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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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.
2 The Diuell hath a palace of pleasure and a court of libertie for those that he his: but if wee will bee the Lords, wee must be hedged in and stinted, wee must not goe awrie. The ⟨p. 797⟩Diuell will let you doe, speake and thinke what you will, the more libertie ye vse the better1 he liketh your seruice: but God hath a st••ct house, he will haue the heart, the minde, the soule, the bodie, and the whole heart: this is hard seruice: well, it is easie to enter seruice with the diuell, if one say, I will serue you freely, if another say, I will bee a retainer to you, but I will weare Gods liuerie, all shall be receiued, none refused. If you be well, the Diuell is well: if you be quiet, he is quiet, but this is a miserable seruice.
- 1Deut. 6. 3. 4. Sathans service.Deut. 6. 3. 4. Sathans seruice.