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 former verse is amplified by the contrary estate & condition of the wicked, their way is as darkness, because they be destitute of the light of Gods word, and they know not wherein they shall fall: they sin & see it not; they run unto heresies, and know it not; the judgements of God hang over their heads, & they espy it not: therefore when¹ they think least, they shall be brought into greatest danger; trouble shall assail them like an armed man, and their sorrow shall come upon them like as upon a woman that travelleth with •hild▪ In this case are all those which are not enlightened by the word, this is the state of all those that make not the word their lantern, continually to shine out before them. But the children of God are in a contrary case, they are directed by the word in all their doings, and in the light of the word they see light. They see the subtlety of sin, and therefore they shun it, and they are taken with an horror as it were of all manner of heresies, they foresee Gods judgements and prevent them, and so are they kept safe and preserved from evil. Thus far have we been dehorted from ungodly company, both by precepts and reasons. The second part of this dehortation followeth from this place to the end of the Chapter.

THe former verse is amplified by the contrarie estate & condition of the wicked, their way is as darknes, because they be destitute of the light of Gods word, and they know not wherein they shall fall: they sin & see it not; they run vnto heresies, and knowe it not; the iudgements of God hang ouer their heads, & they espie it not: therefore when