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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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9 In providing for the Ministry, good men would be preferred. God can do much they say, he may make them able. It is like Saunders argument: God is omnipotent: Ergo 1there is transubstantiation. Nay he hath enabled divers well. In the wilderness, when meat could not be gotten, he rained quails, but in Canaan, when they were in case to provide for themselves, that provision ceased. Many simple men at the first coming of the Gospel, were stirred up, when the Universities were the greatest enemies of his truth, but now when he hath restored to us the plenty of Canaan, we must know, that the date of that extraordinary calling in our days is expired. *Yet he may do well. True, he that casteth blindfold may hit the mark: but yet no wise man will lay any wager on his head.3 If I might see a fiery tongue sit on his head, I would say somewhat. After his receiving up into glory, when he ascended up on high, then he gave gifts unto men, such gifts as on their Coronation days Kings are wont in great abundance to scatter among the people. The4 Conduits ran with wine, and all the cocks with rose water, and his Missilia new coin of gold & silver by handfuls were thrown amongst them Such were the gifts of tongues, prophesying, healing, all knowledge, and other graces. Now although he give us all things liberally, yet he continued not his largess daily, as at his inauguration. We must not look always to have the like MAN for gathering it up, but return to our occupations:5 and let us remember the Lords steward must be fraught with all store, new and old, fit to entertain the son and daughter of the great King of heaven▪ Prophesying the sign of learned men. Numb. 11. 25. Even poor Bez•••l and A•oliab before they could make curtains, and work in blew silk, yet for so much as it belonged to the Lords tabernacle, they were filled with the Spirit of God in these mechanical hand-works.