A02178:4471
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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7 The seventh and last property of a good Magistrate is, that he be well known to all1 men: and this hath respect to all those that went before; he must be known then to be endued with wisdom and experience, to be of a valiant and courageous heart, to have the fear of God before his eyes, to be upright in his dealing, and a hater of filthy gain. So Paul would have the Ministers to have a good report even of those that are without. And surely it is great reason that they should be well known, or else they shall hardly have any credit with us. For the weakness & corruption of our nature is such, that when he who is not well known unto us shall speak as sound a truth, and deliver it peradventure more plainly; yet doth not his word bear so much credit with us as another whom we know, and have some experience of. For our natures do for the most part suspect strangers, and we are loth to commit our selves and our matters to them we know not. Wherefore to the end that Magistrates may bear credit among us, it is very meet that they should be well known and their gifts also.
7 The seuenth and last propertie of a good Magistrate is, that he be well knowne to all1 men: and this hath respect to all those that went before; he must be knowne then to be endued with wisedome and experience, to be of a valiant and couragious heart, to haue the feare of God before his eyes, to be vpright in his dealing, and a hater of filthie gaine. So Paul would haue the Ministers to haue a good report euen of those that are without. And surely it is great reason that they should be well knowne, or else they shall hardly haue any credit with vs. For the weakenesse & corruption of our nature is such, that when he who is not well knowne vnto vs shall speake as sound a truth, and deliuer it peraduenture more plainely; yet doth not his word beare so much cred•t with vs as another whom we know, and haue some experience of. For our natures do for the most part suspect strangers, and we are loth to commit our selues and our matters to them we know not. Wherefore to the end that Magistrates may beare credit among vs, it is very meete that they should be well knowne and their gifts also.
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