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,…

Gods children dare not dally with their most privy thoughts, for they know that God seeth in darkness as well as in delight: he is the God of the night as of the day, & to him they are both as one; he beholdeth their thoughts a far off, and there is no word in their tongue: which he knoweth not: they know he is privy to their down lyings, and uprisings; to their goings out, and their comings in; neither can they in any place, high or low, far or near, early or late fly from his all-seeing presence. If they do ill, they tarry not long to seek reconcilement, because they know that his judgements are according to truth: if they do well, they are not proud of it. This worketh in them a wonderful boldness in ⟨p. 596⟩Gods causes, and bringeth them to fear, when their cause is not good. Again, it breedeth patience in trouble, profit in slanders, meekness, when the world contemneth them, seen in secret sins, knowing that when the world hath passed in judgement on them▪ there •••ll judgement in greater truth be given of them by Christ. And again, though they escape the judgements of man; yet they shall not escape the judgements of God. But as the Lord throweth the wicked with their hypocrisies to hell: So he will humble and punish his children with sore corrections. So that this is the way of them that walk before the Lord, they know in time the Lord will reward, and make known their secret godliness, and in time punish and make known their secret sins.

Gods children dare not dally with their most priuie thoughts, for they know that God seeth in darknes as wel as in delight: he is the God of the night as of the day, & to him they are both as one; hee beholdeth their thoughts a farre off, and there is no word in their tongu: which he knoweth not: they know he is priuy to their down lyings, and vprisings; to their goings out, and their commings in; neither can they in any place, high or low, far or neare, early or late flie from his al-seeing presence. If they doe ill, they tarry not long to seeke reconcilement, because they knowe that his iudgements are according to truth: if they doe well, they are not proude of it. This worketh in them a wonderfull boldnesse in ⟨p. 596⟩Gods causes, and bringeth them to feare, when their cause is not good. Againe, it breedeth patience in trouble, profit in slaunders, meeknes, when the world contemneth them, sene in secret sinnes, knowing that when the world hath passed in iudgement on them there ll iudgement in greater truth be giuen of them by Christ. And againe, though they escape the iudgements of man; yet they shall not escape the iudgements of God. But as the Lord throweth the wicked with their hypocrisis to hell: So hee will humble and punish his children with sore corrections. So that this is the way of them that walke before the Lord, they know in time the Lord will reward, and make knowne their secret godlines, and in time punish and make knowne their secret sinnes.