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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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5 Fifthly, it is needful that they be true dealing men: this true dealing hath first respect ⟨p. 740⟩to the M•g••rates themselves, that whatsoever they spe[…],1 and what they promise, they be careful to perform, and that […] they think. This simple and upright dealing doth pur• •a•e […]re unto a Magistrate. Secondly, it hath respect to the case that they […] to […] that they take pa••es to search out the truth thereof, and give righteous […] requireth. For as the Lord judgeth according to right, so ought they […]re his Ministers. Therefore they must not further the evil cause of a good ••• though otherwise he be good; neither must they hinder the good cause of any man, th•••gh otherwise he be evil: they ought not to be careless of a stranger, because he is a stranger, neither must they go busily about the evil cause of their friend or neighbour, because he is their neighbour or their friend. To conclude, they must neither behold the person of the rich nor of the poor to pervert judgement for their cause, but give true judgement without respect of person.
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