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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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And this we must apply to our several transgressions, as if a man have bin an adulterer or an angry person, or covetous before his knowledge, the lord will bear with it, but after the Lord hath dealt with us in these several sins as before is set down, then if men do sin, this is the tempting of the Lord, and this is the beginning1 of the wrath of God. And such men stand in a very fickle estate, and are in great danger to fall into the hands of the Lord. This is then a comfortable doctrine, to hear that the Lord will hear with the offences of our ignorance, and will not lay them to our charge, if then we will go cheerfully forward, when he giveth us knowledge and other means to draw us unto him: but if we refuse instruction, and will not be drawn from our sins, this2 is a tempting of God, and this shall be laid to our charge: as we see that the Lord saith to David, that he was in all things upright before him: but in the case of Uriah▪ because his other sins which he committed, both often and grievously, were but of humane infirmity, and this was contrary to knowledge, and again he sought means to hide his sin, and was not easily brought from it, yet did he obtain pardon, because this was but once, and3 he was much humbled for it: But Saul often doing the same, at last asked counsel of a familiar spirit by a Witch, which he before had punished, wherein he did clean contrary to his knowledge, even for this it was said, that the Lord did cut him off. Wherefore we have to pray with David. Psal. 19. Lord who doth understand the errors of his life? then purge us from our secret sins, and keep us that no presumptuous sins do bear rule over us. so shall we be free, &c. For if a man sin against man there may be an arbiter, but if a man sin against the4 Lord, who shall deal for him? As Eli saith to his Sons q d. If you had done this being ignorant, it had been a small matter, but now you that have been taught of me the contrary, have now made the sacrifice of the Lord to stink, and so have tempted the Lord.