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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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Again, those that are not sufficiently in Christ, which are more carnal than spiritual,1 are of two sorts, they are either babes in Christ, in whom there hath been no more working of the spirit; or such as have had a greater work of God in them, in whom the spirit is quenched: those that are but babes in Christ, and continuing babes still, in whom there is but a little work of God, and great abundance of flesh, their afflictions are the punishments of sin: because they will not be governed by the rule of Gods spirit, God will2 have them ruled by the rod of affliction; and they in whom the spirit of God is decayed through the deceitfulness of sin, their afflictions also are the punishments of their sins, for because they refused the gracious government of Gods mercy in the Gospel, therefore he bringeth them back to the rigorous government of his justice in the law, till Christ be formed anew in them again. Those only which are sufficiently called, in whom Christ is 3thus formed, their afflictions are no punishments of sin: but Christ suffers with them when they are medicines against sin, much more when they are trials of Faith, and most of all when they are for well doing: but all the former suffered themselves, Christ suffered not with them, because they suffered for sin.
Againe, those that are not sufficiently in Christ, which are more carnall than spirituall,1 are of two sorts, they are either babes in Christ, in whome there hath bene no more working of the spirit; or such as haue had a greater worke of God in them, in whom the spirit is quenched: those that are but babes in Christ, and continuing babes still, in whom there is but a little worke of God, and great abundance of flesh, their afflictions are the punishments of sinne: because they will not bee gouerned by the rule of Gods spirite, God will2 haue them ruled by the rodde of affliction; and they in whom the spirit of God is decayed through the deceitfulnes of sinne, their afflictions also are the punishmēts of their sinnes, for because they refused the gratious gouernmēt of Gods mercie in the Gospell, therfore hee bringeth them backe to the rigorous gouernment of his iustice in the law, till Christ be formed anew in them againe. Those onely which are sufficiently called, in whome Christ is