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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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The motions of the spirit of God in us.
The motions of the spirit of God in vs.
1 IT is a good thing to make much of a tender conscience, and to nourish the motions of Gods spirit, and not to offer any violence to that spirit of grace, which rebuketh sin i• us: for he that hath once cracked his credit, will happily care for nothing: she that hath once bruised her virginity, will by all likelihoods prove an old harlot. It is dangerous to bury the checks of our conscience, to fight against Gods spirit, or to •mother the1 light of grace in us: for so we may grow to such a sottishness in sin, that no admonition can forewarn us, nor punishment can affray us: the smallest means will provoke us to sin, the greatest means cannot revoke us from sin. For suffering our selves to be hardened by degrees, the spirit is so quickly quenched, the conscience so tender is so soon bruised, that it is no marvel though we use so great preciseness and wariness in so tender a matter, by suspecting the retire of old sins, and by foreseeing the assaults of new sins.
1 IT is a good thing to make much of a tender conscience, and to nourish the motions of Gods spirit, and not to offer any violence to that spirit of grace, which rebuketh sinne i• vs: for he that hath once crackt his credit, will happily care for nothing: she that hath once bruised her virginitie, will by all likelihoods proue an old harlot. It is daungerous to burie the checkes of our conscience, to fight against Gods spirit, or to •mother the