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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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in all these the holy Ghost neither riseth nor falleth, but this word serveth him throughout, and God saw it was good: and why not excellent good, but that we might know his word is mighty in the simplicity thereof, and that what he calleth good, is excellent good. Yea heaven and earth may be glad of it, seeing the word of God, whereof one jot is of more price then they both: that the word, Hebr. 6. is called the good word of God, and to stop the mouths of them, that will teach the holy Ghost Rhetoric, Christ himself, John 10. entitleth himself no otherwise but the good Shepherd. And good was thought good enough for him, and do we yet require a more stately commendation?
in all these the holy Ghost neither riseth nor falleth, but this word serueth him throughout, and God saw it was good: and why not excellent good, but that we might know his word is mightie in the simplicitie thereof, and that what he calleth good, is excellent good. Yea heauen and earth may be glad of it, seeing the word of God, whereof one iote is of more price then they both: that the word, Hebr. 6. is called the good word of God, and to stoppe the mouthes of them, that will teach the holy Ghost Rhetoricke, Christ himselfe, Iohn 10. entituleth himselfe no otherwise but the good Shepheard. And good was thought good enough for him, and doe we yet require a more stately commendation?
6 The Calling of the Ministry is an alluring Calling, and, as I may say, a Calling that calleth men unto it, a lovely Calling, such a Calling, as the beams of it are able to ravish1 an eye: yet some being to marry this Virgin, think her but hard favoured, and therefore before hand will be sure of a good portion with her, or else they will none of her: but she is full of grace even down to the feet, in their eyes that love her, and full of Majesty & terror even to the dust of her feet, unto all them that despise her, which more respect the reward than the work: but this I confess withal, that our eyes are so dazzled with the golden stone, and the horsseaches daughter, Give, Give, cries so in our ears, and ever since Adam did eat the apple, all the mouths of his posterity are so out of taste, that we can neither hear, nor see, nor taste any thing that good is. True it is, that if we look upon this calling with an eye of flesh, it looks even like Christ for all the world.