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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Remember how sometime thy heart hath wrought and travelled in prayer, how the1 springs of your joy have been in the Lord, and his Christ: how all thy delights have been in his Saints: how it hath been thy glory in singing and praising to be familiar with thy God. These former fruits make me look for after fruits.
Remember how sometime thy heart hath wrought and trauelled in prayer, how the1 springs of your ioy haue beene in the Lord, and his Christ: how all thy delights haue been in his Saints: how it hath beene thy glorie in singing and praising to be familiar with thy God. These former fruites make me looke for after fruites.
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A strait course of religion is somewhat an uncomfortable companion: but blessed1 be that mortification which so far estrangeth us from the world, that it changeth us to the similitude of Christ, to whom we must be conformed in sufferings, that we may be like him in glory. Suffer not your heat to be straight, narrow, and uncomfortable in heavenly things: this draweth away both the breath and bud, and the life of true godliness. The Lord keep you from evil, and the Lord satisfy you with gladness, the Lord give you the spirit of prayer, and hear your prayers, the Lord be your teacher, your guide and your comfort, oh pray, pray, pray, it is the best sacrifice to God, and the most comfortable duty you can do•. I am not loth to put you in mind of these things, you have many careful for you in other things; O pardon me if I be bold in this one thing, I trust I rejoice more in ⟨p. 857⟩