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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 In corporal blessings, if we have not the spirit to teach us, that by the word, and by prayer they are sanctified unto our use, if we cannot receive even every morsel of meat at Gods hands, as tokens and pledges of his favour, surely we shall either at the last be brought to loathe them, or to set our hearts too much upon them: so that the Lord shall be constrained to take them from us, to make them •ot, melt, and stink, so that we shall not find them, nor have any good, holy and profitable use of them. Contrariwise, if the spirit do teach us, and assure our hearts, that all the creatures of God are sanctified unto us by the word, and by prayer: then shall we give God due glory in them, find profit by them, and have them so long continued unto us, as shall be expedient for us. Some do look on the word of God only to get knowledge, or to be as others are, at the last it will1 be loathed of them. So the Minister of God if we like him only for favour o• some gifts that he hath, and not for that he is the minister of our salvation, we tha• quickly either make him an Idol, or else utterly despise him. Therefore if we will always have them in due estimation, let us acknowledge them to be such as labour for our salvation.
6 In corporall blessings, if we haue not the spirit to teach vs, that by the word, and by prayer they are sanctified vnto our vse, if we cannot receiue euen euery morsel of meate at Gods hands, as tokens and pledges of his fauour, surely we shall either at the last be brought to loathe them, or to set our hearts too much vpon them: so that the Lord shall be constrained to take them from vs, to make them •ot, melt, and stinke, so that we shall not finde them, nor haue any good, holy and profitable vse of them. Contrariwise, if the spirit doe teach vs, and assure our hearts, that all the creatures of God are sanctified vnto vs by the word, and by prayer: then shall we giue God due glorie in them, finde profit by them, and haue them so long continued vnto vs, as shall be expedient for vs. Some do looke on the word of God onely to get knowledge, or to be as others are, at the last it will1