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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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Much more therefore would men murmur if they had nothing, and then would they bid God and his word and all farewell. And hath not God dealt with us as mercifully as with them? Yea surely, if we have harts to consider Gods providence, for who cannot see that the Lord hath delivered him often from dangers? Whom hath not the Lord dealt his mercy most liberally to? Therefore are we as much without excuse as ever they were.
Much more therefore would men murmur if they had nothing, and then would they bid God and his word and all farewell. And hath not God dealt with vs as mercifully as with them? Yea surely, if we haue harts to consider Gods prouidence, for who cannot see that the Lord hath deliuered him often from dangers? Whom hath not the Lord dealt his mercy most liberally to? Therefore are we as much without excuse as euer they were.
8 Moses finding the Israelites to murmur for water, calleth the murmuring, a tempting of God, because it did not proceed of infirmity, seeing they had tasted of, and felt the wonderful mercies of God for them, far greater than this was to give them drink: for by the former miracles they knew that God was able and also willing to help them, and therefore seeing they still murmured, Moses calleth this a tempting of God, whereas before when they murmured divers times, yet he did bear with them, as such as did offend of infirmity. Where we see that God dealing with us as with them, hath borne with the time of our ignorance, and we may all confess, that the Lord doth not deal with us according to the works of our own hands: but if we will be ignorant still, and despise instruction, or after we have had experience of his goodness, if then we will presume to tempt God, it is fearful, when we know the great goodness of the Lord, and have experience of the same in our selves, Psal. 93. 2. When we know it is a sin which we commit, and yet we will tempt God whether he will punish or no, as Peter rebuked Ananias, Act. 5