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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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2 Prayer is so acceptable and honourable a thing in the sight of God, that oftentimes it is taken for the whole worship of God contained in the word, as Genes. 4. 26. and 12. 8.1 1. Cor. 1. 2. 2. Tim. 2 19. And in our English tongue we use this phrase of going to prayers, yea, our Saviour Christ calleth the Church a house of prayer, and yet Christ knew, and we see, that it is a place of hearing the word, administering the Sacraments, & using of Discipline. By the way let us see how it cometh to pass, that few care to hear the word, fewer to receive the Sacraments, & fewest of all to come under Discipline; and yet all or the most, show themselves friends to prayer, yea the heretics in other matters sundered from us in this2 point, agree with us. It is God his goodness so to ratify the use of prayer. Neither are we to think that prayer, and the word are divorced, but go hand in hand as in a league, Rom. 10. 15. He speaketh of prayer, Psal. 14. of the word, Eccl. 4. 17. hearing prepareth us for praying, Psal. 95. 6. The Prophet stirreth up the Church to prayer, Psal. 7. To the hearing of the word. As it is a duty in the people to use both: so the Minister useth both, 1. Sam. 12. 18. ⟨p. 776⟩Samuel prayeth, vers. 24. & preacheth to the people, Act. 6. 4