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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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10 This duty of reprehension is only to be done to a brother, of whom there be two1 sorts: the natural, and the believing brother; for the faithful have one spiritual Father, and one Holy mother, even the heavenly Jerusalem, the mother of us all. As there be beams so great that we can •ot move them at all, so th•re be some men whom we must not touch with any reproof. We must not reprehend them whom the Church acknowledgeth not for children, for they be not our brethren: Such a• deserve to •e rejected by the Church, I am not bound to perform this duty unto them, for holy things must not be given to ⟨p. 634⟩dogs Again, the scorner must be smitten and cast forth, as Ismael was, he is not worthy a christian reprehension, nor a barker or biter of the religious & godly, as profane Esau: for these cast off all our admonition with a jest. Some thought Paul should have reproved Nero, but it was a rule in the Primitive Church, and the School men have observed, that2 furious Tyrants may not be reproved, least they disturb the peace of the Church. Elijah was more plain with the Kings in his time, albeit he was left alone. If thou hast authority, thou mayest reprove all that are under thee. Reprove strangers only of open and known sins: no Samaritan at all, unless he be wounded. Let us in performing this duty observe divine rules well, for some are as unfit to reprehend and to be reprehended, as Esau's Ploughshare was to make a sword.
10 This dutie of reprehension is onely to be done to a brother, of whom there be two1 sorts: the naturall, and the beleeuing brother; for the faithfull haue one spirituall Father, and one Holie mother, euen the heauenly Ierusalem, the mother of vs all. As there be beames so great that we cā •ot moue them at all, so th•re be some men whom we must not touch with any reproofe. We must not reprehend thē whom the Church acknowledgeth not for childrē, for they be not our brethrē: Such a deserue to e reiected by the Church, I am not bound to performe this dutie vnto them, for holy things must not be giuen to