A02178:4101
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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For the first, they be apicesiuris, points in law, they undo all ⟨p. 658⟩justice, a cavilling justice: but apices juris in calo non excusant. And for the witnesses they1 shall not deliver him, for they shall be true witnesses, the book shall then be opened. No persuasion shall then serve, because God is not subject to any affection. Thirdly, there shall be no corruption, for though the Judge could be corrupted, what could we give him, when the whole world shall be destroyed? Lastly, we must look for no favour, for it is the day of judgement and not of mercy. The night before the blowing of the Trumpet, there shall be preached mercy, but then there shall be none: let no man flatter himself, for2 so he shall find it. To escape a sentence here on earth is either by appeal to an higher court,3 or by re•racting: but there can be no appeal, for who is higher than God: neither shall there be any reversion of the sentence, for there shall be no more sitting, because there is no second judgement. Thirdly, there is an execution, which is most fearful. And execution4 there shall be, well, let it come, will we say, for a punishment must be ours: & then what is there to help us to escape punishment, but either resistance, or if that will not serve, flight; if we cannot fly, patience, or mitigation, or our comfort is hope: but there is none of all these can stand us in any stead: for the first, if we were, as Job saith, hard rocks, as we are potshards, we were not able to resist, for if the Lord did but touch us, we would smoke. But his wrath shall be poured upon us, and who is able to abide it? Secondly, it boots us5 not to fly, for the Lord is every where round about us, we are as it were in a circumference, the further we are from one part, the nearer we are to the other. We fly from the God of peace to the God of wrath, there is no escaping: Christ saith, Take the unprofitable servant,