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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.
24 Playing should not be on the Lords day, because mans finite nature being subject to distractions, is no less hindered by pleasure, then burdened with worldly cogitations: yea, and so many are the exercises of religion and love, both private and public, appertaining to that day, that a man is not able to perform all the number of them in one day,1 much less then hath he time to follow his delights.
24 Playing should not be on the Lordes day, because mans finite nature being subiect to distractions, is no lesse hindred by pleasure, then burdened with worldly cogitations: yea, and so many are the exercises of religion and loue, both priuate and publike, appertaining to that day, that a man is not able to performe all the number of them in one day,1 much lesse then hath he time to follow his delights.
- 1The breach of the Sabbath punished, and how to order our affections in the view of such judgements.The breach of the Sabbath punished, and how to order our affections in the viewe of such iudgements.
25 Upon a great rain falling in a Fair time, not long after the Sabbath, which by the Fair was broken, he had this working in his heart, how one should order his affections in such a case. First, in respect of God, whether one should not rejoice, seeing men would not be taught by so long preaching, to keep the Sabbath, that the Lord, even by his afflictions should teach men his holy ordinance. Secondly, in regard of men, whether he should not pity them, for that their goods were subject to such dangers. True it is, that men are to be pitied: but when the question is of Piety towards GOD, and pity towards men, it were ⟨p. 812⟩