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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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if we truly rejoice, when we have subdued our affections, murdered our temptations, and put to flight the world, the flesh and the devil, making a show of them through Christ; how much must we be grieved, when our affections have carried us captive, our temptations have slain the soul, and our enemies have taken the spoil of all those spiritual graces which before we possessed. This then must try our repentance whether we have this sorrow or no, when the rage of sin hath spoiled us of God his grace. This affection we see was in the Prophet David, Psal. 51. who crieth, Have mercy upon me, according to thy loving kindness, make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice: Create in me a clean heart, O God, renew a right spirit within me: Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thine holy spirit from me. Where David complaineth, that his heart was hardened, blind was his understanding, troubled was his mind, and his soul in bondage of sin, and in danger to lose Gods spirit. Thus we see how he felt himself spoiled of all the graces of God.
if we truly reioyce, when we haue subdued our affections, murdered our temptations, and put to flight the world, the flesh and the diuell, making a shew of them through Christ; how much must wee be grieued, when our affections haue carried vs captiue, our temptations haue slaine the soule, and our enemies haue taken the spoyle of all those spirituall graces which before wee possessed. This then must trie our repentance whether wee haue this sorrow or no, when the rage of sin hath spoiled vs of God his grace. This affection wee see was in the Prophet Dauid, Psal. 51. who crieth, Haue mercie vpon me, according to thy louing kindnesse, make me heare ioy and gladnes, that the bones which thou hast broken may reioyce: Create in mee a cleane heart, O God, renue a right spirit within me: Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thine holy spirit from me. Where Dauid complaineth, that his heart was hardened, blind was his vnderstanding, troubled was his minde, and his soule in bondage of sinne, and in danger to lose Gods spirit. Thus wee see how hee felt himselfe spoyled of all the graces of God.