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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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9 God is slow to wrath, yet let us ever remember that albeit he suffered Israel long, yet at the last he destroyed them all, that none of the unbelievers entered into the promised land. Wherefore we may not conclude, that because the Lord punisheth not as yet, therefore he will not punish at all: but consider that all such as respect not his mercies in time, shall at the last feel his justice.
9 God is slow to wrath, yet let vs euer remember that albeit he suffered Israel long, yet at the last he destroyed them all, that none of the vnbeleeuers entred into the promised land. Wherefore we may not conclude, that because the Lord punisheth not as yet, therefore he will not punish at all: but confider that all such as respect not his mercies in time, shall at the last feele his iustice.
10 The thing loved is much desired and sought after, whereby we may take a trial of1 our love to God, or of our love to the world. First look, what we love indeed, we spend much time in it, and can be content to afford hours, days, weeks, years, yea and age• too in it. And yet with all the contentions we may, we get not to the worship of God, Davids seven times a day, nor his morning, noontide, and evening exercises, hardly we afford the Lord his Sabbath. Secondly, we bestow our thoughts and our affections much2 and liberally on the thing we love: the Apostles were so troubled with bread, that they could not understand Christ speaking of the leaven of hypocrisy. Thirdly, our love to a3 thing is showed, when we are skilful and painful in commending the thing loved. The Spouse in the song of Solomon was very perfect in setting forth the parts of her beloved: she knew the time of his going, she was acquainted with his attire: she was ravished with his beauty: she was privy to his coming to her. Men show forth their love to earthly things in their great skill in buying and selling,