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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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CHAP. LXIIII. Of Satan's practises, and of Schism and security.
CHAP. LXIIII. Of Sathans practises, and of Schisme and securitie.
The Devil setteth an high estimation of a man, for that (as we may read in the Gospel) he thinks himself whilst he is in a man, to be in a palace; but when he is out of a man, he thinks himself in a desert. Hereof it is, that being cast out, he keeps such roaring, foaming, and trembling, as is wonderful. Paradise, one would think, might have delighted him being so beautiful: yet he esteemed it but as a wilderness in respect of Adam.
THe Diuell setteth an high estimation of a man, for that (as wee may reade in the Gospell) hee thinkes himselfe whilest hee is in a man, to bee in a palace; but when he is out of a man, hee thinkes himselfe in a desert. Hereof it is, that being cast out, hee keepes such roring, foaming, and trembling, as is wonderfull. Paradise, one would thinke, might haue delighted him being so beautifull: yet hee esteemed it but as a wildernesse in respect of Adam.
2 The Devil hath a palace of pleasure and a court of liberty for those that he his: but if we will be the Lords, we must be hedged in and stinted, we must not go awry. The ⟨p. 797⟩Devil will let you do, speak and think what you will, the more liberty ye use the better1 he liketh your service: but God hath a st••ct house, he will have the heart, the mind, the soul, the body, and the whole heart: this is hard service: well, it is easy to enter service with the devil, if one say, I will serve you freely, if another say, I will be a retainer to you, but I will wear Gods livery, all shall be received, none refused. If you be well, the Devil is well: if you be quiet, he is quiet, but this is a miserable service.