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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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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. and Paul rebuked those who in vain excuses would eat in Idols temples, saying, do you provoke the Lord, 1. Cor. 10. And this was the temptation with which the devil tempted1 our Saviour, saying, cast thy self down. But Christ answered and said, if I should so do without Gods commandment, I should deny his providence which only watcheth over men in their ways. And thus he putteth away the devil; this then is to tempt God, and this Moses meaneth when he rebuked the people, saying, why tempt ye the Lord? that is to say, You know your sin well enough, the dealing of the Lord with you is manifest, and mine also; now add not rebellion unto sin, but if you sin, then do you tempt the Lord: ⟨p. 816⟩The Lord in Psalm. 95. passeth over other sins, and maketh th•• or•• of temptation. […] be sware, &c. Now let us consider when we fall into some sin which we know no, the Lord is merciful, but if we then, when we know it is a sin by the law of God, and when we have felt every way the hand of God upon us, and the spirit of God checking us