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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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3 The better to examine sins, let us not weigh them by themselves: for a sin seeming by it self to be but a grain weight, yet by reason of some circumstances, may counterpoise ⟨p. 632⟩a heavy beam. For example, consider the sin of Judas, you shall see it by all the six circumstances: First, of his person, in that he was a Disciple put in trust with the temporal things that belonged to Christ. 2. Of the object, for that he had confessed Christ before. 3. Of the time, when he received the Sacrament. 4. Of the place where Christ went out to pray and to teach his Disciples. 5. Of the manner which was in hypocrisy to say, Hail master, 6. Of the cause; for such a small value. So in like manner the sins are greater in public persons, than in private, and that first for the offence, which Christ1 counteth a beam. There was as much sacrifice offered for the sin of the Priest, as of all the people besides: for surely as the measures of the Sanctuary were double, so their sins were double. Adn as this is said of the person, so now of the place. Public sins are greater than private, in that they have impudency joined with them, in that they be committed with an high hand. In respect of the time, a sin of long continuance is greater than a sin that began but yesterday▪
3 The better to examine sinnes, let vs not weigh them by themselues: for a sinne seeming by it selfe to be but a graine waight, yet by reason of some circumstāces, may counterpoise ⟨p. 632⟩a heauie beame. For example, consider the sinne of Iudas, you shall see it by all the sixe circumstances: First, of his person, in that he was a Disciple put in trust with the temporall things that belonged to Christ. 2. Of the obiect, for that he had confessed Christ before. 3. Of the time, when he receiued the Sacrament. 4. Of the place where Chri•t went out to pray and to teach his Disciples. 5. Of the manner which was in hypocrisite to say, Hayle maister, 6. Of the cause; for such a small value. So in like manner the sinnes are greater in publike persons, than in priuate, and that first for the offence, which Christ