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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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2 Behold a miracle, heaven made subject to the earth! O what is man that thou art so mindful of him, not only to give him the rule of the earth, but even of heaven? Whom the Church doth loose on earth, the Lord doth loose in heaven; and whom the Church hath bound on earth, he also hath bound in heaven. He doth many things without us,1 yet when we have done this, he will not alter it, nor do otherwise.
2 Behold a miracle, heauen made subiect to the earth! O what is man that thou art so mindfull of him, not onely to giue him the rule of the earth, but euen of heauen? Whom the Church doth loose on earth, the Lord doth loose in heauen; and whome the Church hath bound on earth, he also hath bound in heauen. Hee doth manie things without vs,1 yet when we haue done this, he will not alter it, nor doe otherwise.
- 1Matth. 18. Binding and loosing in the Church.
3 Albeit the Church be base and contemptible in the world, yet he counteth it as the apple of his eye. The earth, the air, and the heavens attended on it, and he hath made the Angels to serve it. He hath committed his treasures to it. And what be his treasures? Surely, when David cometh to value it, he saith that it is better than gold, than much gold, than much fine gold, than all precious stones. The word of reconciliation, the covenant of grace, the broad seals of his kingdom, Baptism and the Lords Supper,1 binding and loosing, life and death are left and committed to the Church and her holy Ministers.