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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. XVII. Of Gods providence.
CHAP. XVII. Of Gods prouidence.
GOD his providence is great towards man, Psalm. 8. when as men see the Lord passing by the Sun, the Moon, and Stars which are very beautiful, and fasting his love in a lump of clay, wherein he putteth a soul, which afterward he purposeth to glorify: he passeth by creatures engendering Musk, to us which engender lice, and stench; yea the Lord hath hid the gifts of creatures from themselves, and made them to fear us, whereas if they knew the things wherein they excel us, they would not be so obedient, and yet the very life of all those thing are given us to our comfort. God hath yet a more particular care of us: for whereas all things naturally are delighted1 with their like, the Lord being delighted even with his first work in us, much more is delighted with the second work in us by regeneration; as when he seeth we hate our selves to love him, we hear not our selves, but hear him. But most wonderful is it, that God careth for every particular, & singular person yea for every hair of every person. He called and knew the Saints by their names, as Abel, Abraham, Moses, Samuel, Paul, Christ did not only know Nathaniel, but a little accident about him, that he was under the fig tree. By this care the Lord knew to draw Lot out of Sodom, he singled out Caleb and Joshua, yea he knoweth us among twenty thousand.