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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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GODLY OBSERVATIONS, CONCERNING DIVERS ARGUMENTS AND COMmon places in Religion.
GODLY OBSERVATIONS, CONCERNING DIVERS ARGVMENTS AND COMmon places in Religion.
CHAP. I.
Conscience is a sensible feeling of Gods judgements grounded upon the word, nourished by the consideration of the latter day, stirring up our hearts to the approving of our doings both before God and men. It is an effect of faith, faith therefore as the cause must go before; where no faith is, there is no knowledge; where there is no knowledge, there is no conscience. Many men say, this is my conscience; they might better say, this is mine opinion, this is my fancy. Knowledge is less than faith, and opinion less than knowledge. Again, it is placed in the heart, to the stirring up of us, and summoning of us to approve those things which we know before God. We must not make our conscience like a cheverel purse, stretch it too far, or too narrow, that is, be not too righteous, as the Anabaptists, and the Family of love. Saul in sparing Agag would be too merciful, and afterwards waxed cruel, by killing the Prophets. Those that are true *Puritans are such. We must not let our conscience looser than the Scriptures be, for then we fall to be profane. Take heed of extremes, for virtue is a mean between two extremes, taking something of one, and something of the2