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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2 It is not good to use that for diet, which is prescribed for physic: for that will not work in the extraordinary need of the body, which is used as ordinary in the state and time of health.
2 It is not good to vse that for dyet, which is prescribed for physicke: for that will not worke in the extraordinarie neede of the bodie, which is vsed as ordinarie in the state and time of health.
3 He marked two things commonly neglected: he saw that men being in danger of death, would be prayed for in the Church, but they would not have the Church give1 thanks for their recovery. Again, he saw that women would give thanks after their deliverance, which is a Christian duty well beseeming them, but they would not before ask the prayers of the Church. And seeing it is so rare a blessing to have the fruit of the womb, seeing sometime the mother, sometime the children, sometimes both died: and that the gift of both is a work passing the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars: it were nothing superfluous or burdensome in such cases to pray and to be thankful.
3 He marked two things commonly neglected: he saw that men being in daunger of death, would bee prayed for in the Church, but they would not haue the Church giue1 thankes for their recouerie. Againe, hee saw that women would giue thankes after their deliuerance, which is a Christian dutie well beseeming them, but they would not before aske the prayers of the Church. And seeing it is so rare a blessing to haue the fruit of the wombe, seeing sometime the mother, sometime the children, sometimes both died: and that the gift of both is a worke passing the Sunne, the Moone, and the Starres: it were nothing superfluous or burdensome in such cases to pray and to be thankfull.
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