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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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13 When two gentlemen ride on hunting, it is hard to discern each others hounds, because they are mingled together, which afterwards is more easily done when the hunters are severed: even so, so long as God and the world walk together, it is hard to distinguish between the heirs of the one and of the other: but when they are severed by the cross, it will surely be seen who be the children of God, who be the heirs of the world.
13 When two gentlemen ride on hunting, it is hard to discerne each others houndes, because they are mingled together, which afterwards is more easilie done when the hunters are seuered: euen so, so long as God and the world walke together, it is hard to distinguish betweene the heires of the one and of the other: but when they are seuered by the crosse, it will surely bee seene who be the children of God, who be the heires of the world.
14 In natural men we find these marks: first, that natural men measure others by1 themselves, so did these brethren judge of Joseph. So doth the world judge hardly of Gods2 children, because they are ungodly themselves: so those that think to correct or admonish in anger, think that others do so too, because they come of fashion to the Church, they think so of others. When we are ready then to think evil of others, let us take heed we be not so our selves, and let us learn to leave this, for the sin is great. For first, we bear false witness against our brother. Secondly, we be enemies to the grace of God in them: because in this our corruption, we cannot judge well of them. The ready remedy is to pull out the beam out of our own eye, and to judge charitably of others. Secondly, a natural man doth more abstain from evil, for man than for God: and so will it be, till3 the fear of God be settled in us, to teach us Gods providence in things to come, and his judgements in things past. This was with Esau, because the days of his father were at hand. So many are now restrained by the magistracy, which otherwise would do evil: so long as