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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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19 Then they could not kindle fire, which we do, therefore it was ceremonial. First,1 some think that commandment was but for time of the wilderness. Secondly, the Jews in every commandment had something ceremonial, which we have not now being in CHRIST. As in the second commandment, we are to read, and teach the word of God, it belongeth to us as well as to them, but to have frontlets we are not bound. So of singing, we are bound to have singing as well as the Jews, but yet not with Organs and such like. So of burying the dead, we are as straitly charged to do it as the Jews, yet not with ointments, and such cost as they were at. So in every commandment they had some thing pedagogical which is taken away; but the commandment it self, is more strictly required of us then of them, because it is more clearly set forth to us then to them.
19 Then they could not kindle fire, which we doe, therefore it was ceremoniall. First,1 some thinke that commandement was but for time of the wildernes. Secondly, the Iewes in euery commandement had something ceremoniall, which wee haue not now being in CHRIST. As in the second commandement, we are to reade, and teach the word of God, it belongeth to vs as well as to them, but to haue frontlets we are not bound. So of singing, we are bound to haue singing as well as the Iewes, but yet not with Organes and such like. So of burying the dead, we are as staightly charged to do it as the Iewes, yet not with ointments, and such cost as they were at. So in euery commaundement they had some thing pedagogicall which is taken away; but the commandement it selfe, is more streightly required of vs then of them, because it is more cleerly set forth to vs then to them.
- 1Kindling of fire on the Sabbath.
20 Not only they that spend the Lords day on their pleasures, are to be reproved as breakers of the Lords service: but they also which work upon the same. Amongst them, those that are the children of God, whose hearts God hath touched by his spirit, shall see that the Lord will not let them prosper in the same sin; but what they take in hand shall go slowly forward, their bargains shall bring but small gain, they shall have but little use of that which they buy on that day. Nay, sometimes they shall see that when they have broken the Lords Sabbath, some judgement or other doth light upon them and their labours, so that they will confess that their Sabbath days labours stand them in small stead.