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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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6 The Lord never forsaketh his, but in all dangers he will provide though all means fail, only let us believe his providence, and so will he give us our hearts desire, if it stand with his glory, or else if we desire that which standeth not with his glory, yet let us believe that he is our FATHER in CHRIST, and he will recompense the outward wants with a1 spiritual blessing.
6 The Lord neuer forsaketh his, but in all dangers he will prouide though all meanes faile, onely let vs belieue his prouidence, and so will he giue vs our hearts desire, if it stand with his glorie, or else if we desire that which standeth not with his glorie, yet let vs belieue that he is our FATHER in CHRIST, and he will recompence the outward wants with a1 spirituall blessing.
- 1God will never fail his.God will neuer faile his.
7 We may read in Exodus 17. 7. that the Israelites through distrust, doubted whether God was among them, because they saw not such visible signs of Gods presence and favour as they would. With the like doubt our Saviour Christ was tempted by the devil, Luc. 4 who laboured to make him doubt, whether he were the Son of God, because he wanted some things which were needful for this life: whereby we may learn to know our own corruption, how ready we are to judge, as the Israelites did, because we s•e not such ordinary helps as we and other of Gods children have at sometimes had: but we are to correct this in ourselves, and on the contrary to think that God is amongst us, and with us, although we see some tokens of his anger. Thus do we reason in religion. Is this true religion, seeing