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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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3 An excommunicated person was so odious among the Jews, that besides that they did excommunicate him, and shut him out of their Synagogues, if they met such a one, they thought it a special token of some fortune as they term it. So that among the Jews excommunication was worse then five deaths: so much was reverenced the censures of the Church. This did the Church, but when men began to be idle they put off this duty. But ⟨p. 843⟩what is this excommunication? A giving up to Satan. There was a great partition wall between God and us, until Christ came and made a breach, & entered into the place wherein God was shut up from us. Christ himself became the door, but the key of the door hath he committed to his faithful Minister. They that are without this wall, they are among the Ziims, and Iims, among the Owls, and Dragons, they are as in hell, and in exile from the congregation of Christ. Elijah made the heavens brass three year, so as they gave no rain: but what a thing is it to make God as brass, so that all the spouts of his mercy be stopped, and all conduits of compassion should be dammed up against us?
3 An excommunicated person was so odious among the Iewes, that besides that they did excōmunicate him, and shut him out of their Synagogues, if they met such a one, they thought it a speciall token of some fortune as they tearme it. So that among the Iewes excommunication was worse then fiue deaths: so much was reuerenced the censures of the Church. This did the Church, but when men began to be idle they put off this dutie. But ⟨p. 843⟩what is this excommunication? A giuing vp to Satan. There was a great partition wall between God and vs, vntil Christ came and made a breach, & entered into the place wherein God was shut vp from vs. Christ himselfe became the dore, but the keye of the dore hath he committed to his faithful Minister. They that are without this wall, they are among the Ziims, and Iims, among the Owles, and Dragons, they are as in hell, and in exile from the congregation of Christ. Eliah made the heauens brasse three yeere, so as they gaue no raine: but what a thing is it to make God as brasse, so that all the spoutes of his mercy be stopped, and all conduites of compassion should be dammed vp against vs?