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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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4 There is in every man since Adams fall the devils promise fulfilled, that their eyes should be opened: and this as it was the first punishment, so it was not the least: and besides this, it is an argument of folly: for Solomon saith, A fools eyes are in all the corners of the world, and a wise mans eyes are in his head. I looked into the streets, Proverb. 7. and saw a young man, &c. Look what objects our eyes do see, such are our actions, as it is said of Jacobs sheep looking on the rods, they brought forth young coloured like the rods, not1 like themselves: so our actions are like the objects of our eyes. The eye goeth before, and bringeth the hart after: and as Solomon saith, he knoweth not that there is a snare. And what followeth? even that which Gregory saith, that the innocent beholding, becomes2 nocent or hurtful by sight: and his reason is, for what he beheld unadvisedly, he cannot forsake willingly: and he addeth yet another reason of this, for that which pleaseth the sense, best liketh us. Here is a sensual appetite: for as where the pain is, there is the hand: so where our love is fastened, there our eye is fixed. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, what then? Surely as this was the first degree of walking, the heart followed the eye: so is3 it the second degree, as saith Gregory. He that useth the outward eye negligently, hath a blind eye within: and it is a *second consequent, the heart being corrupted, it doth corrupt5 the eye: for the heart will lead the eye to seek all manner of evil sights for it. So we become such as are mentioned, Numb. 7. As go after their own eyes.
4 There is in euery man since Adams fall the diuels promise fulfilled, that their eyes should be opened: and this as it was the first punishment, so it was not the least: and besides this, it is an argument of follie: for Salomon saith, A fooles eyes are in all the corners of the world, and a wise mans eyes are in his head. I looked into the streetes, Prouerb. 7. and sawe a young man, &c. Looke what obiects our eyes doe see, such are our actions, as it is saide of Iacobs sheepe looking on the rods, they brought sorth young coloured like the rods, not