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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 All men are naturally evil, so that if the Lord give not light and softness of heart, we may all be justly hardened, & this is as just as other judgements of God are. When any thing is spoken in the Word which toucheth another, that man will greedily snatch: Again, if there be any thing that may cherish them in their sins, that they note, but that which concerneth their amendment they utterly forget. And this showeth that we are the cause of our own hardening: for when the Lord cannot prevail with his word, then will he leave men to themselves, and then they stay not till they come to hardness. We must not stay till the Lord strike us with punishments (for if we be hardened, we shall not perceive it, and therefore the case is so much the more dangerous) but so soon as we feel any coldness or dullness of spirit, then let us fear and stir up our selves, that we may continually gain some knowledge and feeling: and thus may we provide against hardness of heart.
9 All men are naturally euill, so that if the Lord giue not light and softnesse of heart, we may all be iustly hardened, & this is as iust as other iudgements of God are. When any thing is spoken in the Word which toucheth another, that man will greedily snatch: Againe, if there be any thing that may cherish them in their sinnes, that they note, but that which concerneth their amendment they vtterly forget. And this sheweth that we are the cause of our owne hardening: for when the Lord cannot preuaile with his word, then will he leaue men to themselues, and then they stay not till they come to hardnesse. We must not stay till the Lord strike vs with punishments (for if we be hardened, we shall not perceiue it, and therefore the case is so much the more dangerous) but so soone as we feele any coldnesse or dulnesse of spirit, then let vs feare and stirre vp our selues, that we may continually gaine some knowledge and feeling: and thus may we prouide against hardnesse of heart.
10 First, the hypocrite desireth rather to seem than to be, it is said such cry, Lord, 1