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,…

Fourthly, the Angels rejoice to see a sinner repent, as also there is great sorrow, when a Professor falleth away, the heavens seem to¹ be clothed with black thereat, and the Angels wear mourning attire. But to come down from heaven to earth. Fifthly, whereas the rankest heretics have had often great feelings² ⟨p. 828⟩(whereby this is no good way to salvation, to think our selves sure in a carnal security) Peter teacheth us another way: Make your election sure by good works. 2. Pet. 1. 10. as by a sign consequent, not as by a cause antecedent. Sixthly, we must by good works avoid the offending of our brethren, least that as Lot was vexed among the Sodomites, we grieve the³ hearts of the Saints. Seventhly, as we are not to grieve strong Lot, so we must not offend the weak ones, for whose sakes we must abridge somewhat from our liberty in things⁴ lawful: and much more cut off our licentiousness in things that be unlawful. Eighthly, we must do good even for the wicked. Wherefore the Apostle, I. Pet. 3. 2. admonisheth wives⁵ so to live, that even they which obey not the word, may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives. If women are thus charged, then much more men. Ninthly, because the Devil not barred out by good works, doth make us his palace, or rather his paunch, or⁶ his stable; and at the fall of a righteous man, the damned do (as it were) make great bonfires in hell, let us bring forth the fruits of righteousness, which may make the Devil to some in fretting, and work more madness and melancholy in the damned. Tenthly: for