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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.
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⟩the good of your soul, than ever I should rejoice in the fruit of mine own body: it would be a thousand deaths to me, as ten thousand hells to see your soul miscarry. O let me be accepted more than a civill friend, more than a friend of the world, give me this benefit to be thought further than a friend in the flesh.
A streight course of religion is somewhat an vncomfortable companion: but blessed1 be that mortificatiō which so farre estrangeth vs from the world, that it chāgeth vs to the similitude of Christ, to whom we must be cōformed in sufferings, that we may be like him in glorie. Suffer not your heat to bee straight, narrow, and vncomfortable in heauenly things: this draweth away both the breath and bud, and the life of true godlinesse. The Lord keepe you from euill, and the Lord satisfie you with gladnesse, the Lord giue you the spirit of prayer, and heare your prayers, the Lord bee 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 minde of these things, you haue many carefull for you in other things; O pardō me if I be bold in this one thing, I trust I reioyce more in ⟨p. 857⟩