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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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This rule then must be diligently observed, that we be always as careful and desirous to join our selves with godly company, as we be to avoid the assemblies of the wicked. If this be so, as it ought to be indeed; then how great and how grievous is their sin, and1 how fearfully do they offend, which forsake the society of the godly, to dwell among the wicked, and do leave the company of Gods people, to have the familiarity of wicked men? It were good for such to consider what the Angel of the Lord said unto Hagar, when she fled from Sarah her mistress: Hagar, Sarahs maid, whence comest thou? and whither ⟨p. 613⟩2wilt thou go? This talk might pass between them. Angel. Whence comest thou?3 Hagar. From Abraham's house. Angel. Whither goest thou? Hagar. Into Egypt. Angel. Whence comest thou? Hagar. From the people of God. Angel. Whither goest thou? Hagar. To the ungodly Egyptians. Angel. Whence comest thou? Hagar. From the Church of God. Angel. Whither goest thou? Hagar. To the Synagogue of Satan. Angel. Take heed to thy self and beware, commit not this great wickedness, do not this great sin against the Lord, return thy self unto thy mistress, humble thy self unto her, and be obedient unto her will. How pithy is this speech? How effectual and worthy to be remembered, if we have already changed our places, or if we go about to change them? Let us remember the saying of the Angel, and let us consider whether it may not likewise be said unto us: whence comest thou? out of the Church of God: whither goest thou? to the assembly of heretics: where hast thou been? in the Church: where art thou, or4 whither wilt thou go? to the world & the vanity thereof. O fearful exchange ▪ Refrain thy self betimes, return thy foot with speed, come hastily to the Lord thy God, humble thy self under his hand, promise and perform all obedience unto him, that thee may receive thee to his favour again. Let us think that the Lord doth speak unto our consciences, and let us answer him with a pure heart, and it will without doubt stay us from many unadvised and unprofitable changes.