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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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11 In suffering grief we shall be provoked to mistrust God, and therefore not in vain was it spoken by our Saviour Christ, to arm them against the grief of his departure, Pray that ye▪ fall not into temptation. Surely whatsoever our estate be here, Satan will not leave us without some solicitation to sins. Art thou in prosperity? say not in thy heart, theirs is no God: The Phoenix of the world by wealth became a wanton. Is the world in an uproar?1 the Devil if he can, will keep thee without all fear. And of this an ancient Father complaineth, saying; It is a doleful thing to see, how honourable men of grey hairs, were wholly in time of public calamities given over to security, and that when destruction was2 imminent, when as much as all their lives were worth, did hang on one single thread. Nay he goeth further; Mens iniquities grew up with the punishment of iniquity, as if their sin should feed still the punishment of sin, so many of them did dye dallying, because they ⟨p. 768⟩dallied with destruction. But if we cannot come to this stupidity, not to be moved at all, our case must be thought the happier, yet are we not freed from as great a temptation as the former, for even this leadeth us along to another trial, and that is a temptation to distrust, if our sighs and groans have not success in things prayed for.
11 In suffering griefe we shall be prouoked to mistrust God, and therefore not in vaine was it spoken by our Sauiour Christ, to arme them against the griefe of his departure, Pray that ye▪ fall not into temptation. Surely whatsoeuer our estate be here, Sathan will not leaue vs without some sollicitation to sinnes. Art thou in prosperitie? say not in thy heart, thers is no God: The Phenix of the world by wealth became a wanton. Is the world in an vproare?1 the Diuell if he can, will keepe thee without all feare. And of this an ancient Father complaineth, saying; It is a dolefull thing to see, how honorable men of gray haires, were wholy in time of publike calamities giuen ouer to securitie, and that when destruction was