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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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Nay the wicked among themselves have no peace, it is but truce, they have covenanted with hell for a time, a day, a few years, or as the rearm of their life, and then is great and everlasting debate, we may see it in the first agreement among the wicked. The serpent disputed with Heva, until she had yielded; then all was quiet until the evening, but then1 came one & brake the truce. Separate peace from truth, and peace is no peace. The reason therefore is set down, Ps. 138. Lord thou hast magnified thy truth above all things, therefore above peace. And that I fall not into that error aforesaid my self, I will tell you what truth is. We think we are at peace, & have unity perfect among us if we be of the same religion, and we agree, that we must, and will be all Protestants: but the fathers have all distinguished truth into three parts. *First, truth of doctrine in religion: Secondly, of life in our conversation: Thirdly, of justice in giving preferments. Unless a man hath all these, he hath none of them: and if in all these be peace, I will seek & ensue after peace; as saith the Psalmist: if any offend in these, I will not have peace with him. We know, that veritas doctrinae hath had witnesses martyrs; so have the other two, though they send us not to heaven in a fiery chariot: but an evil name which every man for their stakes must provide to suffer: we must be in this, as Christ, when he kneeled before his father in the garden. If mans salvation may be wrought, let this cup pass; if not, thy will be done. So if a man should hold us a cup of the wrath of a multitude, or a mighty man, we must say, if it be possible, the truth may be defended without this; then let this cup pass: but if it cannot be otherwise, let me drink the dregs & all. So that God himself in such cases is the author of dissension. He will have ⟨p. 729⟩dissension, he sweareth, Isaiah. 59. that he is angry, for that none will make dissension in taking part with the truth. GOD the Father may seem farther off. But even CHRIST the Prince of peace himself,