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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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5 This is one great cause why the Family of love and others, do with so deadly hatred despise our Sacraments, because they never felt the power of them, nor sought to have by them the assurance of the merits of Christ, conveyed unto them, and sealed in their hearts▪ ⟨p. 788⟩Would we not then be like unto this kind of people, in despising the Word▪ Sacraments,1 and other holy graces? let us not then rest in the bare use of them, let us not come to them of fashion, let us not content our selves with having the outward things▪ but let us labour to feel in our hearts the power of the spirit, let us pray that by them the spirit may work in our hearts, and in them always let us look for the teaching of the spirit, so shall it come to pass, that we shall always reverently and worthily think of the means, and never be weary of them, but always carefully use them: and yet not separate them from the spirit, but looking for the working of the spirit in them; we shall find the graces of the holy Ghost most plentifully poured on us, and as it were by Conduits, conveyed into our hearts.
5 This is one great cause why the Family of loue and others, doe with so deadly hatred despise our Sacraments, because they neuer felt the power of them, nor sought to haue by them the assurance of the merits of Christ, conueied vnto them, and sealed in their hearts▪ ⟨p. 788⟩Would we not then be like vnto this kinde of people, in d•spising the Word▪ Sacraments,1 and other holy graces? let vs not then rest in the bare vse of them, let vs not come to them of fashion, let vs not content our selues with hauing the outward things▪ but let vs labour to feele in our hearts the power of the spirit, let vs pray that by them the spirit may worke in our hearts, and in them alwaies let vs looke for the teaching of the spirit, so shall it come to passe, that we shall alwaies reuerently and worthily thinke of the meanes, and neuer be wearie of them, but alwaies carefully vse them: and yet not separate them from the spirit, but looking for the working of the spirit in them; we shall finde the graces of the holy Ghost most plentifully powred on vs, and as it were by Conduits, conueighed into our hearts.