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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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6 Though the hawthorns in spring-time have a fair white flower, pleasant to the sense;1 yet indeed, it is but a pricking thorn: so riches, glorious to the eye, by Christs own mouth are called thorns. They prick both hand & heart. CHRIST hath spoken it in his time,2 and it is not to be thought that they have changed their own nature since. And though we feel not these pricks in the beginning, yet we shall find this true in the end. Though some die as swine in a ditch, as benumbed, as men already plunged in the pit of hell; yet have others wished on their death-bed that they had never gone further then the shovel & spade.3
6 Though the hawthorns in spring-time haue a faire white flower, pleasant to the sense;1 yet indeed, it is but a pricking thorne: so riches, glorious to the eye, by Christs own mouth are called thornes. They pricke both hand & heart. CHRIST hath spoken it in his time,2 and it is not to be thoght that they haue changed their own nature since. And though we feele not these pricks in the beginning, yet we shall find this true in the end. Though some die as swine in a ditch, as benummed, as men already plunged in the pit of hell; yet haue others wished on their death-bed that they had neuer gone further then the shouell & spade.3
- 1Simile.
- 2Riches Thorns.Riches Thornes.
- 3How some rich men die.