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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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Vers. 162. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoils.
Vers. 162. I reioyce at thy word, as one that findeth great spoyles.
AS he hath spoken of his fear, so now he speaketh of his joy. Great is the joy of them that find spoils: for spoils bring victory, and victory makes the triumph: so that spoil brings profit, and the victory pleasure, both then must needs cause great joy. His meaning then is: that what battle soever he did fight, what town soever he spoiled, ⟨p. 583⟩his joy was nothing so great, as it was in taking pleasure in God his word. Here then is a true note to discern us from hypocrites, when we take comfort in nothing so much as in1 the word of God.
AS he hath spoken of his feare, so now he speaketh of his ioy. Great is the ioy of them that finde spoyles: for spoyles bring victorie, and victorie makes the triumph: so that spoyle brings profit, and the victorie pleasure, both then must needes cause great ioy. His meaning then is: that what battaile soeuer he did fight, what towne soeuer he spoiled, ⟨p. 583⟩his ioy was nothing so great, as it was in taking pleasure in God his word. Heere then is a true note to discerne vs from hypocrites, when we take comfort in nothing so much as in1 the word of God.
- 1A true note of Gods child