that either Zedekiah or any other of the kings could do unto him. Among many places, excellent is that, Job. 31. where the man of God, partly to stop the mouths of his adversaries, partly to comfort his own soul, with the record of a good conscience, and partly to show the secret judgements of God, and that he did not suffer for his sins, as he was accused, but for some secret cause best known to the Lord; he testifieth how free he was from fornication, from adultery, from injuries, from unmercifulness, from cruelty with his servants, and from oppression; and showeth the cause why all these things were in him, because the Lord beheld all his ways, and told all his steps. First, for fornication, he made a covenant with his eyes, because there is no portion, no inheritance, from the Almighty, to the wicked, but destruction, and strange punishments to the workers of iniquity: and as of fornication, so also he speaketh, how he was preserved by the fear of Gods judgements from adultery; 'and afterward coming to show his innocency in not cruelly dealing with his servants, he saith, If I should contemn the judgement of my servant, &c •hat then shall I do, when God standeth up! and when he shall visit me, what shall I answer?
The prouidence of the Lord being so rich, and his hand so wide and large, we must not be afraide of so small a losse of worldly goods. Wee know that Zedechiah being a Prince, Iere. 37. when the feare of God was gone from him, feared that the very common people would mocke him, so that he could not obey the Prophet. Againe, we know that Ieremiah being the Prophet, hauing this reuerent feare of God seasoning his heart, was nothing dismaid, with all that either Zedechiah or any other of the kings could do vnto him. Among many places, excellent is that,