A02178:4371
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 The ••ue• seemeth to be very strong: for as the wise conclude, if they that are courageous,1 were also politic; or they that have wisdom, had also courage, none could stand with them. Wherefore these are dismembered in men, but in the devil they •un••e both together: for he is both courageous as a Lion, and subtle as a Serpent. This is he that foiled all men from the first Adam to the last man, in whose hand all the •athers were no stronger than vanity: and in this age he hath made the high pinnacles of ve•••e the Jowe shrubs of the earth. Besides this combination of strength and wisdom, beside this proof of his courage in all ages, Christ himself, who is his enemy, saith •e is strong, Luk. 22. 20. Nay, I will add more, Christ that overcame him, pronounceth ••m to be a sh•••d enemy. If he hath •een strong, he is more strong, both because the world waxeth shorter, and we grow securer. In these latter days, the more the d•u•• rageth, the more his strength increaseth; for anger is the whe•••one of strength: the elder the world waxeth, the more the devil rageth: For as he playeth with men, so he practiseth with the world, he la•eth his sorest siege in his last assault when death beginneth to moderate •im. And no marvel, for if he take a foil, or suffer the repulse in our life time, he may recover with ease, and come again with some hope; but because in death, either now or never, he must bestir himself, he followeth with all force. Secondly, he rageth the more, for our security or little accounting of temptation, and not serious bethinking of the matter, makes him the stronger; so as o negligence