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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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10 Jacob and Esau cannot agree in one womb, Sarah and Hagar cannot agree in one house, Isaac and Ishmael must not dwell together: there is no agreement between the children of God, and the children of Belial.
10 Iacob and Esau cannot agree in one wombe, Sarah and Agar cannot agree in one house, Isaac and Ishmael must not dwell together: there is no agreement between the children of God, and the children of Belial.
11 Moses was angry, and is commended for it, so that every anger is not condemnable,1 but to be angry without a cause and without measure. Some men will be angry for their own cause, and very hot; but in Gods cause they will not be angry at all: this is a fleshly anger: but when men sin either to the dishonour of God, or their own destruction, then to be angry is a good anger, if the salvation of our brother doth move us thereto, not our own injuries: for we can bear with patience, injuries so far as privately it concerneth2 us, but when it toucheth GODS glory, we cannot but be angry. Some are angry for every thing, and in light matters, and yet not in weighty matters; then let those men take heed, for these are very faulty. But if we be like the Lord, not marking what is done amiss, nor being angry continually, that we had rather be loved than feared, and according as the matter is, so is our anger; then is it good: otherwise it is not to be allowed; for as the Lord doth use more means to cause us to love him than to fear him; so ought we•o do, and to be more careful with love to win, than with anger to compel. The Lord is slow to wrath: and anger resteth in the bosom of fools, whereas a wise man will repress anger. Then let our anger be according to the fault, a light fault, a light anger, of3