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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.
CHAP. XXXVIII. Of hypocrisy, and hardness of heart.
CHAP. XXXVIII. Of hypocrisie, and hardnes of heart.
Hypocrites turn the inward side outward, the godly turn the outward side inward: the hypocrite beginneth where the godly man endeth, and the godly man begins where1 the hypocrite endeth: the hypocrite gallopeth into great shows at the first, godliness proceedeth in holines by de grees, as being troubled with a great house of sin, which they are fain to draw after them.
HYpocrites turne the inward side outward, the godly turne the outward side inward: the hypocrite beginneth where the godlie man endeth, and the godly man begins where1 the hypocrite endeth: the hypocrite gallopeth into great shewes at the first, godlinesse proceedeth in holines by de grees, as being troubled with a great house of sinne, which they are faine to draw after them.
- 1How hypocrisy differeth from true godliness.How hypocrisie differeth from true godlines.
2 We must not profess all outwardly, which is within,