A02178:4672
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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15 Afflictions yield joy in time to come, when by them we are the more weary of1 sin, and more careful of repentance.
15 Afflictions yeeld ioy in time to come, when by them wee are the more wea•ie of1 sinne, and more carefull of repentance.
- 1Afflictions open the ears of many.Afflictions open the eares of many.
16 It is good to be afflicted, that thereby we may be brought to know our sins: like wise to know afflictions before they come, that they do not overwhelm us: And then is the ministry1 of the Law necessary in the Church: for afflictions are but appendices of the threatenings, for they that despise Gods threatenings, care not for affliction, and they never come, but when we profit not by threatenings. Again, the threatenings do certainly move and teach; but afflictions do them uncertainly, (this general doctrine may be seen in the whole course of the Scripture) also that the promises are never ministered before we ••e throughly humbled. As in Adam, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses in many, and in the children of Israel, David and others; so that repentance and faith are joined together, and repentance proceedeth of godly sorrow: if we be bold to comfort our selves afore we be thus beaten down, our comfort is counterfeit, and we do but deceive our selves, and this ordinary working of God is joined with great equity: for if we be not thus humbled, our consciences2