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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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CHAP. II. Of order, and how necessary it is in all things.
CHAP. II. Of order, and how necessarie it is in all things.
Between Mary's part, and Martha's part, we must take Mary's part first, for it is the best. And when we come to evil things, we must make a better difference than Saul did, who spared the Amalekites whom he should not spare, but dealt more cruelly with the Gibeonites: but we must provide that the Amalekites be more grievously punished, than the Gibeonites. This doctrine standeth against two sorts of men: the first is of them that clean pervert all, and can away with no order: the other is of them that make a mixture of many things. It hath been an old complaint of the world, that in the web of the law the poor fly is taken, but the hornet escapes,1 the poor man is entangled, the mighty personage is delivered, for they keep much ado about a little. But if we keep a blowing & a raking so all day long in the motes, and never can stumble upon the beam, we pervert order: As for them that are shufflers of all together, who can find no degree in things, but they do first whatsoever comes first to hand; let them know, that as the Lord will not have things done confusedly, no more will he have things done preposterously.
BEtweene Maries part, and Marthaes part, wee must take Maries part first, for it is the best. And when wee come to euill things, wee must make a better difference than Saul did, who spared the Amalekites whom hee should not spare, but dealt more cruelly with the Gibeonites: but wee must prouide that the Amalekites bee more grieuously punished, than the Gibeonites. This doctrine standeth against two sorts of men: the first is of them that cleane peruert all, and can away with no order: the other is of them that make a mixture of many things. It hath beene an old complaint of the world, that in the webbe of the law the poore flie is taken, but the hornet escapes,1