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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. 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgements.
Vers. 164. Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
AS before the man of God spake of his joy, fear, and hatred; so now he showeth his love, which therefore seemeth to be no cold love, because it made him seven times a day to praise the Lord. As the children of God cannot satisfy themselves in the hatred of sin, no more can they satisfy themselves in the love of the Lord. And as for their true hatred of sin, they abhor it not only in themselves but in others; so for the true love of the Lord, they love it not only in themselves but in others, wheresoever they find it. The meaning of the man of God briefly is thus much: because I see, O Lord, that thou performest thy promise unto thy children, and executest thy threatenings on the wicked, I praise thee, and when I consider the examples of thy judgements and see thy truth so just, I delight in praising thee.
AS before the man of God spake of his ioy, feare, and hatred; so now he sheweth his loue, which therefore seemeth to be no colde loue, because it made him seuen times a day to praise the Lord. As the children of God cannot satisfie themselues in the hatred of sinne, no more can they satisfie themselues in the loue of the Lord. And as for their true hatred of sinne, they abhor it not onely in themselues but in others; so for the true loue of the Lord, they loue it not only in themselues but in others, wheresoeuer they finde it. The meaning of the man of God briefely is thus much: because I see, O Lord, that thou performest thy promise vnto thy children, and executest thy threatnings on the wicked, I praise thee, and when I consider the examples of thy iudgements and see thy truth so iust, I delight in praising thee.